, the debut of English singer-songwriter James Blunt, was the best-selling CD of 2005 in the UK. Blunt even left with their third album behind them, with more than two million copies sold that year. The big engine behind the success of Back To Bedlam was the single You're Beautiful, which became a worldwide hit. The record-breaking sales (14 million albums now) did not mean that Blunt was appreciated
… by everyone equally. Back To Bedlam, for example, was named 'worst album of the year' by the authoritative British music magazine NME. The critics of Blunt will no doubt sharpen their knives again for follow-up All The Lost Souls. They will blame him for inauthenticity, weak singing or platitudes and hollow pathos. The fans on the other hand (and there are many) hear a sensitive singer who dares to reveal himself. All The Lost Souls will not bring the two groups closer together. (IV)more