Showing posts with label Paul Carrack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Carrack. Show all posts

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Paul Carrack & The SWR Big Band - Don’t Wait Too Long

Styles: Vocal, Big Band
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:50
Size: 106,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:50) 1. I'll Always Be In Love With You
(3:51) 2. Don't Wait Too Long
(4:29) 3. Cryin' Won´t Help You
(3:40) 4. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
(3:54) 5. Ain't Nothing You Can Do
(3:52) 6. Question
(4:48) 7. The Only Thing Missing Is You
(3:59) 8. Got To Get You Off My Mind
(3:24) 9. Frim Fram Sauce
(4:18) 10. Trust In Me
(3:36) 11. Bring It On Home To Me
(3:04) 12. Next Time You See Me

Celebrating a momentous five decades in the industry, legendary musician and songwriter Paul Carrack (Four Time GRAMMY® Nominated), who's 'Golden Voice' features on numerous classic world wide hits such as 'How Long' (ACE'), 'Tempted' (Squeeze), 'The Living Years', 'Over My Shoulder' (Mike and the Mechanics) teams up with the Two Time GRAMMY® Nominated SWR Big Band & Strings on epic new album " Don't Wait Too Long".

The covers album celebrates the pioneering golden era in music from the 50s and beyond spanning blues, gospel, country and jazz. The first single "Cryin' Won't Help You" out in Jan 2023 is Paul's tribute to the legendary BB King.Paul has a deep love of R&B songs from the fifties and beyond. For him, 50s music was filled with intense emotion, it was wildly kinetic and had a profound impact on his career.In Paul's mind, it's where all modern pop music began, the sounds were spectacular and revolutionary.

Days when the change from jazz to pop was stretched via pioneers and great singers like Bobby Bland, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Lloyd Price.These artists always resonated as fantastic performers with stylistic records that had such joy and intensity.The 50s were not only a time for musical revolution but a social and generational upheaval of vast and unpredictable scope. The power of this music is as vital today as it ever was with the power to change lives forever.

After working with the SWR band on a number of projects, Paul and his producers had the idea to find and record a selection of these time-warped classics, some well-known, others not so much, and the title track, a modern song that harks back to those times called 'Don't Wait Too Long'.The result is an impassioned, compelling album. Honest, epic, touching, the album showcases a great vocalist who is at home with his art and talent.By Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Wait-Long-Paul-Carrack

Don’t Wait Too Long

Friday, January 19, 2018

Paul Carrack - Old, New, Borrowed And Blue (Remastered)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:54
Size: 112.0 MB
Styles: R&B/Pop/Rock
Year: 2007/2014
Art: Front

[3:29] 1. What's Shakin' On The Hill
[2:56] 2. Raining Raining
[2:53] 3. Don't Dream It's Over
[3:44] 4. Ride On
[3:33] 5. What's Going On
[3:00] 6. Ain't That Peculiar
[4:22] 7. I Live On A Battlefield
[3:33] 8. Love Will Keep Us Alive
[5:18] 9. Always Have, Always Will
[2:10] 10. Girl
[4:02] 11. The Reason Was You
[5:23] 12. No Easy Way Out
[4:25] 13. Help Me Make It Through The Night

Paul Carrack was pop music's ultimate journeyman. A vocalist and keyboardist who enjoyed considerable success over the course of his lengthy career while in the service of bands ranging from Ace to Squeeze to Mike + the Mechanics, his finest work often came at the expense of his own identity as a performer; indeed, of the many big hits on which the unassuming singer was prominently featured, only one, 1987's "Don't Shed a Tear," bore his own name. Carrack was born April 22, 1951, in Sheffield, England; he joined the pub rock group Ace in 1972, eventually writing and singing their debut single, "How Long." After reaching the Top 20 in the group's native Britain, the record hit the number three position in the U.S.; however, after subsequent material failed to match the success of "How Long," Ace disbanded in 1977, and Carrack signed on with Frankie Miller.

He soon resurfaced in Roxy Music, appearing on the LPs Manifesto and Flesh and Blood before releasing his solo debut, Nightbird, in 1980. Carrack next joined Squeeze, replacing keyboardist Jools Holland; in addition to contributing to the group's 1981 creative pinnacle East Side Story, he also assumed lead vocal duties on the single "Tempted," their best-known hit. However, Carrack's stay in Squeeze was brief, and after working with Nick Lowe he again attempted to forge a solo career with the 1982 LP Suburban Voodoo, cracking the U.S. Top 40 with the single "I Need You." A tenure as a sideman with Eric Clapton followed, and in 1985 he joined Genesis' Mike Rutherford in his side project Mike + the Mechanics. Their hits include "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" and "All I Need Is a Miracle." ~Jason Ankeny

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Friday, March 3, 2017

Paul Carrack - The Best Of Paul Carrack

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:15
Size: 156.2 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/Soul vocals
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[6:14] 1. The Living Years
[3:53] 2. How Long
[4:00] 3. Love Will Keep Us Alive (Feat. Timothy Schmit)
[3:59] 4. Eyes Of Blue
[3:13] 5. Over My Shoulder
[3:59] 6. Tempted
[3:28] 7. Satisfy My Soul
[2:43] 8. Groovin'
[2:47] 9. Walk On By
[3:33] 10. What's Going On
[4:09] 11. I Don't Want Your Love
[2:54] 12. Don't Dream It's Over
[3:27] 13. Moon River
[3:53] 14. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
[2:31] 15. When My Little Girl Is Smiling
[2:54] 16. I'm Losing You
[3:20] 17. Stepping Stone
[3:39] 18. One In A Million
[3:30] 19. Come Rain Or Shine

Paul Melvyn Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has recorded as both a solo artist and as a member of several popular bands. The BBC dubbed Carrack "The Man with the Golden Voice", while Record Collector remarked: "If vocal talent equalled financial success, Paul Carrack would be a bigger name than legends such as Phil Collins or Elton John."

Carrack rose to prominence in the mid-1970s as the frontman and principal songwriter of Ace, and gained further recognition for his work as a solo artist and for his tenures as a member of Roxy Music, Squeeze and Roger Waters' backing band, The Bleeding Heart Band, intermittently handling lead vocals on Squeeze and Waters recordings. From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, he enjoyed considerable success as the co-frontman (with Paul Young) and a songwriter for Mike + The Mechanics; following Young's death in 2000, Carrack served as the band's sole lead vocalist until his departure in 2004. He maintains an active solo career to the present day.

Carrack sang some of his affiliated bands' best-known hits, including Ace's "How Long?"; Squeeze's "Tempted"; and Mike + The Mechanics' "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "The Living Years" and "Over My Shoulder". He also performed lead vocals on tracks from the Roger Waters albums Radio K.A.O.S. and The Wall – Live in Berlin, and achieved a major solo hit with "Don't Shed a Tear". Carrack's songs have been recorded by artists such as the Eagles, Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Michael McDonald and Jools Holland, and he has served as a session and/or touring musician for the likes of Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, B.B. King, The Pretenders and The Smiths.

The Best Of Paul Carrack

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Mike & The Mechanics - Hits

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:15
Size: 138.0 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[5:39] 1. All I Need Is A Miracle
[3:38] 2. Over My Shoulder
[3:57] 3. Word Of Mouth
[5:29] 4. The Living Years
[4:15] 5. Another Cup Of Coffee
[4:43] 6. Nobody's Perfect
[6:12] 7. Silent Running
[4:19] 8. Nobody Knows
[4:24] 9. Get Up
[4:48] 10. A Time And Place
[4:20] 11. Taken In
[3:54] 12. Everybody Gets A Second Chance
[4:31] 13. A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold

