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Pointless Nostalgic

2002 studio album by Jamie Cullum

Pointless Nostalgic

Studio album by

Jamie Cullum

Released

15 July 2002

Recorded

2002

Genre

Vocal jazz
crossover jazz

Length

55:31

Label

Candid

Producer

Alan Bates

Jamie Cullum chronology

Heard It All Before
(1999)

Pointless Nostalgic
(2002)

Twentysomething
(2003)

Singles from Pointless Nostalgic

"High and Dry"
Released: 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
BBC Online	(favourable)^[2]

Pointless Nostalgic is Jamie Cullum's second album but his first major release on a record label. It was released in 2002 through Candid Records. It was recorded at Clowns Pocket Recording Studio, Bexley, Kent by Derek Nash who also co produced the CD.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You and the Night and the Music"	Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz	4:09
2.	"I Can't Get Started"	Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin	5:15
3.	"Devil May Care"	Bob Dorough	3:24
4.	"You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"	James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan, Larry Stock	3:43
5.	"Pointless Nostalgic"	Jamie Cullum, Ben Cullum	4:03
6.	"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"	Bob Hilliard, David Mann	6:28
7.	"Well, You Needn't"	Thelonious Monk	3:21
8.	"It Ain't Necessarily So"	George Gershwin, I. Gershwin	4:31
9.	"High and Dry"	Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Thom Yorke	4:54
10.	"Too Close For Comfort"	Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss	3:25
11.	"A Time for Love"	Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster	5:06
12.	"Lookin' Good"	Dave Frishberg	3:10
13.	"I Want to Be a Popstar"	J. Cullum	4:02

Musicians

Jamie Cullum – piano, vocals
Martin Shaw – trumpet
Martin Gladdish – trombone
Matt Wates – alto saxophone
Dave O'Higgins – tenor saxophone
Ben Castle – tenor saxophone
Geoff Gascoyne – bass
Sebastiaan de Krom – drums

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2002–03)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[3]	55

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[4]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Pointless Nostalgic at AllMusic
^ BBC Online review
^ "Jamie Cullum | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
^ "British album certifications – Jamie Cullum – Pointless Nostalgic". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 February 2016.