No Point in Wasting Tears

No Point in Wasting Tears
Studio album by Ironik
Released	September 29, 2008 May 11, 2009 (re-release)
Recorded	2007–2008
Genre	UK garage, grime, experimental, R&B, hip hop
Label	Asylum, Atlantic, Warner
Producer	Agent X
Ironik chronology
No Point in Wasting Tears (2008) Ironik (2011)
Singles from No Point in Wasting Tears
"Stay with Me" Released: June 23, 2008 "I Wanna Be Your Man" Released: September 15, 2008 "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" Released: April 27, 2009

No Point in Wasting Tears is the debut album by Ironik and was released on September 29, 2008. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 21 but fell to number 36 in its second week. It was removed from the UK iTunes Store, but subsequently fully re-released on May 11, 2009, following the success of the album's third single, "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)," which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Orange UK

Singles

• "So Nice" was a promotional self-obsessed single that was a hit on Channel U but failed to make an impact anywhere else.
• The first official single from the album was "Stay With Me". The song charted at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.
• The second single was "I Wanna Be Your Man," which was released on September 18 digitally, where it charted at #128 until the physical release one week later, when it peaked at no #35.
• The third single is a remix of Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer), which now features Chipmunk as well as Sir Elton John. The song was released on both CD (Only CD1 this time around) + Digital formats on 27 April 2009. The song entered the UK singles chart as the highest entry week ending on 3 May at #3. Ironiks highest charting single to date.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Stay with Me (Everybody's Free)"	Ironik, Tim Cox, Nigel Swanston	Louis Gibzen	3:24
2.	"I Wanna Be Your Man"	Ironik	Agent X	2:57
3.	"Amazing"	Ironik, Vandross, E.Howard	Marcus Killian	3:04
4.	"Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) (Featuring Chipmunk and Elton John)"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Ironik	Simon Franglen	3:23
5.	"Tracy"	Ironik, G.Bonnick, L.Price	Agent X	3:08
6.	"Broken (Featuring McLean)"	McLean, N.Clarke	Simon Frangien & Ironik	3:58
7.	"So Nice (Featuring Baby Sol)"	Ironik, W.Gresford, N.Webb, M.Chalk	Will Gresford & Nick Webb	3:08
8.	"I'm Leaving (Featuring Ny)"	Ironik, Ny, Seun Ajayi	Nocturnal	2:50
9.	"5 Hours"	Ironik, E.Dean, T.Hale, T.Stewart, Mya	Will Gresford & Nick Webb	2:04
10.	"Would You Like That (Featuring Bless Beats & Daniel de Bourg)"	Ironik, Bless Beats, D.de Bourg	Bless Beats	3:02
11.	"I Love You (Featuring McLean)"	Ironik, McLean, W.Gresford, N.Webb	Will Gresford & Nick Webb	3:35
12.	"Sometimes It Snows In April (Ironik Presents Lain James & Ny)"	P.R.Nelson, W.Melvion, L.Coleman	Marcus Killian	5:23
13.	"Save A Little Love (Featuring McLean)"	Ironik, Winans, Jones, Serrano	Sie Medway-Smith	3:41
14.	"Mum (Featuring Young Nate, Shay, Melody & Soundbwoy Ent)"	Ironik, K.B Edmonds	Sie Medway-Smith	3:31
15.	"Imagine (Featuring Gabriella Ellis)"	C.Deakin	Sie Medway-Smith	4:02
16.	"Foot Patrol (Ironik Presents Daniel de Bourg)"	Ironik, D.de Bourg, A.Birgisson, A.Jonussi	Arnthor & Will Gresford	4:32
17.	"I Wanna Be Your Man (Ironik Vs Bless Beats Featuring Tinchy Stryder, Ghetto & Daniel de Bourg)"	Ironik,	Agent X	4:00
18.	"Stay With Me (Featuring Wiley & Chipmunk)"	Ironik, Tim Cox, Nigel Swanston	Louis Gibzen	3:09
19.	"Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)"(Elton John)"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Ironik	Matt Ward, Dean Gillard	3:10

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak
UK Albums Chart	21

Chart (2009)	Peak
UK Albums Chart	49