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Right Place Right Time is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Olly Murs, first released in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2012 by Epic Records and became Murs's second UK number one album, with sales of 127,000 copies in its first week sale, making it the fastest selling album of 2012 by a male solo artist in the UK charts.

The lead single from the album, "Troublemaker", which features vocals from American rapper Flo Rida, was released a week prior to the album on 18 November 2012 and peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Both single and album spent two weeks at the summit, the longest Murs has ever stayed there. It marked the first time Murs had ever topped the singles and albums chart at the same time. The second single is to be "Army of Two".

The album received mixed reviews from critics, most of whom called it predictable and said that the songs were nothing memorable. The album was also criticised for not sounding much different to Murs's previous album In Case You Didn't Know (2011).

Background and development

Murs began writing and recording his third studio album in March 2012, in both the United Kingdom and the United States. He initially began writing with Claude Kelly and Steve Robson, with whom he had also worked with on his previous hits "Please Don't Let Me Go" and "Dance with Me Tonight", and later collaborated with writers Ed Drewett and Wayne Hector, as well as working with Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton, Lucas Secon and production teams, Future Cut and TMS.[1]

The artwork for the album was confirmed on 28 September 2012,[2] whilst the tracklisting was revealed on 1 October.[3]

Release

The album was released in a variety of different formats. The two most prominent ones were the standard, 12 track edition of the album and the deluxe edition of the album, containing a red font for the logo rather than the standard edition's black on the artwork, a second disc of four bonus tracks and live recordings of "Troublemaker" and "Army of Two", and a 20-page booklet. On both the iTunes editions of the album, the pre-order only exclusive track "Just for Tonight" was featured, whilst the deluxe edition also carried live performance videos of 'Troublemaker' and 'Army of Two' along with a two part, track by track video documentary with Murs on the making of the album. Amazon.co.uk offered two free downloads of the Wideboys club mix of "Troublemaker" and the Thomas Gandey (aka 'Cagedbaby') remix of Right Place Right Time for a limited time. Play.com sold signed copies of the standard edition of the album, and Sainsbury's sold the standard edition with an exclusive slipcase, both for a limited time. Murs' official webstore also sold a limited 'super deluxe' boxset version, containing the two disc deluxe edition of the album, a large fold out poster, and a personalised lyric book (featuring exclusive pictures and hand written thoughts from Murs about the songs) housed in a collectible presentation box with the 'OM' trilby hat logo that appears on much of his official merchandise. The standard 12 track edition was also available to buy as a personalised album on the website MixPixie, with the option to incorporate a customised message and photo onto the artwork.

The album will serve as Murs' first North American release, being released in the country through Sony Music Entertainment on 9 April 2013. His first North American release was originally due to be an alternative edition of his second album, In Case You Didn't Know in September 2012, but the release was cancelled, and replaced with Right Place Right Time. The American edition will be a mixture of seven tracks from the album, along with "Heart Skips a Beat" (featuring Chiddy Bang in place of Rizzle Kicks), "Dance with Me Tonight" and "Oh My Goodness" from In Case You Didn't Know. It was initially due for release in the U.S. on 4 December 2012,[4][5] but it was pushed back to April 2013 for unknown reasons.[6]

Composition

As with his previous two albums, Murs stated that he wanted to evolve his sound again, this time taking on a more funk-led influence from artists such as Jamiroquai and Maroon 5: "I hate saying the music is more ‘mature’, because I haven’t changed. But I feel my songwriting is stronger and I knew where I wanted to go as an artist with this album. I’ve tried to make some of the songs anthemic, and I hope it will open me up to a wider audience. I don’t want to do the same style on every album. I’d always said I want to do a Motown album, but after a couple of songs I’ll go ‘Let’s change it up’." Of the album's title, he added: "Right Place Right Time as a title sums up my career to this point. I’ve worked hard in everything I’ve done, doing what’s felt right, and everything has fit into place. It’s the sentiment for this album – a body of work of great pop songs. And I’ve gone in a different place again this time."[7]

Singles

On 17 September 2012, Murs announced via Twitter that the lead single from the album would be "Troublemaker", which features vocals from American rapper Flo Rida.[8][9] It was released by Epic Records on 18 November 2012 and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart the following week, beating Girls Aloud's comeback single "Something New", which charted at number two. It remained atop the charts on 2 December, before slipping to number three on 9 December, behind Bruno Mars's "Locked Out of Heaven" (#2) and Gabrielle Aplin's cover of "The Power of Love" (#1).[10] It then fell to number five in its fourth week.[11]

During an interview with the Daily Mail on 28 November, Murs hinted that the second single would be "Army of Two". He said: "'Army of Two' is being tipped to be a single from my new album Right Place Right Time. Production-wise, the song is insane, and the message behind it - it's about my fans, that we are together - is nice. It's a bit cheesy to write a song about you and your fans but you could interpret it as a relationship, marching to the future together. But it was written as me speaking to them saying to grow with me and we can keep going.".[12] On 14 January Murs officially confirmed on Twitter that Army of Two will be the second single and also revealed it's artwork and uploaded a lyric video and it will be released on 10 March 2013.

