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Straight No Chaser is the second overall album by British pop musician Mr Hudson and his first as a solo artist. It is the follow-up to the last album released with his band Mr Hudson and the Library entitled A Tale of Two Cities. Straight No Chaser was released in the UK on 19 October 2009. It was released in the United States on 29 June 2010.

Straight No Chaser
Studio album by Mr Hudson
Released	19 October 2009
Genre	Synth-pop new wave alternative R&B alternative hip hop
Label	GOOD Mercury
Producer	Dave McCracken Kanye West (also exec.) Mr Hudson The Bullitts Andrew Savours Steve Robson
Mr Hudson chronology
A Tale of Two Cities (2007) Straight No Chaser (2009)
Singles from Straight No Chaser
"There Will Be Tears" Released: 2008 "Supernova" Released: 14 July 2009 "White Lies" Released: 12 October 2009 "Anyone But Him"

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC	favourable link
Digital Spy	link
Drowned in Sound	8/10 link
NME	2/10 link

Background

Sessions first started at Gizzard Studios in Bow, East London, with the album being engineered by Ed Deegan, however the Library (Mr Hudson's backing band) were soon fired and tapes were shelved when Mr Hudson was then flown to the Bahamas to record a new album with Kanye West. In an interview, singer Ben Hudson was asked to describe the album: "My mission statement was to make a pop record, but not a throwaway pop record. My heroes are people like Bowie and Prince and Damon Albarn. I didn't want to do anything niche. Kanye threw down the gauntlet. He said, 'Let's see if we can make you a popstar'. I was like 'Let's have a go!'. It's a bit more widescreen, a bit more punchy, but the eclecticism of the first record's still there. There's a tune where I'm a cross between Deliverance and Sade".[2]

Track listing

Personnel

Singles

• "There Will Be Tears" was the first single from Straight No Chaser, but failed to attract the attention of the media, something only "Supernova" achieved in chart success.
• "Supernova" was the second single from Straight No Chaser. The single features American artist Kanye West, usually a rapper, as a singer on this track. It debuted at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, behind the number one single "Beat Again" by JLS.
• "White Lies" was the third single from Straight No Chaser. The song was released on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom and reached #20 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
• "Anyone But Him" was the fourth single from Straight No Chaser.

Chart performance

Straight No Chaser debuted at #25 in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2009.

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[4]	25

References

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