Written in Scars | ||||
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Studio album by Jack Savoretti | ||||
Released | 9 February 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2013–2014 | |||
Genre | Acoustic, folk, rock | |||
Length | 38:00 | |||
Label | BMG Chrysalis UK | |||
Producer | Sebastian Sternberg, Pedro Vito, Samuel Dixon, Matty Benbrook, Emre Ramazanoglu | |||
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Source | Rating |
The Independent | |
Q |
Written in Scars (New Edition) | |
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Studio album by Jack Savoretti | |
Released | 18 September 2015 |
Recorded | 2013–2015 |
Genre | Acoustic, folk, rock |
Length | 73:37 |
Label | BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd |
Written in Scars is the fourth studio album by English-Italian singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti. It was released on 9 February 2015 by BMG Chrysalis UK.
The album has peaked at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart and has sold 147,092 copies as of November 2016.
The album was critically acclaimed, with reviews including 4 stars from The Independent and 4 stars from Q. BBC Radio 2 made Written in Scars their Album of the Week on 1 February 2015, and Tesco also made it their Album of the Week on 10 April 2015.
The online release also contained three bonus tracks:
After the success of the album, Savoretti released a lengthier 20-track edition on BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd titled Written in Scars (New Edition). The first 11 tracks were identical and in same order as appearing in the original album.
The remaining nine tracks included two brand new songs, "Back Where I Belong" and "Catapult", five live renditions of tracks appearing in the original album including the title track. The remaining two new tracks are collaborations with Alexander Brown, first in a rendition of "Jack In a Box" as a duet with him, the second the track "The Other Side of Love" with a vocal remix of Alexander Brown.