On the eve of her eagerly awaited 4th studio album, due early 2008, Natalie Imbruglia returns to the fore this summer with her impressive new single ‘Glorious’, August 27th. The lead song to be taken from her forthcoming singles collection of the same name (September 10th), it’s her first release in 2 years and a welcome return for the Grammy nominated singer/songwriter.Written by Natalie, the new single is produced by former Longpigs frontman Crispin Hunt. The first of 5 new tracks that feature on the eagerly anticipated singles collection, ‘Glorious’ is available as a digital download from August 19th and 2-track CD from August 27th - the latter of which includes the Billy Corgan-penned ‘Identify’, which featured on the Stigmata soundtrack.The accompanying video - inspired by the film ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’- was directed by Frank Borin, whose past credits include Eminem, Duran Duran and Good Charlotte.Featuring 14 tracks, including 9 essential hit singles such as ‘Torn’ one of the UK’s Top-100 best-selling singles of all time ‘Glorious: The singles’ also boasts ’Smoke’, ‘Big Mistake’, ‘Shiver’ (the Number 1 airplay record of 2005), ‘Wrong Impression’ and ‘Wishing I Was There’. "I’ve been busy for the last 12 months writing and recording my 4th album, and started reflecting on the past 10 years and all the fond memories I have of that time. Natalie says. "So, I wanted to put out this singles collection to celebrate it."
Currently working alongside Gary Clark, Daniel Johns, Jamie Hartman, Shep Solomon and Crispin Hunt, the new album - written by Natalie - is being recorded in London’s Pool Studios.