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''London'' is the fifth album by the British rock band Jesus Jones in 2001 through Koch Records. Two EP's were released from it: "Nowhere Slow" and "In the Face Of All This". Following the commercial failure of 1997's ''Already'' which led to the band and EMI parting ways, the band took a hiatus before regathering for the recording of ''London'' for Koch/Mi5 Recordings, with a more alternative rock approach as opposed to the techno sounds on their previous albums. The album had low-key promotion, initially only being released in the United States ==Background== ''Already'', the band's fourth studio album, was released in 1997 to mixed reviews and very bad commercial success, where it only reached 161 in the UK Albums Chart (their third album ''Perverse'' reached number 6 in contrast.) They band chose to focus on the US tour following the album's release. The band and EMI/Food Records parted ways in 1998, for unspecified reasons but persumably due to record sales. The band ultimately fell into recording hiatus following this although Tony Arther joined the band in 1998/99 as the band's drummer to replace Gen, who left during the ''Already'' era. Mike Edwards formed the side project Yoshi for which he played lead guitar. He also worked on a solo album that he was approached to make by EMI in 1997 which he initially chose to put this on hold to focus on Jesus Jones' ''Already'' US tour,〔http://www.jesusjonesarchive.info/1994.php#1997page〕 although when Edwards found time for the solo album, the project was cancelled because he said the album was something "that they'd ultimately not be interested in" despite he himself finding some of the tracks to have "good points".〔http://www.jesusjonesarchive.info/2000.php#2001page〕 Mike Edwards got re-interested in Jesus Jones with the idea that some of his solo songs from the cancelled project could be shaped into Jesus Jones and then to sell via the internet.〔http://www.jesusjonesarchive.info/2000.php#2001page〕 Gen, who left the band years prior, then got in contact with Mike Edwards indicating he was keen to work again.〔http://www.jesusjonesarchive.info/2000.php#2001page〕 Lastly, Mi5 Recordings in the United States got in touch with the band in spite of a record contract. Mike Edwards travelled to New York where he met with the label's manager and discovered they both had similar thoughts on the state of the music industry.〔http://www.jesusjonesarchive.info/2000.php#2001page〕 The band subsequently signed to the label in 2001 and played several gigs in the UK and US. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London (Jesus Jones album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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