The Pursuit

Rating

Album: The Pursuit
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Just One of Those Things	More Info...	0:04
2)	I'm All Over It	More Info...	0:03
3)	Wheels	More Info...	0:03
4)	If I Ruled the World	More Info...	0:04
5)	You and Me Are Gone	More Info...	0:05
6)	Don't Stop the Music	More Info...	0:04
7)	Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down	More Info...	0:04
8)	Mixtape	More Info...	0:05
9)	I Think, I Love	More Info...	0:04
10)	We Run Things	More Info...	0:03
11)	Not While I'm Around	More Info...	0:04
12)	Music Is Through	More Info...	0:07

Album: The Pursuit
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Just One of Those Things	More Info...	0:04
2)	I'm All Over It	More Info...	0:03
3)	Wheels	More Info...	0:03
4)	If I Ruled the World	More Info...	0:04
5)	You and Me Are Gone	More Info...	0:05
6)	Don't Stop the Music	More Info...	0:04
7)	Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down	More Info...	0:04
8)	Mixtape	More Info...	0:05
9)	I Think, I Love	More Info...	0:04
10)	We Run Things	More Info...	0:03
11)	Not While I'm Around	More Info...	0:04
12)	Music Is Through	More Info...	0:07

Performer Notes

Audio Mixers: Thomas Juth; Greg Wells ; Ryan Hewitt.
Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ; Bennett Studios, NJ; Rocket Carousel Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sunhatch Studios, London, England; Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Terrified Studios; Terrified Studios, London, England.
Photographers: Marc Silver; Anthony Dickenson; Kit Lynch-Robinson.
Jamie Cullum tipped too heavily toward coffeehouse electronica on his fourth album, Catching Tales, obscuring his charms as both a jazzy pianist and a soft rock crooner, so he wisely scales back to his strengths on The Pursuit. Despite a brassy opening cover of Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things," The Pursuit is hardly a retreat to Harry Connick, Jr. territory. Cullum anchors himself within melodic soft rock, providing a base for incorporating both his jazz and persistent electronica infatuations. Since The Pursuit is produced as a pop album, those electronica flourishes wind up seeming seamless, underscoring what Cullum does best: unabashedly mainstream adult pop, whether it's the insistent rush of "Mixtape" or the wonderful `70s throwback "I'm All Over It." Much of The Pursuit mines this fertilely mellow vein, producing a bunch of understatedly melodic music whose consistency suggests that Cullum realizes his strength as a soft rock singer/songwriter. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "[T]hink Ben Folds' brand of guitarless, percussive piano rock, with an occasional house beat thrown in."

Down Beat (p.48) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he infectiousness of 'I'm All Over It' is obvious -- an Elton John homage that Ben Folds or Keene would be proud to call their own."

JazzTimes (p.51) - "The fetching results demonstrate just how well this eclectic musical chef can cook when all the right ingredients are in place."

Billboard - "THE PURSUIT is his first collection of songs to capture his energy-filled live shows on record....He steps effortlessly among jazz, dance and intimate singer/songwriter fare."

Q (Magazine) (p.111) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]tomping piano pop hits, supper-club R&B and finger-clickin' ruminations on the state of the planet..."

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