The album received mostly mixed and positive reviews from critics, most of whom called it catchy but predictable and said that the songs were nothing memorable.
Murs re-released the album under the title, Right Place Right Time: Special Edition on 24 November, preceded by the release of new single "Hand on Heart".
He initially began writing with Claude Kelly and Steve Robson, with whom he had also worked with on his previous hits "Please Don't Let Me Go" and "Dance with Me Tonight", and later collaborated with writers Ed Drewett and Wayne Hector, as well as working with Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton, Lucas Secon and production teams, Future Cut and TMS.
Murs' official webstore also sold a limited 'super deluxe' boxset version, containing the two disc deluxe edition of the album, a large fold out poster, and a personalised lyric book (featuring exclusive pictures and hand written thoughts from Murs about the songs) housed in a collectible presentation box with the 'OM' trilby hat logo that appears on much of his official merchandise.
The standard 12 track edition was also available to buy as a personalised album on the website MixPixie, with the option to incorporate a customised message and photo onto the artwork.
The American edition will be a mixture of seven tracks from the album, along with "Heart Skips a Beat" (featuring Chiddy Bang in place of Rizzle Kicks), "Dance with Me Tonight" and "Oh My Goodness" from In Case You Didn't Know.
[6] In September 2013 Murs confirmed on his Twitter account that he would release a special edition of Right Place Right Time on 25 November 2013.
As with his previous two albums, Murs stated that he wanted to evolve his sound again, this time taking on a more funk-led influence from artists such as Jamiroquai and Maroon 5: "I hate saying the music is more 'mature', because I haven’t changed.
"[7] On 17 September 2012, Murs announced via Twitter that the lead single from the album would be "Troublemaker", which features vocals from American rapper Flo Rida.
Two days after performing "Troublemaker" for the first time on UK television at the live results show of The X Factor, Murs launched the album at his record company offices in London on 21 November 2012, with a special listening party for the album, featuring specially invited competition winners that was broadcast on his Ustream account, and hosted by Capital FM breakfast show DJ, Dave Berry.
"[16] It received a 3/5 stars review from Digital Spy's Lewis Corner, who said: "It may not be a big departure from his previous efforts, but when you're on to a good thing, why change the pace?
This third album makes his success a mite more palatable - there's less of the pop-ska pabulum and more Will Young-style balladeering, mixed in with up-tempo, perky numbers, such as "What a Buzz" – an enthusiastic account of a date, which sounds like a parody of his own hapless-chappy every-bloke persona.
"[19] In a slightly negative review, Andy Gill from The Independent gave the album two stars, saying "Olly Murs claims to want to grow musically with each album, but any perceived development here beyond last year's In Case You Didn't Know is minutely incremental rather than an ambitious overhaul of his approach.
"[20] At the USA Today, Elysa Gardner found that "The mostly upbeat, mostly formulaic songs on this X Factor alum's American debut reveal a fluid, serviceable voice but little personality.
[22] Consequently, Murs became the fourth artist after Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams and One Direction to achieve a chart double.
[22] It also gave him the fastest selling album of 2012 by a male solo artist in the UK charts, until Bruno Mars's Unorthodox Jukebox sold 136,000 copies two weeks later, knocking him off the top spot.
Right Place Right Time (Special Edition) features seven new tracks and a DVD, Olly Murs: Live at the O2 Arena.