James Blake (album)

James Blake
Studio album by James Blake
Publication (s)	February 7, 2011
admission	2010
Label (s)	ATLAS A&M Records
Format (s)	CD , record
Genre (s)	Dubstep ambient
Title (number)	11, 12 with bonus track
running time	38:09
production	James Blake
chronology - James Blake Overgrown 2013
Single releases November 28, 2010 Limit to Your Love March 7, 2011 The Wilhelm Scream June 11, 2011 Lindisfarne / Unluck

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

James Blake   DE 27 02/18/2011 (5 weeks)   AT 15th 02/18/2011 (7 weeks)   CH 9 02/20/2011 (6 weeks)   UK 9 02/19/2011 (7 weeks)   US 123 02/26/2011 (1 week)

Singles

Limit to Your Love   AT 63 02/11/2011 (3 weeks)   UK 39 12/11/2010 (4 weeks)

James Blake is the debut studio albumfrom London-based dubstep producer James Blake . It was released in both Europe and the US on its own label, ATLAS, but was supported by A&M Records. It was released on February 7, 2011.

The album details such as cover and track list were revealed on December 20, 2010. The album leaked on the internet the next day.

History of origin

James Blake builds on the material Blake released in the form of three EPs from 2010: The Bells Sketch , CMYK and Piano Works . All of these EPs have different styles of music. Mike Powell of internet music magazine Pitchfork said it was "amazing" that so much material could be released in such a short time. Yet despite the amount of music Blake made in 2010, most of the material on his debut album is completely new.

In interviews about the album, Blake cited the London band The xx as a major influence and told Clash Magazine's Robin Murray that the success of their debut xx (2009) "made it a lot easier for me". He added that the positive response to the xx album means that listeners "will be a lot less shocked [from my album]."

Blake said in the BBC interview that a lot of the singing on the album was from him, although in previous work he had focused more on samples. "There are places where it sounds like the vocals are a sample, but in truth I sample myself. That makes the record so special compared to all of my other tracks."

Before the release of the album Blake was already in the "Sound of 2011" list of the BBC and was at the Brit Awards Critics' Prize at the second place after Jessie J .

reception

James Blake received much of the press praise.

The Observer's Kitty Empire wrote that James Blake was "one of the most hopeful albums of 2011". The album has also been described as a mixture of "Dubstep Nebraska or Sea Change ," "a mixture of self-disclosure, introspection and naked humanity." Clash Magazine described Blake as "the crown prince of a quiet revolution."

The album was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize .

Track list

All James Blake tracks, except “Limit To Your Love” ( Feist / Gonzales), “The Wilhelm Scream” (James Litherland and James Blake), and “Lindisfarne II” (James Blake and Rob McAndrews).

1. "Unluck" - 3.04
2. "The Wilhelm Scream" - 4.36
3. "I Never Learned to Share" - 4.52
4. "Lindisfarne I" - 2.53
5. "Lindisfarne II" - 2.59
6. "Limit to Your Love" - ​​4.40
7. "Give Me My Month" - 1.54
8. "To Care (Like You)" - 3.54
9. "Why Don't You Call Me" - 1.36
10. "I Mind" - 3.35
11. "Measurements" - 4.21
12. "You Know Your Youth (Vinyl Bonus Track)" - 2.20

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Album DE AT CH UK US / Single AT UK
2. ↑ James Blake lets slip album release date, possible title . In: Drowned in Sound . Retrieved January 7, 2011.
3. ↑ Ryan Dombal: James Blake Announces Debut Album . In: Pitchfork Media . November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
4. ↑ Leaked: James Blake - James Blake . In: jpsblog.net . Retrieved January 7, 2011.
5. ↑ Jakob Dorof: James Blake - James Blake . In: Tiny Mix Tapes . January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
6. ↑ ^{a b} The Artist as a Young Man: A Review of James Blake . Archived from the original on August 16, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2011. 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Mike Powell: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2010 . In: Pitchfork Media . December 16, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
8. ↑ James Blake's album tracklist and artwork revealed . In: FACT . December 20, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
9. ↑ ^{a b} James Blake Discusses The xx Influence . In: Clash Magazine . January 6, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
10. ↑ Jo Youle, Mark Savage: BBC Sound of 2011: James Blake . In: BBC , January 6, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011. 
11. ↑ James Blake reveals debut album tracklisting . In: New Musical Express . Retrieved January 7, 2011.
12. ↑ Kitty Empire: James Blake - review . In: The Observer , December 12, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011. 
13. ↑ Ones To Watch 2011 - James Blake Interview . In: Clash . Retrieved January 12, 2011.
14. ↑ Review: James Blake on BBC 1 . In: Playtonic Dialogues . Retrieved February 10, 2011.