[2015-09-18] Starsailor "Good Souls: The Greatest Hits" including 2 new tracks (Parlophone/Warner UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:30 pm

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Starsailor’s initial run of success saw both their ‘Love is Here’ debut album and the 2003 follow-up ‘Silence is Easy’ hit #2 on the charts as they raced to a total of 3 million sales. Now their biggest hits and fan favourites have been collated in ‘Good Souls: The Greatest Hits’ which will be released on September 18th on Parlophone.

The album kicks off with the band’s three biggest hits in the shape of ‘Good Souls’ (#12), ‘Silence is Easy’ (#9) and ‘Alcoholic’ (#10). In addition to those tracks, the album features a further seven Top 40 hits, as well as deeper cuts such as ‘Tie Up My Hands’ and ‘Fidelity’ which became staples of the band’s live shows.

“It's been over 15 years since the band first formed and the songs still mean something to people,” says frontman James Walsh. “They still sing the words passionately back at us at gigs. We hear stories of how songs have soundtracked key moments in their lives. That's why we felt it was the right time to release this album - hopefully if the songs mean this much to our loyal fans this collection can help spread the word wider. People who know us for 'Four To The Floor' or 'Alcoholic' can delve a little deeper.”

In addition, the album boasts two brand new tracks which were recently recorded with producer Harry Rutherford at the famous Fisher Lane Studios. “’Give Up The Ghost’ came from the energy of being back together after so much time,” explains Walsh. “It’s about not being ready to give up on something despite the challenges that you face.” The other new track is the ballad ‘Hold On’. “The lyrics are about reassuring someone who has their life ahead of them and passing wisdom onto them,” he adds. “We wanted to get an anthemic chorus which should get the crowd going.”

The release of ‘Good Souls: The Greatest Hits’ follows the band’s reunion with a triumphant set on the main stage at the Isle of Wight Festival 2014. They subsequently toured as guests to James, before heading off to North American in 2015 for co-headline tour alongside Embrace.

Tracklist
1. Good Souls
2. Silence Is Easy
3. Alcoholic
4. Give Up The Ghost (New Track)
5. In The Crossfire
6. Poor Misguided Fool
7. Four To The Floor
8. This Time
9. Fever
10. Born Again (Radio Edit)
11. Lullaby
12. Keep Us Together
13. Way To Fall
14. All The Plans (Radio Edit)
15. Hold On (New Track)
16. Tell Me It's Not Over
17. Tie Up My Hands
18. Fidelity
19. Four To The Floor (Thin White Duke Mix) (Bonus Track)

Amazon USA
[TBA]

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0128Y8ZIY/?tag=imwan-21

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Always liked this band. Wasn't their last produced by Phil Spector? If find this at a very good price I'll go for it.

Rick A.

[2015-09-18] Starsailor "Good Souls: The Greatest Hits" including 2 new tracks (Parlophone/Warner UK)

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