Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions

Summary

Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions is a live album and DVD released by James Blunt in 2006 as a follow-up to his 2004 debut album, Back to Bedlam. The set contains a live album from Ireland, as well as a DVD featuring a recorded performance at the BBC, music videos for "High", "You're Beautiful", "Wisemen" and "Goodbye My Lover", and interviews taken from various television appearances and studio sessions. The audio CD was also included as part of a deluxe package of Back to Bedlam that was available in the United States, thus meaning that this release was not issued there.

Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions
Live album by
Released10 February 2006[1]
Recorded18 November 2005[2][3]
13 December 2005[4]
VenueBBC Elstree Centre, Borehamwood[5]
St. James’ Church, Dingle[6]
GenreSoft rock, folk rock
Length47:38 (CD)
65:02 (DVD)
LabelAtlantic
ProducerAlison Howe
James Blunt chronology
Back to Bedlam
(2004)
Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions
(2006)
All the Lost Souls
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[7]
Teentoday.co.uk[8]

Track listing edit

Disc One - DVD
  1. "Billy" (Blunt, Ghost, Skarbek) – 3:46
  2. "High" (Blunt, Ross) – 3:55
  3. "Wisemen" (Blunt, Hogarth, Skarbek) – 3:49
  4. "Goodbye My Lover" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 4:18
  5. "Tears And Rain" (Blunt, Chambers) – 4:17
  6. "Out of My Mind" (Blunt, Skarbek) - 3:18
  7. "So Long, Jimmy" (Blunt, Hogarth) – 5:25
  8. "You're Beautiful" (Blunt, Ghost, Skarbek) – 3:38
  9. "Cry" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 3:44
  10. "No Bravery" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 3:36
  11. "Where Is My Mind?" (Francis, Black) – 4:07
  12. "High" (Video) - 4:03
  13. "High" (The Making of the Video)
  14. "Wisemen" (Video) - 4:00
  15. "Wisemen" (The Making of the Video)
  16. "You're Beautiful" (Video) - 3:23
  17. "You're Beautiful" (The Making of the Video)
  18. "High" (2005 Video) - 4:02
  19. "High" (The Making of the 2005 Video)
  20. "Goodbye My Lover" (Video) - 4:19
  21. "Goodbye My Lover" (The Making of the Video)
  22. "Being Blunt" (Documentary)
  23. "Interview & Photo Gallery"
Disc Two - CD
  1. "Wisemen" (Blunt, Hogarth, Skarbek) – 3:49
  2. "High" (Blunt, Ross) – 3:55
  3. "Cry" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 3:44
  4. "Goodbye My Lover" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 4:18
  5. "So Long, Jimmy" (Blunt, Hogarth) – 5:25
  6. "Sugar Coated" (Blunt, Hogarth, Skarbek) – 3:51
  7. "You're Beautiful" (Blunt, Ghost, Skarbek) – 3:38
  8. "Billy" (Blunt, Ghost, Skarbek) – 3:46
  9. "Fall at Your Feet" (Neil Finn) – 2:42
  10. "Tears And Rain" (Blunt, Chambers) – 4:17
  11. "No Bravery" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 3:36
  12. "Where Is My Mind?" (Francis, Black) – 4:07

Personnel edit

  • Paul Beard – Keyboards, Vocals
  • James Blunt – Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Vocals
  • Karl Brazil – Drums
  • Mark Jonathan Davis – Director
  • Valerie Etienne – Vocals
  • Dan Fitzgerald – Engineer
  • Paul Fredericks – Vocals
  • Joe Garland – Vocals
  • Mary Gormley – A&R
  • Robert Hayden – Management
  • Phil Heyes – Director
  • Alison Howe – Producer
  • Todd Interland – Management
  • Mary Ellen Matthews – Cover Photo
  • Malcolm Moore – Bass, Vocals
  • Brian Murray – Guitar Technician
  • Conor O'Mahony – A&R
  • Tim Summerhayes – Mixing
  • Dennie Vidal – Engineer

Charts edit

Music DVD Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Belgian Music DVD Chart 1
German Music DVD Chart 1
Swedish Music DVD Chart 3
UK Music DVD Chart 1
ARIA Music DVD Chart 1
Album Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums Chart 1
Italian Albums Chart 1
Swiss Albums Chart 2
French Albums Chart 8
Polish Albums Chart 36

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9]
video
5× Platinum 75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[10]
video
2× Platinum 10,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ "James Blunt – Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions". hitparade.ch.
  2. ^ "James Blunt at BBC Elstree Centre, Borehamwood, England". setlist.fm.
  3. ^ "James Blunt – Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions". Discogs.
  4. ^ "Blunt and Bell X1 for Other Voices". RTE. 28 November 2005.
  5. ^ "James Blunt at BBC Elstree Centre, Borehamwood, England". setlist.fm.
  6. ^ "Blunt and Bell X1 for Other Voices". RTE. 28 November 2005.
  7. ^ Christopher, James (21 February 2006). "Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions - James Blunt". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Lifestyle and Fashion News | the Leisure Society". Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  9. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Certifications June 4 2006". radioscope.co.nz. Archived from the original on 1 October 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2022.