Straight No Chaser is the second studio album by British pop musician Mr Hudson, a follow up to the last album released under the name Mr Hudson & The Library

Mr Hudson & The Library

Benjamin Hudson McIldowie , known professionally as Mr Hudson, is an English R&B/pop artist based in London, England. Mr Hudson is signed to produce Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music...

 entitled A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities (album)

A Tale of Two Cities is the debut album from British band Mr Hudson & The Library, released on 5 March 2007. It is named after the Charles Dickens novel of the same name.-Track listing:# "On the Street Where You Live"...

. Straight No Chaser was released in the UK on 19 October 2009. It was released in the United States on 29 June 2010.

Background

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

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

 and Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

 and Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects, coming to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur...

. 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

Sade Adu

Helen Folasade Adu OBE , is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the Brit and Grammy Award winning English group Sade.-Biography:Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria...

".

Track listing

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
  Supernova (Mr Hudson song)
  "Supernova" is a song by British singer Mr Hudson. It was both co-written and co-produced with American hip-hop artist Kanye West, who is featured on the song. "Supernova" was premiered on May 13, 2009, on Zane Lowe BBC Radio Show and then released through Mr Hudson's and Kanye West's blogs. The...
  
  " was the second single from Straight No Chaser. The single features American artist Kanye West
  Kanye West
  Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
  
  , 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
  Beat Again
  "Beat Again" is the first single by English band JLS, taken from their self-titled debut album.-Background:The song is unusual for being a debut single from reality show contestant that is not a cover version. The song instead was written especially for the group by Wayne Hector and Steve Mac. The...
  
  " by JLS
  JLS
  - Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...
  
   (number 20 on the UK Singles Chart).

• "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.
• "Anyone But Him" is 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 UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	25