''Bridges'' is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter

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, released on 17 June 2022 through

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. It was preceded by five singles—"Biblical", "Rise", "If You Ever Change Your Mind", "Heaven", and "Boys in the Street". Scott embarked on an ongoing world tour in support of the album, beginning in North America in July 2022.

Themes

The tracks have themes of resilience, with Scott saying that he wrote "Rise" during

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when he was "really down on imelf", as well as the power of love, with Scott explaining that "Biblical" is about "love of biblical proportions that transcends everyone and everything", with "Heaven" following a similar theme of "the love between two people being so powerful that it is far superior to anything else". While "If You Ever Change Your Mind" was written "about the pain of heartbreak and lost love", it also has "undertones of hopefulness throughout".

Singles

The lead single, "Biblical", was released on 10 June 2021, with second single "Rise" following on 1 October 2021. Third single "If You Ever Change Your Mind" was issued on 4 February 2022. The fourth single, "Heaven", was released alongside the album announcement on 29 April 2022. On 1 June 2022, Scott released the fifth single, which is his rendition of Greg Holden's "Boys in the Street".

Commercial performance

On 24 June 2022, ''Bridges'' debuted at number 48 on the

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, with 2,158 sales. On 28 July 2022, ''Rise'' was played to welcome the delegations from the

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to the opening ceremony of the

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, England.

Track listing

Notes * On physical editions, the song "Bridges" contains the hidden track "Father", which begins after several seconds of silence, making the track 6:06 in length and the album duration 53:56 overall.

Charts

References

2022 albums Albums produced by Fraser T. Smith Albums produced by Greg Kurstin Albums produced by Jon Maguire Calum Scott albums Capitol Records albums EMI Records albums {{2020s-album-stub