Promotion

Live performances

Two days after performing "Troublemaker" for the first time on UK television at the live results show of The X Factor, Murs launched the album at his record company offices in London on 21 November 2012, with a special listening party for the album, featuring specially invited competition winners that was broadcast on his Ustream account, and hosted by Capital FM breakfast show DJ, Dave Berry. He answered questions from fans submitted to him on Twitter, and questions from the invited fans, previewed some of the songs off the album and performed "Troublemaker" and "What a Buzz" acoustically. As well as promoting "Troublemaker" with appearances on This Morning, Daybreak, Sunday Brunch, Match of the Day Kickabout and Surprise, Surprise, he also performed an acoustic version of "Dear Darlin" on the 25 November edition of The Xtra Factor. He also performed it again acoustically on This Morning on 14 December, as well as being interviewed on Alan Carr: Chatty Man that evening. A special documentary about his live show for Little Noise Sessions entitled Olly Murs: A Day in the Life, where he performed some of the album tracks live for the first time, was shown on 4Music on 15 December.

Tour 2013

Murs will support the album with his second live arena tour of the UK and Ireland for 28 dates in February/March 2013, starting at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena on 26 February. He will then play his first live 9 European dates in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Denmark in April 2013, as well as supporting Robbie Williams on all 22 dates of his Take the Crown Stadium Tour of the UK and Europe in summer 2013.

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Digital Spy
Time Out
The Guardian
The Independent

The album received mixed reviews from critics. John Aizlewood of BBC Music said: "Wherever he goes, whatever he does, Olly Murs will always be the man who finished second to Joe McElderry in X Factor 2009. However, whoever wins the short-term reality TV battle is not guaranteed to win the pop war. And so, as McElderry drifts gently off into oblivion like a disconsolate Furby, Essex boy Murs sold-out his arena tour of 2012. His similarly sized 2013 trek will bear identical fruit. Albums wise, he’s now on number three and he’s progressing more speedily than even his hastily convened fanbase might have predicted. How many decisions he makes for himself remains an unknown, as does how hard he works for his songwriting credits (11 from 12 songs here), but it’s all coming together. For all its battalions of writers and producers, Right Place Right Time is a surprisingly coherent affair. Taking its cue from latter-day Take That and underpinned by military drumming, "Army of Two" is a pop thumper of the highest order. With a scarf-waving chorus peak-period Bon Jovi would have sold their souls to have written, Loud & Clear runs it close in the kitchen sink productions stakes. Flo Rida offers a brief but engaging cameo on Troublemaker, and there’s a super-sweet innocence to the impossibly happy (and chaste) first date tale “with the girl I might love” that is "What a Buzz". "Elsewhere", "Head to Toe" is slightly more adult in content, and Murs offers a certain amount of gravitas on the dramatic, tubular-bells-assisted "Dear Darlin'". There is filler, and "Hey You Beautiful" could be an anthem for wolf-whistling builders the world over. But Murs hurls himself into these songs with a sure-footed touch that belies his reality show background. Right now, the knowingly titled, impossibly bouncy and genuinely likeable Right Place Right Time is the best Olly Murs can do – but, if he keeps growing, there may be better to come. With everything going his way, this is probably exactly how he thought being a pop star would turn out. Only the truly flint-hearted could not wish him well."[13]

