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Come to Life is the fourth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia and is her first on her own label, Malabar Records. It was released on Island Records on October 2, 2009, and will be released in the UK on May 3, 2010.

Production history and song information

The album took nearly four years to complete, with Imbruglia acknowledging to a journalist in April 2009 "I get frustrated because I’d like to produce more work...It’s something that bugs me about myself, but I don’t really know any other way. And I’m not motivated by money, so I need to get things done right."[6]

In February 2009, The Sun claimed that Imbruglia was collaborating with Chris Martin from Coldplay. It was later confirmed by Martin himself and people involved in the recording process that he had worked with Imbruglia on a "string of tracks".[7][8] Her former husband and Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns also produced one track for the album. Johns formerly produced "Counting Down the Days", the title track of Imbruglia's third album.[9]

In April 2009, she discussed the direction of the album with an Australian journalist. "I feel the same creative buzz I felt when I first started my career...It's just fun and artistic and creative and all the things it should be. There's still a lot of depth to the songs...It just sounds fresher to me. I've tried different things - there's more electronic stuff in there, and that's different for me, more dance beats. There's a freedom overall, and a sense of confidence. It's slightly less introspective ..."[9] The album "combines dark, driving beats and gorgeously wistful ballads".[10]

The song "Lukas", produced by Brian Eno, has been confirmed to be left-off from Coldplay's recording session for the album "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends". "Scars" and "My God" were recorded between 2006 and 2007. A snippet of "Scars" and a full instrumental track were posted on Imbruglia's official MySpace. An early demo of the latter was leaked to the Internet in early February 2009.

"Flirting", which appears as the bonus track in the Japanese release, is written by Goldspot frontman Siddhartha Khosla and Natalie Imbruglia.

Natalie confirmed via Twitter that "Scars" will be the second single taken from Come To Life. The video was filmed on February 26, 2010.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."My God"Natalie Imbruglia, Crispin HuntBen Hillier4:04
2."Lukas"Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris MartinBrian Eno3:50
3."Fun"Berryman, Buckland, Champion, MartinKen Nelson4:22
4."Twenty"Imbruglia, Sheppard SolomonBen Hillier3:57
5."Scars"Imbruglia, Jamie HartmanRik Simpson, Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams3:32
6."Want"Imbruglia, Kat Kourtney, Gary Clark, Chris MartinRik Simpson4:20
7."WYUT"Imbruglia, Alain Johannes, Natasha ShneiderAlain Johannes3:20
8."Cameo"Imbruglia, Hillier, Dave McCrackenDave McCracken, Ben Hillier3:13
9."All the Roses"Imbruglia, ClarkBen Hillier3:29
10."Wild About It"Imbruglia, Hillier, McCrackenMcCracken, Ben Hillier4:08
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Flirting"Imbruglia, Siddhartha Khosla5:00

Singles

Although not officially released as a single, a music video was filmed for the song "Wild About It" in London, England. The video was directed by Mike Baldwin and features cameo appearances by British comedians Alan Carr and David Walliams.[3]

"Want" was officially released as the album's lead single on 28 September 2009.[4] Released only as a digital download, the track reached number six on the Italian singles chart[11] and number 88 on the UK singles chart.[12]

The second single to be lifted from Come To Life is Scars, and will be serviced to radio on 22 March, 2010. The video for Scars was filmed on 26 February, 2010 according to Natalie herself, via her Twitter website.

Promotion

Natalie Imbruglia announced some warm up shows to promote her new album.

Chart performance and sales

Come to Life entered the Australian albums chart at number 67 on October 19, 2009, making this her worst performing album to date. It sold 740 copies in its first week of release.[14] In its second week, it dropped to number 89, spending only two weeks in the top 100. In Switzerland, the album started at number 70 in the charts on October 18, 2009.[15]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[14] 67
Australian Artist Chart 1[16] 18
Australian Physical Albums Chart [16] 81
Italian Albums Chart[17] 34
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 70

1 Chart by Australian artists.

Release history

Region Date Label
Republic of Ireland[19] 2 October 2009 Island Records
Austria[20]
Italy[21]
United Kingdom
(Digital release)[22] 		5 October 2009
New Zealand[23] Sony Music
Australia[24] 9 October 2009
Europe[22] 12 October 2009 Island Records
Japan[25] 14 October 2009 Universal Music
Mexico
(Digital release)[26] 		20 October 2009 Malabar Records
Germany 6 November 2009[27] Island Records
United Kingdom
(Hard Copy)[22] 		26 April 2010 Island Records(?)

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Come to Life". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  2. ^ Oitmann, Pierre. "Review: Come To Life". NU.nl. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Natalie Imbruglia’s Wild About It by Michael Baldwin". PromoNews.tv. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  4. ^ a b "'Want' Released On 28th September". NatalieImbruglia.com. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  5. ^ http://radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_uk_singles.htm
  6. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia overcomes naked ambition in Closed For Winter" The Sunday Telegraph, 16 April 2009
  7. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia and Chris Martin Do it Together" Undercover, 21 February 2009
  8. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia on Closed for Winter, and Chris Martin songs" Herald Sun, 23 April 2009
  9. ^ a b "Natalie Imbruglia's dark beauty" Sydney Morning Herald, 14 April 2009
  10. ^ ""Natalie Imbruglia news 'in brief'"". Popjustice. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Italian Chart Positions". ItalianCharts.com. eMedia Jungen. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  12. ^ "Chart Stats: Natalie Imbruglia". ChartStats.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  13. ^ "News : Natalie Live at Heaven, London on 1st October". Natalie Imbruglia. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  14. ^ a b "Natalie Imbruglia's comeback a flop". The Daily Telegraph. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  15. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)". SwissCharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  16. ^ a b http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091105-0000/issue1025.pdf
  17. ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_artisti.php
  18. ^ "Discography Natalie Imbruglia". SwissCharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  19. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)". IrishCharts.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  20. ^ Template:De icon "Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)". AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  21. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)". ItalianCharts.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  22. ^ a b c "New Album". NatalieImbruglia.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  23. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life". CDWow.co.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  24. ^ "Guest: Natalie Imbruglia". Rove. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  25. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (CD)". CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  26. ^ Template:Sp icon "Come to Life". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 24 Octobr 2009.
  27. ^ Template:De icon "Come to Life von Natalie Imbruglia". Amazon.de. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
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