Jake Bugg is the debut self titled album by English singer-songwriter Jake Bugg. The album was released on 15 October 2012 in the UK.^[1] The album was met with much critical acclaim, most of it praising Bugg's song writing.

Upon release the album was well received by critics. Barry Nicolson of the New Musical Express magazine gave the album a 9/10 praising Bugg's 'authenticity' and style of music and 'witt' and how Bugg has taken the sound of influences and made it his own.

Barry Nicolson, of NME gave Jake Bugg a positive review stating, "On 'Two Fingers', Bugg talks wistfully of scheming on the streets of Clifton, where he and his mates would "skin up a fat one, hide from the feds", as though life held no nobler pursuit. You can tell that, up until now, his world has been small, and he might well have spiralled down the sinkhole that swallows so many marginalised estate kids. Eventually, however, Bugg comes to the same conclusion that we do: "Something is changing, changing, changing". If this debut album - rife with uncommon wit, insight and melody - is testament to anything, it's that his small, unremarkable world is about to get a whole lot bigger."^[2]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC	Favourable[3]
NME
The Guardian	[4]
Daily Mail	[5]

• "Trouble Town" was released as the lead single from the album on March 4, 2012.

• "Country Song" was released as the second single from the album on March 30, 2012. The song peaked to number 100 on the UK Singles Chart.

• "Lightning Bolt" was released as the third single from the album on April 27, 2012. The song peaked to number 88 on the UK Singles Chart, the song has also charted at number 45 on the Dutch Singles Chart.

• "Taste It" was released as the fourth single from the album on July 13, 2012. The song peaked to number 90 on the UK Singles Chart.

• "Two Fingers" was released as the fifth single from the album on September 7, 2012. The song peaked to number 66 on the UK Singles Chart.