The album received a 3/5 stars review from Digital Spy's Lewis Corner, who said: "It's hard to believe Olly Murs was in the dreaded "overs" category on The X Factor back in 2009. If anyone ever wanted proof that it's never too late to top the charts, then his position as the most successful male artist to have come from the show should be enough. His first two records placed him as the cheeky chappy who produces sunny, safe-as-houses pop that both mother and daughter (and everyone in between) can enjoy. It's an appeal that is carried over on his third outing Right Place Right Time. Your Gran may not know who Flo Rida is, but we doubt that will stop her bopping along to lead single "Troublemaker" while sipping her sherry come Christmas Day. Murs's ability to fuse catchy melodies and funky hooks - especially in a chart laden with raunchy euphemisms - remains his biggest charm. "I love all of you, if you love me too," he croons on "Army of Two"; a brass-pomping anthem waiting for a 20,000-strong crowd at The O2. Hints of progression can be heard on "Dear Darlin" and title track "Right Place Right Time", both blending hummable piano riffs with spacious beats. It's a mix that has worked wonders for Emeli Sandé over the past 12 months and adds a youthful edge that doesn't alienate his more mature fans. The soul-funk bassline on 'Hey You Beautiful' is sure to raise a brow from Maroon 5, while 'What a Buzz' centres around an addictive guitar line reminiscent of Cornershop's 'Brimful of Asha' - both of which play on Olly's carefree attitude that has gained him a loyal following. It may not be a big departure from his previous efforts, but when you're on to a good thing, why change the pace?"[14]

Danielle Goldstein from Time Out magazine gave Right Place Right Time 3/5 stars: "Hasn’t this Essex lad come far? Three LPs in three years and he didn’t even win ‘The X Factor’. Murs headed Stateside for his latest, and it shows. He’s adopted a Maroon 5 tenor and Flo Rida’s no-holds-barred approach to cheese. Putting the trite ‘Troublemaker’ single aside, this is a fairly strong album. ‘Soldiers follow my lead,’ Murs purrs over a snare roll on opener ‘Army of Two’ – a sweet ode to his fans. In ‘Dear Darlin’ – a break from the rest of his cheeky chappy pop – there are elements of Massive Attack’s ‘Unfinished Sympathy’, as much in the lyrics to an ex as the trip hop beat. This isn’t groundbreaking stuff, but it’s heartfelt and fun and by no means a shameful addition to your record collection."[15]

Hermione Hoby of The Guardian gave Right Place Right Time a 3/5 rating. Hoby said: Murs is one of this country's biggest pop stars, with two platinum-selling albums under his belt since doing X Factor time in 2009. This third album makes his success a mite more palatable - there's less of the pop-ska pabulum and more Will Young-style balladeering, mixed in with up-tempo, perky numbers, such as "What a Buzz" – an enthusiastic account of a date, which sounds like a parody of his own hapless-chappy every-bloke persona. The lyric "got ketchup on my trousers and my cheeks are going red" is enough to prompt corresponding blushes of embarrassment in the listener.[16]

Andy Gill from The Independent gave the album 2/5 stars, saying "Olly Murs claims to want to grow musically with each album, but any perceived development here beyond last year's In Case You Didn't Know is minutely incremental rather than an ambitious overhaul of his approach. There's a Shakira-esque Latino touch to the riff of the single "Troublemaker", but for the most part elsewhere it's fairly standard disco-pop fare. The best songs are those co-written with Ed Drewett: the demotic narrative of "What a Buzz" is brightened by perky horns and whistling, while the anthemic "Dear Darlin'" employs strings and chimes to deepen the emotion of its epistolary melancholy. But too much of the album is drably formulaic, a series of gambits shuffled into passable shapes rather than memorable songs."[17]

Chart performance

On 2 December 2012, Right Place Right Time debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with sales of 127,000,[18] giving Murs his second number-one album after In Case You Didn't Know (2011). It also gave him his first ever number-one single and album double, as "Troublemaker" stayed atop the UK Singles Chart for a second consecutive week.[19][20][21][22][23] It also gave him the fastest selling album of 2012 by a male solo artist in the UK charts.[24] The album remained at number one on 9 December 2012.[25] By the end of the year, the album had sold 570,000 copies in the UK alone, becoming the seventh biggest selling album of 2012 in the UK.[26]

