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''Moon Landing'' is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was released on 18 October 2013 through Custard Records and Atlantic Records. The album is the follow-up to 2010's ''Some Kind of Trouble'', making it Blunt's first new material in three years. The album features production from the likes of Tom Rothrock, Steve Mac, Guy Chambers and Steve Robson, and was executively produced by Tom Rothrock, who worked with Blunt on 2004's ''Back to Bedlam''.〔http://www.jamesblunt.com/news,the-new-album-moon-landing_123.htm?pg=1&f=all〕 The first single from the album "Bonfire Heart" debuted at number six before peaking at number four the following week in the UK Singles Chart. The single peaked at one in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It was in the top 10 in different countries all over the world. On 21 October 2014, the album was re-released as ''Moon Landing – Apollo Edition'' with five bonus tracks. ==Background== On 11 July 2013, Blunt announced that he had finished recording his fourth studio album, entitled ''Moon Landing''. The album features production from ''Back to Bedlam'' producer Tom Rothrock. The lead single, "Bonfire Heart", was released on 4 October 2013, the song is fueled by just acoustic guitars and a stomping kick drum, reflects Blunt's newly stripped-down take. The song "Miss America" is a tribute to Whitney Houston, as revealed by Blunt in an acoustic video of the song on his YouTube channel. Blunt's return to music received widespread press coverage, after an error in the mailing system lead to the link to "Bonfire Heart" being e-mailed to a large number of e-mail accounts in the United Kingdom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spam attack: James Blunt apologises for mistaken 'UK-wide' mailout of new single 'Bonfire Heart' )〕 Unplugged versions of the songs called "Miss America" and "Face The Sun", and the lyrics video of the song "Satellites" were unveiled on YouTube. On 16 September 2014, Blunt confirmed on his official Instagram account that ''Moon Landing'' would be re-released on November that same year. That new version of the album will be named ''Moon Landing - Apollo Edition'' and will contain 19 tracks: the 11 of the original disc, plus the 3 bonus tracks of the album's deluxe version (''Telephone'', ''Kiss This Love Goodbye'' and ''Hollywood'') and five new tracks (''Smoke Signals'', ''When I Find Love Again'', ''Breathe'', ''Trail of Broken Hearts'' and ''Working it Out''). The new track ''When I Find Love Again'' was released as a single that same day, after being played in BBC's Radio 2 for the first time ever. This new version of the album will also contain an 19-track live DVD recorded during Blunt's performance in the 2014 edition of the Paléo Festival. 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「Moon Landing (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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