Insomniac's Guide to a Lonely Heart is the debut album by American

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 pop

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 artist Ben Bledsoe

Ben Bledsoe

Benjamin Frederick "Ben" Bledsoe is an American pop singer formerly of the boy band Natural. He is currently a solo singer and actor living in Los Angeles, California.-Early life:...

, released on July 19, 2005 on indie label

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 44th Floor Records.

Prior to being a solo artist Ben had been part of the boyband Natural

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Natural was an American boy band who were best known for their debut single and signature song "Put Your Arms Around Me". They were very successful in Germany and the Philippines, releasing two albums and nine singles.-Formation:...

. With the group he had released 2 albums and had several top 20 singles in Germany

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. Once the group disbanded Ben began record 'Insomniac's Guide to a Lonely Heart'. He the first of the former members to release a solo album.

Ben wrote or co wrote on all 12 tracks. He also recorded many of the instruments himself. The album was a mix of pop

Pop music

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, rock

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, and funk. Many of the songs were piano

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 and guitar

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 driven.

Being an indie release there was no need for a single. However 'Boyfriend' became a leading track and was planned for an official release though it never did. The album is available at most online retailers and performed well where sold. It was in the top 5% of Amazon.com

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's US CD sales, as well as being its #1 export to Germany

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. It was also simultaneously #1 and #2 on Awarestore.com beating out Aware's own artists such as 'John Mayer

John Mayer

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', 'Five for Fighting

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', and Wheatus

Wheatus

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.

An official German

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 release was planned but never initiated. "Boyfriend" would have been the leading single.

Track listing

1. "Gotta Get away"
2. "Lonely Heart"
3. "My way"
4. "Without you"
5. "What you deserve"
6. "Down"
7. "Real Love"
8. "Drownin"
9. "Boyfriend"
10. "Nobody's Stoppin Me"
11. "Just the thought of you"
12. "I can't stop you now"

In addition, a Christmas song

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was released entitled "Memories melt the snow".