Pointless Nostalgic

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
BBC Online	(favourable)

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)	55

Certifications

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