![]() ![]() Yet, even their mind-blowing banality is overrun by the reincarnation of the quintessential James Blunt choruses do feel free to sample a few: there's, "She is dangerouuuus, she is dangerouuuus, I'm sure (woah!)/And she's all dressed up and knocking at my door (woah!)," from "Dangerous". After all the pointless instrumentation come the songs' verses - those half-assed partial hymns that serve as nothing more than a weak excuse to put a few guitar chords to. Yet, you can tell it's all the same, calculated risk, and that never once does Blunt truly intend to leave his comfort zone. ![]() There are rare occasions where Blunt tries to mix things up a little - there is an electric guitar solo on "Superstar", for instance. The same dripping piano to plague every other track? Double-check. It only takes four minutes for Blunt to return back to his old haunts hereafter, every song on Some Kind of Trouble follows a similar - and dead boring - template. There is actual quality to be found in this number, which makes the eventual appearance of the rest of the album such a massive shame. If there was a point that Mr Blunt was trying to make then he actually made it quite well: the song in question is more than half-decent and reasonably enjoyable (although for maximum effect one should thoroughly attempt to ignore the shameless pilfering of lines from Bob Marley's "Is This Love" that occurs in the second verse). To illustrate his point, he singled out the song "Stay the Night" as an example of his apparent new approach to song-writing. ![]() In an interview for STV, Blunt declared that he was "tired of writing self-pitying songs.about poor old me", further adding that he personally desired to make songs that were "more optimistic". That being said, the initial signs were actually quite promising. What's worse, it is neither inventive nor altogether different from his past works - in fact, it picks up exactly where All The Lost Souls left off, and immediately sets about making a right hash of things. I find myself saying this because Some Kind of Trouble actually represents his third attempt at trying to pass a hookless pop-rock album as worthwhile music. You know what - I think I've just got to hand it to James Blunt, for the man has just about proven himself to be one of the most persistent artists in modern pop music. Review Summary: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr James Hillier Blount - also known as James Blunt (to his fans) and just plain blunt (to the rest of us).ĪRGH, screw it. ![]()
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