subject: David Gray Tickets - Returning To The Billboard Charts With New Album [print this page] In August, David Gray will release his ninth studio album Foundling, his second set in less than 12 months. The English singer saw unprecedented success with his eighth studio release Draw the Line this year, and on Aug. 17 will release another hit. The lead single "A Moment Changes Everything" will precede the release, as Gray continues to support the album on tour. If you fell in love with Gray's soft ballads from the early '00s like "Babylon," "Sail Away" or "Late Night Radio," listen to the new tracks from today live with David Gray tickets online.
The pop star recorded Foundling on his own in London, developing all 19 tracks for the two-disc set in record time. The set, according to Gray's website, "picks up where Draw the Line leaves off" and features similar folk tracks of romantic balladry. While these two albums are practically cousins, they are the first of a kind for Gray, who has been recording since the early '90s.
Originally Gray was signed to Hut Records and released the debut A Century Ends. While the album allowed him to tour around Ireland, where he found his biggest audience, Gray couldn't keep up the figures for his sophomore effort Flesh. Though beautifully scripted, the album didn't feature the incredibly catchy tunes international audiences have come to recognize from the "Babylon" singer.
Once dropped from Hut, Gray returned to the drawing board for Sell, Sell, Sell in 1996. Remaining a favorite in Ireland, Gray hyped up his audiences every chance he got, opening for Radiohead and the Dave Matthews Band. Dedicated as he was to his music and fans, mainstream record labels weren't catching on to the David Gray phenomenon as quickly as they should have. EMI Records, who produced Sell, Sell, Sell, dropped him following the lackluster boost of crossover success. It was here that they made a huge mistake.
White Ladder, self-financed and self-recorded by Gray by way of his studio apartment, gave him the breakthrough he'd long been salivating for. While Ireland was still his biggest cheerleader, Gray found fans in international stars including his former tour mate Dave Matthews. With the help of the South African, Gray's White Later was the first release for Matthews' ATO Records in 2000, making it big with "Babylon." After that single hit the Top 20 in the U.S. and Top 5 in the UK, White Ladder earned platinum status.
Gray's creativity exploded when he finally earned a name around the world, and he released LPs back to back and a new album. After a Greatest Hits, Draw the Line separated itself from the rest. While there were still catchy tracks fans had come to expect from the melodic performer, Gray turned his tunes inward for a self-reflective hit that resonated with millions.
"I'd been very introspective for whatever reason," he said on his website. "I guess as a singer-songwriter you're gonna have a little bit of that anyway in your makeup. But suddenly with the song 'Draw the Line' I'd kicked the front door down and I was outside. The world was my oyster: that's what I felt as a writer." The result was a critically and commercial favorite, as the 2009 top debuted second on the Billboard 200 and sixth on the Rock Albums chart.
