British act NEWMAN is one of the most productive bands out there when it comes to melodic rock / AOR. Their latest studio effort ‘Colour in Sound’ was featured here some days ago, and some of you asked for this stupendous 2xCD pack titled “Decade“, released in 2008.
The concept of “Decade” was to bring to you re-performed and re-recorded from the first 10 years of Newman. This is some kind of expanded ‘best-of’ containing a 2-disc set – there’s no less then 17 tracks on each CD, 34 track in total.
However, this is not just a ‘compilation’. Steve Newman and his band has re-recorded all tracks especially for this release, songs selected from the first five Newman albums from the 1997 to 2007 decade. All these new versions – very good by the way – are packed on CD1.
But the other 17 tracks on CD2 are unreleased, or at least quite rare songs (e.g. Japanese bonus tracks) taken from that very period. This disc also features some songs which were ‘works in progress’ but were never completed.
”Decade” is the best of both worlds: the 17 ‘best of’ songs have been re-recorded with a crisp production (Newman has been faithful to the original versions, so he have here a varied material ranging from Melodic Hard Rock to AOR) while the other 17 songs are like a new album, because all are unreleased yet really good.
Great release, HIGHLY Recommended
Tracklist:
CD 1:
01 - One Step Closer.
02 - Heaven Knows.
03 - Every Moment.
04 - Last Known Survivors.
05 - If It's Love.
06 - Ain't Gonna Cry Forever.
07 - You Should Be Gone.
08 - Pray For The Day.
09 - Taboo.
10 - Save Me Tonight.
11 - The Call.
12 - Dangerous.
13 - The Way You Love Me.
14 - Judgement Day.
15 - Burned.
16 - I Know You.
17 - Watching You.
18 - One Step Closer (alternate version).
CD 2:
01 - Coming Home Tonight.
02 - Life After Love.
03 - Tell It To My Heart.
04 - Change.
05 - Can You Hear Me Now.
06 - Hands Around My Heart.
07 - All She Wants.
08 - Don't Ever Say Forever.
09 - Love Never Dies.
10 - Can't Stop Falling.
11 - All Of Me.
12 - Emotions In Motion.
13 - World Comes Down.
14 - When I Look In Your Eyes.
15 - 15 Minute Revolution (alternate version).
16 - Primitive Soul (acoustic version).
Newman – Decade (2008) re-performed and re-recorded 2-disc set
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