Pointless Nostalgic by Jamie Cullum

Pointless Nostalgic, Jamie Cullum's second studio album, came out on Candid Records in the UK on 15 July 2002, and it was the first time the young English singer and pianist had a proper label behind him. He cut it at Clowns Pocket Recording Studio in Bexley, Kent, with Derek Nash engineering and co-producing.

This is jazz with a pop kid's grin: Cullum's piano does the heavy lifting, his voice slouches and swings around the melodies, and the whole thing has the loose, late-night feel of a club set rather than a museum piece. "High And Dry" is the track that turned up on the countdowns. The album set the stage for Twentysomething, the record that followed.

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