Home and Away (album)
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| Home and Away | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 30 October 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 23–26 February 1967 | |||
| Studio | Olympic Sound Studio, 117 Church Road, Barnes, London SW13 | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop[1] | |||
| Label | Immediate (1967, not released) EMI (2006) | |||
| Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham | |||
| Del Shannon chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Home and Away is an album by Del Shannon. It was recorded in England in 1967, but the singles did not achieve chart success and the album was not released.[3] It was released (with a few other later songs added) in a remixed version 1978 under the title And The Music Plays On,[4] then released under its original name, with the original intended cover, and original track list (except for added bonus tracks) in 2006.[3]
Edsel Records included this CD in a box set entitled Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium, which contains 14th of his studio albums and three compilation and was released on February 24, 2023.[5]
Reception
[edit]Jason Ankeny of AllMusic's gave the album a postive reviews, saying "Shannon's otherworldly vocals achieve a new maturity and poignancy here, substituting their traditional romantic longing with the desperation of an artist struggling to remain relevant and vibrant in a brave new world."[2]
Track listing
[edit]- "It's My Feeling" (Andrew Rose, David Skinner)
- "Mind Over Matter" (Jeremy Paul Solomons)
- "Silently" (Dan Bourgoise, Del Shannon)
- "Cut and Come Again" (Billy Nicholls)
- "My Love Has Gone" (Ross Watson)
- "Led Along" (Billy Nicholls)
- "Life Is But Nothing" (Andrew Rose, David Skinner)
- "Easy to Say" (Andrew Rose, David Skinner)
- "Friendly with You" (Billy Nicholls)
- "He Cheated" (Del Shannon)
- "Runaway '67" (Del Shannon, Max Crook). With John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins and Jimmy Page as session musicians.[3]
CD bonus tracks
- "Led Along" [Mono, US & UK Single] (Billy Nicholls)
- "Mind Over Matter" [Mono, UK Single] (Jeremy Paul Solomons)
- "Runaway '67" [Mono, US & UK Single] (Del Shannon, Max Crook)
- "He Cheated" [Mono, US Single] (Del Shannon)
- "Silently" [Mono, Philippines Single] (Dan Bourgoise, Del Shannon)
References
[edit]- ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Del Shannon - Home and Away: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ a b c "Home and Away Studio Session Photos". Del Shannon Enterprises official website. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ^ And The Music Plays On at AllMusic
- ^ "Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
