Come to Life (Natalie Imbruglia album)

Although recording for the album began in 2007, during promotion for the release of Glorious: The Singles 1997–2007, tracks "Scars" and "My God" were rumoured to have been recorded in 2006. The album took nearly three years to complete. In February 2009, The Sun newspaper rumoured that Imbruglia was collaborating with Chris Martin from Coldplay, and it was later confirmed by Martin himself and people involved in the recording process that he had worked with Imbruglia on a "string of tracks".[http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=7670 "Natalie Imbruglia and Chris Martin Do it Together"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019084507/http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=7670 |date=19 October 2009 }} Undercover, 21 February 2009[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25370191-5006023,00.html "Natalie Imbruglia on Closed for Winter, and Chris Martin songs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426231311/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25370191-5006023,00.html |date=26 April 2009 }} Herald Sun, 23 April 2009

Chris Martin wrote the song "Fun" for Natalie. "When he sang it to me, I almost did one of those ugly cries. But I held it together. That's the crazy thing - he wrote it, not me. Who knows what Chris was thinking, you would have to ask him about that. But I thought it was a stunning, beautiful love song".http://www.news.com.au/coldplays-chris-martin-wrote-natalie-imbruglias-daniel-johns-break-up-song/story-e6frexl9-1225766874280 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} The song "Lukas", produced by Brian Eno and Rik Simpson, was confirmed as an out-take from the recording sessions of Coldplay's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Martin also worked with Imbruglia on "Want", with his voice echoing at the end of the song. "Coldplay write so much material it's quite ridiculous how many songs they have, some of which never get finished because Chris Martin is a bit of a mad genius," Imbruglia explained.

In April 2009, Imbruglia stated the following in an interview: "I get frustrated because I’d like to produce more work... It’s something that bugs me about myself, but I don’t really know any other way. And I’m not motivated by money, so I need to get things done right. I feel the same creative buzz I felt when I first started my career... It's just fun and artistic and creative and all the things it should be. There's still a lot of depth to the songs... It just sounds fresher to me. I've tried different things - there's more electronic stuff in there, and that's different for me, more dance beats. There's a freedom overall, and a sense of confidence. It's slightly less introspective..."[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25338650-5006013,00.html "Natalie Imbruglia overcomes naked ambition in Closed For Winter"] The Sunday Telegraph, 16 April 2009[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/14/1239474861615.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap5 "Natalie Imbruglia's dark beauty"] Sydney Morning Herald, 14 April 2009 The album "combines dark, driving beats and gorgeously wistful ballads".{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3891&Itemid=206 |title=Natalie Imbruglia news 'in brief' |publisher=Popjustice |date=30 July 2009 |accessdate=22 September 2009}}

The album was first released via on Island Records on 2 October 2009 in Australia. It was announced that the release of the album in the United Kingdom would be delayed so that Imbruglia could concentrate on her duties as a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor franchise. The album was eventually made available in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2010 by Amazon. In 2020, the album became available for streaming in its entirety on Spotify and its tracks were made available on YouTube by Universal Music.

• "Wild About It" was released as a promotional single. A music video was filmed for the song in London, England, and was directed by Mike Baldwin. The video features cameo appearances by British comedians Alan Carr and David Walliams.[http://www.promonews.tv/2009/08/20/natalie-imbruglia’s-wild-about-it-by-michael-baldwin/ "Natalie Imbruglia’s Wild About It by Michael Baldwin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130418190342/http://www.promonews.tv/2009/08/20/natalie-imbruglia%E2%80%99s-wild-about-it-by-michael-baldwin/ |date=18 April 2013 }}. PromoNews.tv. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
• "Want" was officially released as the album's lead single on 28 September 2009.[http://www.natalieimbruglia.com/news.php?id=20 "'Want' Released On 28 September"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060406/http://www.natalieimbruglia.com/news.php?id=20 |date=4 March 2016 }}. NatalieImbruglia.com. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009. Released only as a digital download, the track reached number six on the Italian singles chart[http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Natalie+Imbruglia&titel=Want&cat=s "Italian Chart Positions"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309021713/http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Natalie%20Imbruglia&titel=Want&cat=s |date=9 March 2012 }}. ItalianCharts.com. eMedia Jungen. Retrieved 24 October 2009. and number 88 on the UK singles chart.[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ "Chart Stats: Natalie Imbruglia"] . OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
• "Scars" was intended to become the second single from the album, due to be released on 26 April 2010, however, due to contractual issues with the record label, was cancelled. It was announced three weeks later the single would actually be released on 5 July, nearly a year after the previous single, but once again, the release was cancelled. At some point in 2010, there was a limited digital release available on Amazon MP3 as a promotional single, but it was quickly taken down.

Come to Life entered the Australian albums chart at #67 on 19 October 2009, making it Imbruglia's worst performing album to date. It sold 740 copies in its first week of release. In its second week, it dropped to #89, spending only two weeks in the top 100. In Switzerland, the album peaked at #70 on 18 October 2009.[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Natalie+Imbruglia&titel=Come+To+Life&cat=a "Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)"]. SwissCharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = My God

| writer1 = {{hlist|Natalie Imbruglia|Crispin Hunt}}

| extra1 = Ben Hillier

| length1 = 4:04

| title2 = Lukas

| writer2 = {{hlist|Guy Berryman|Jonny Buckland|Will Champion|Chris Martin}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Brian Eno|Rik Simpson}}

| length2 = 3:50

| title3 = Fun

| writer3 = {{hlist|Berryman|Buckland|Champion|Martin}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Ken Nelson}}

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = Twenty

| writer4 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Sheppard Solomon}}

| extra4 = Hillier

| length4 = 3:57

| title5 = Scars

| writer5 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Jamie Hartman}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Simpson|Jon Hopkins|Leo Abrahams}}

| length5 = 3:32

| title6 = Want

| writer6 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Kat Kourtney|Gary Clark|Martin}}

| extra6 = Simpson

| length6 = 4:20

| title7 = WYUT

| writer7 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Alain Johannes|Natasha Shneider}}

| extra7 = Johannes

| length7 = 3:20

| title8 = Cameo

| writer8 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Hillier|Dave McCracken}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|McCracken|Hillier}}

| length8 = 3:13

| title9 = All the Roses

| writer9 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Clark}}

| extra9 = Hillier

| length9 = 3:29

| title10 = Wild About It

| writer10 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Hillier|McCracken}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|McCracken|Hillier}}

| length10 = 4:08

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{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus track

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title11 = Flirting

| writer11 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Siddhartha Khosla}}

| extra11 = Hillier

| length11 = 5:00

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital edition bonus track

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title11 = Want

| note11 = Blunt Laser remix

| writer11 = {{hlist|Imbruglia|Johns|Kourtney|Clark|Martin}}

| extra11 = Simpson

| length11 = 5:22

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