Right Place Right Time managed to peak at number 87 on the ARIA Charts on 8 December 2012.[27]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Army of Two"Olly Murs, Wayne Hector, Iyiola Babalola, Darren LewisFuture Cut4:47
2."Troublemaker" (featuring Flo Rida)Murs, Steve Robson, Claude Kelly, Tramar DillardRobson3:06
3."Loud and Clear"Murs, Kelly, Chuck HarmonyHarmony3:49
4."Dear Darlin'"Murs, Ed Drewett, Jim EliotDrewett, Eliot3:25
5."Right Place Right Time"Murs, Robson, KellyRobson3:13
6."Hand on Heart"Murs, Hector, Ben Kohn, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes, Iain JamesTMS3:16
7."Hey You, Beautiful"Murs, Robson, KellyRobson3:06
8."Head to Toe"Murs, Kelly, HarmonyHarmony3:15
9."Personal"Murs, Hector, Kohn, Kelleher, Barnes, Christopher HoustonTMS3:15
10."What a Buzz"Ed Drewett, Julian Bunetta, John RyanBunetta3:07
11."Cry Your Heart Out"Murs, Hector, Lucas Secon, Carsten MortensenLucas Secon3:39
12."One of These Days"Murs, Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton, BunettaFrampton, Kipner3:06
Amazon.co.uk Bonus Tracks[28]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Right Place Right Time" (Thomas Gandey Remix)Murs, Robson, KellyRobson, Thomas Gandey3:46
14."Troublemaker" (Wideboys Club Remix)Murs, Steve Robson, Claude KellyRobson, The Wideboys5:21
iTunes Store Bonus Track[29]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Just for Tonight"Murs, Robson, Samuel PrestonRobson3:17
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks[30]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Runaway"Murs, Martin Brammer, Adam ArgyleArgyle3:37
14."Sliding Doors"Murs, Robson, HectorRobson3:56
15."The Perfect Night to Say Goodbye"Murs, Brammer, ArgyleArgyle3:22
16."The One"Murs, Drewett, Matt PrimePrime3:38
17."Troublemaker" (Live Mix)Murs, Robson, Kelly, DillardRobson3:47
18."Army of Two" (Live Mix)Murs, Hector, Babalola, LewisFuture Cut4:32
iTunes Store Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks[30]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Runaway"Murs, Martin Brammer, Adam ArgyleBrammer3:37
14."Sliding Doors"Murs, Robson, HectorRobson3:56
15."The Perfect Night to Say Goodbye"Murs, Brammer, ArgyleBrammer3:22
16."The One"Murs, Drewett, Matt PrimePrime3:38
17."Troublemaker" (Live Video)Murs, Robson, Kelly, DillardRobson3:47
18."Army of Two" (Live Video)Murs, Hector, Babalola, LewisFuture Cut4:32
19."Just for Tonight"Murs, Robson, Samuel PrestonRobson3:17
20."Track by Track Interview" (Part 1)  12:07
21."Track by Track Interview" (Part 2)  12:31
American edition[31]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Army of Two"Olly Murs, Wayne Hector, Iyiola Babalola, Darren LewisFuture Cut 
2."Heart Skips a Beat" (featuring Chiddy Bang)Alex Smith, Samuel Preston, Jim Eliot, Chidera AnamegeEliot3:25
3."Troublemaker" (featuring Flo Rida)Murs, Steve Robson, Claude Kelly, Tramar DillardRobson 
4."Dance with Me Tonight"Murs, Kelly, RobsonFuture Cut, Robson3:23
5."Hand on Heart"Murs, Hector, Ben Kohn, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes, Iain JamesTMS 
6."Hey You, Beautiful"Murs, Robson, KellyRobson 
7."Right Place Right Time"Murs, Robson, KellyRobson 
8."Oh My Goodness"Murs, Adam Argyle, Martin BrammerBrammer3:05
9."Loud & Clear"Murs, Kelly, Chuck HarmonyHarmony 
10."Dear Darlin'"Murs, James Drewett, Jim EliotDrewett, Eliot 
Target Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc[32]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."This Song Is About You"Murs, Argyle, BrammerBrammer3:46
2."Please Don't Let Me Go"Murs, Kelly, RobsonFuture Cut & Robson3:24
3."Takes a Lot"Murs, Phil Thornalley, John GreenThornalley2:59
4."In Case You Didn't Know"Murs, Kelly, RobsonRobson3:26
5."Thinking of Me"Murs, Robson, HectorFuture Cut & Robson3:26
6."Tell the World"Murs, Andrew Frampton, Patrick Jordan-Patrikios, Abeeku 'Bayku' RibeiroFrampton3:47
7."I'm OK"Murs, Alex Smith, HectorSmith3:46
8."I Need You Now"Murs, Argyle, BrammerArgyle3:27

Charts

Chart (2012–13) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[33]
84
Irish Albums (IRMA)[34] 3
South Korean International Albums (Circle)[35] 32
Scottish Albums (OCC)[36] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 63
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[38] 31
UK Albums (OCC)[39] 1

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Netherlands 23 November 2012 CD, digital download Sony BMG
United Kingdom 26 November 2012 Syco Music, Epic Records
Australia 30 November 2012 Sony Music Australia
Poland 22 January 2013 Sony Music Poland
United States 16 April 2013 [40] Syco Music, Epic Records

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