No Point in Wasting Tears

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
No Point in Wasting Tears
Ironik No Point In Wasting Tears.jpg
Studio album by Ironik
Released 29 September 2008
11 May 2009 (re-release)
Recorded 2007–2008
Genre UK garage, grime, R&B, hip hop
Label Asylum, Atlantic, Warner
Producer Agent X
Singles from No Point in Wasting Tears
  1. "Stay with Me"
    Released: 22 June 2007
  2. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
    Released: 15 September 2008
  3. "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)"
    Released: 27 April 2009

No Point in Wasting Tears is the debut album by Ironik and was released on 29 September 2008. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 21 but fell to number 36 in its second week.[1] It was removed from the UK iTunes Store, but subsequently fully re-released on May 11, 2009, following the success of the album's third single, "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)," which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Orange UK 3/5 stars[3]

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Singles

  • "So Nice" was a promotional self-obsessed single that was a hit on Channel U but failed to make an impact anywhere else.
  • The first official single from the album was "Stay With Me". The song charted at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.
  • The second single was "I Wanna Be Your Man," which was released in digital form on 18 September, where it charted at #128 until the physical release one week later, when it peaked at no #35.
  • The third single is a remix of Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer), which now features Chipmunk as well as Sir Elton John. The song was released on both CD (Only CD1 this time around) + Digital formats on 27 April 2009. The song entered the UK singles chart as the highest entry week ending on 3 May at #3. Ironiks highest charting single to date.

Tracklist

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Stay with Me (Everybody's Free)"   Ironik, Tim Cox, Nigel Swanston Louis Gibzen 3:24
2. "I Wanna Be Your Man"   Ironik Agent X 2:57
3. "Amazing"   Ironik, Vandross, E.Howard Marcus Killian 3:04
4. "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) (Featuring Chipmunk and Elton John)"   Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Ironik Simon Franglen 3:23
5. "Tracy"   Ironik, G.Bonnick, L.Price Agent X 3:08
6. "Broken (Featuring McLean)"   McLean, N.Clarke Simon Frangien & Ironik 3:58
7. "So Nice (Featuring Baby Sol)"   Ironik, W.Gresford, N.Webb, M.Chalk Will Gresford & Nick Webb 3:08
8. "I'm Leaving (Featuring Ny)"   Ironik, Ny, Seun Ajayi Nocturnal 2:50
9. "5 Hours"   Ironik, E.Dean, T.Hale, T.Stewart, Mýa Will Gresford & Nick Webb 2:04
10. "Would You Like That (Featuring Bless Beats & Daniel de Bourg)"   Ironik, Bless Beats, D.de Bourg Bless Beats 3:02
11. "I Love You (Featuring McLean)"   Ironik, McLean, W.Gresford, N.Webb Will Gresford & Nick Webb 3:35
12. "Sometimes It Snows In April (Ironik Presents Lain James & Ny)"   P.R.Nelson, W.Melvion, L.Coleman Marcus Killian 5:23
13. "Save A Little Love (Featuring McLean)"   Ironik, Winans, Jones, Serrano Sie Medway-Smith 3:41
14. "Mum (Featuring Young Nate, Shay, Melody & Soundbwoy Ent)"   Ironik, K.B Edmonds Sie Medway-Smith 3:31
15. "Imagine (Featuring Gabriella Ellis)"   C.Deakin Sie Medway-Smith 4:02
16. "Foot Patrol (Ironik Presents Daniel de Bourg)"   Ironik, D.de Bourg, A.Birgisson, A.Jonussi Arnthor & Will Gresford 4:32
17. "I Wanna Be Your Man (Ironik Vs Bless Beats Featuring Tinchy Stryder, Ghetto & Daniel de Bourg)"   Ironik, Agent X 4:00
18. "Stay With Me (Featuring Wiley & Chipmunk)"   Ironik, Tim Cox, Nigel Swanston Louis Gibzen 3:09
19. "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)"(Elton John)"   Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Ironik Matt Ward, Dean Gillard 3:10

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
UK Albums Chart 21
Chart (2009) Peak
UK Albums Chart 49

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />
  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Orange UK review
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=No_Point_in_Wasting_Tears&oldid=723074093"