There was actually a previous release of this album a year ago, available only through Richie's website. That version also turned up at Amazon and is in fact still listed there, but at a higher price. Now this album is getting a proper, full-on, "in all good stores" release in America on Tuesday:



>> When you think of bands like Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and Souther, Hillman and Furay, one name definitely links them all together: Richie Furay. Now, when you add the names Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Kenny Loggins, Timothy B. Schmit, Rusty Young, etc. there is a stunning new album from Richie Furay that links these superstars all together called The Heartbeat Of Love.....12 great songs, a dozen rare performances from Furay and his friends bring that sound that we are all familiar with to this new cd.

The album opens with a fresh new track called Forever With You .Loaded with hooks and harmonic melodies, this tune gives the listener a welcome back feeling when they hear the wonderful voice of Richie Furay with a little help from his friends like Jeff Hanna from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Timothy B. Schmit lends a hand on My Heart Is Cryin' Tonight. One of those rich ballads that Richie is famous for, with lyrics that match the emotion of the vocal artistry of both singers "I know a love that is strong, will somehow carry on, But My Heart Is Cryin' Tonight."

Neil Young and Kenny Loggins chime in on the Buffalo Springfield/Poco revisit of Kind Woman. After a recent tour with Linda Rondstadt, this song was truly one of the biggest crowd pleasers. This 2007 treatment has all of the qualities you would expect from this classic and more.

Another strong track, Callin' Out Your Name features Stephen Stills and Richie's daughter Jesse Furay. This is classic Furay. No matter which way you look at it, a hook-laden song, masterful harmonies and number one musicianship. This will be one of your favorite go to songs once you add this album to your collection.

The Heartbeat Of Love is Richie's first rock album in almost two decades. This is a definitive "worth waiting for" album, and it shows full circle his career in song with some of his most notable and famous friends from the past four decades. Enjoy! <<

1. Forever With You (w/ Jeff Hanna)
2. My Heart Is Cryin' Tonight (w/ Timothy B. Schmit)
3. Crazy For You
4. Kind Woman (w/Neil Young and Kenny Loggins)
5. Heartbeat Of Love ( w/ Paul Cotton)
6. Dean's Barbecue (w/ Al Perkins & Rusty Young)
7. Only To You
8. Callin' Out Your Name ( w/ Stephen Stills)
9. Real Love (w/ Mark Volman)
10. You And Me
11. In The Still Of The Night ( w/ Paul Cotton)
12. Let's Dance Tonight

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PHW2GI/?tag=imwan-20

from RichieFuray.com--


This CD comes in a specially embossed CD package that is more like a book than a typical CD jewel case and insert.

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REVIEW:

from CMT.com--

NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Country-Rock Pioneer Richie Furay Is Back

His New Heartbeat of Love CD Is a Treasure

By: Chet Flippo


(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/CMT.com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.)

Any of you who were around in the days of the Buffalo Springfield and Poco know that those two groups pioneered country-rock in a very substantial

and major way. Along the way, they provided not only some great music but also such very durable talents as Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Timothy B. Schmit, Randy Meisner, Jim Messina and Richie Furay. The latter's song "Kind Woman" has been called by some the first true country-rock song, but that's very difficult to quantify.

Furay was a founding member of both bands and later formed the Souther-Hillman-Furay band with J.D. Souther and Chris Hillman. He then went solo, but didn't find a lot of success, and eventually walked away from popular music to enter the world of Christianity. He began to record inspirational albums and became a minister. Today, he is pastor of the Calvary Chapel church in Broomfield, Colo., near Boulder. I'll bet the music in that church is something else.

And he has a new country-rock CD out titled The Heartbeat of Love that I think is simply striking. As far as I can tell, it's only available from his Web site or from Amazon.com, which is where I bought my copy. And I'm glad I did so. It's a return and a reprise but not at all a repeat of what Furay was doing with his genre-bending bands years ago. For country-rock aficionados, it's like a shot in the arm.

When he was in Nashville a couple of years ago shooting a Poco DVD, Furay writes in the liner notes for the new album, he was rehearsing "Let's Dance Tonight" when a friend of the band said it was one of his favorite songs. Furay decided if he ever again recorded what he termed a "mainstream record," he would re-cut that song.

Well, he did so. He returned to Nashville and began to recruit an all-star stream of stalwart country-rockers to come to Quad Studios to cut The Heartbeat of Love with him. This is who he got: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, the great Nashville bassist Michael Rhodes, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna, Timothy Schmit, sax player Jim Horn, Kenny Loggins, Paul Cotton, Willie Nelson's harp player Mickey Raphael, Sam Bush, Al Perkins, Rusty Young, Dan Dugmore, Pete Wasner, Mark Volman (a member of the Turtles) and many others.

Listening to it is a sort of time rush. Hearing this kind of great music again and realizing it's not at all dated is something I would never have predicted. His re-recording of "Kind Woman," with Young playing his Gretsch guitar and singing harmony along with Loggins is goose-bump inducing.

Furay wrote or co-wrote all 12 of the songs, and it's very evident he's still got the gift of writing great music. There are lovely, sentimental love songs on the album such as "In the Still of the Night" and full-on, hard-charging, infectious rockers like "You and Me."

And he's still in great voice. It's like he never went away. Hearing his voice again above ringing guitars, soaring fiddle and ice-pick sharp steel guitar is a joyous experience. If I sound like I love this album, you are dead-on right. It's the best thing I've heard this year. Go to his Web site to hear some song samples. You won't be disappointed.

"Let's Dance Tonight" finishes the album and it does indeed complete it, very nicely. The Rev. Richie Furay deserves our attention.

Slippin' away headin' out to L.A./Gonna sing in the city tonight, tonight/Slippin' away headin' out to L.A./Gonna sing in the city tonight/This rock 'n' roll feelin's got my head reelin'/A feelin' I know that is right/So c'mon let's dance.


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I emailed Mr. Furay on the new release of his new release (asking what the differences were, if any). You might want to get the original for the extra dollars. Here is his reply:

Hi Dave,

I haven't seen the "new" packaging yet. I have made a "deal" with Friday Music for broader distribution of Heartbeat! I do know the"new" packaging will be in a "jewell" case so it will not be in the "original" packaging that I will continue to offer at my concerts and website. If you have seen my original packaging, you know it is very unique.

Thanks for the note,
Richie

The limited hardcover packaging is really really nice, i ordered this from Richie's site as soon as it was available. He has an excellent book for sale about his time with Buffalo Springfield also, and i think you can get an autographed copy via the website.

Oh, and the music is excellent as well!

the music certainly is excellent.

i highly recommend this to any buffalo springfield/poco/souther-hillman-furay/richie furay fans.

probably better than his other three secular solo albums.

renny