Album: Olly Murs
Artist: Olly Murs
2010 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
CD: 8697765022

Olly Murs: lead vocals (all), backing vocals (2, 3, 8)
Jessie J: vocals (10)
Matt Prime: keys (1), guitars (1), bass (1), programming (1), backing vocals (1)
Blair Mackichan: backing vocals (1)
Pete Davis: additional programming (1)
Iyiola Babalola: synths (2, 3), programming (2, 3)
Darren Lewis: guitars (2, 3)
Steve Robson: bass (2, 3), backing vocals (2), piano (3)
Luke Potashnick: guitars (2)
Andrew Ross: sax (2)
Simon Finch: trumpet (2)
Nichol Thomson: trombone (2)
Steve Fitzmaurice: additional programming (3-6, 10, 12)
Darren Heelis: bass (6), additional bass (12), additional synths (5), additional programming (3, 5, 6)
Robbie Lammond: brass (3)
Wayne Hector: backing vocals (3)
Ria Ritchie: backing vocals (3)
Adam Argyle: all instruments (4, 5)
Andy Green: programming (6)
Josh Wilkinson: programming (6)
Ali Tennant: backing vocals (6)
John Blease: drums (6)
John Shanks: guitar (7), bass (7), keys (7), background vocals (7)
Jeff Rothschild: drums (7), programming (7)
Charlie Judge: keys (7)
Jamie Muhoberac: keys (7)
Dan Chase: programming (7)
Jerry Abbott: guitars (8), bass (8), keys (8), drum programming (8)
Julian Velard: keys (8), backing vocals (8)
Grant Black: additional percussion (8)
Paddy Byrne: aal instruments except bass (9)
Sam Dixon: bass (9)
George Astasio: guitar (10), bass (10), drums (10), programming (10)
Dan Smith: guitar (10), bass (10), keys (10)
Jason Pebworth: keys (10)
Jon Shave: keys (10), drums (10), programming (10)
Mark Taylor/Samuel Preston: all instruments (11)
Phil Palmer: guitars (12)
Lol Crème: guitars (12)
Ash Soan: drums (12), percussion (12)
Trevor Horn: backing vocals (12)
Tracy Ackerman: backing vocals (12)
Anne Dudley: conductor (12)

ACM Gospel Choir (choir leader: Mark De Lisser) (12)
London Studio Orchestra (12)


Produced by Prime (1), Future Cut (Babalola and Lewis) (2, 3), Robson (2, 3), Argyle/Martin Brammer (4, 5), Green (6), Shanks (7), Abbott/Black (8), Byrne (9), The Invisible Men (Pebworth, Astasio, Shave) (10), Taylor (11), Horn (12)
Additional production by Fitzmaurice (6)
Assisted by Heelis (2)
Engineered by Abbott/Graham Archer (8), Archer/Tim Weidner (12)
Assistant engineers: Daniel Moyler (7), Stanley Gabriel (7), Dave Miles (12), Nelson Milburn (12)
Vocals engineered by Sam Millar (3)
Recorded by Argyle/Brammer (4, 5), Rothschild (7)
Additional recording by Heelis (6), Max Stanley (6), Austin Ince (7)
Production coordinator/contractor: Shari Sutcliffe (7)
Strings contractor: Isobel Griffiths (7)
Pro Tools editing: Lars Fox (7)
Mixed by Fitzmaurice (2-6, 9, 10, 12), Prime (1), Rothschild (7), Abbott (8), Matt Furmidge (11)
Mixing assistant: Heelis (3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12), Stanley (4)
Mastered by Bunt Stafford
Photography by Kayt Jones
Design by Steve Stacey


Tracks:
1. "Change is Gonna Come" [Murs/Prime/Mackichan] (3:46)
2. "Please Don't Let Me Go" [Murs/Claude Kelly/Robson] (3:24)
3. "Thinking of Me" [Murs/Robson/Hector] (3:26)
4. "Busy" [Murs/Argyle/Brammer] (3:00)
5. "I Blame Hollywood" [Argyle/Brammer] (3:09)
6. "Ask Me to Stay" [Murs/Chris Braide/Chris Difford] (3:35)
7. "Heart on My Sleeve" [Shanks/James Morrison] (3:29)
8. "Hold On" [Murs/Jerry Abbott/Grant Black/Julian Velard/Paul Williams] (3:05)
9. "Accidental" [Murs/Paddy Byrne] (3:22)
10. "Love Shine Down" [Murs/The Invisible Men/Ed Sheeran/Dan Smith] (4:07)
11. "Don't Say Goodbye" [Murs/Taylor/Preston] (3:36)
12. "A Million More Years" [Lol Creme/Matt Schwartz] (3:36)

Strings arranged by Will Malone (7)
(8) contains a sample recreation of "So You Want to be a Boxer" [Williams]
Orchestral arrangement: Dudley (12)


Notes: The iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus content came with two music videos, for (2) and (3).

Murs came second in the sixth series of The X Factor in the UK. He released his debut single, (2) above, in Aug 2010, which made #1 in the UK (Gold) and charted elsewhere in Europe. (3) was the second single (UK #4, Gold), released about the same time as the album in Nov 2010. The album made #2 in the UK and #11 in Ireland, with the biggest first week sales (>108,000) for a debut album in the UK in 2010. (7) was released as a digital single only and made #20 in the UK. (4) was the final single, again digital only and making #45 in the UK.

The album was the 20th best-selling in the UK in 2010, and the 129th best-selling of 2011. Total sales have reached 834,000 in the UK, double Platinum. (HP, 18 Nov 18)
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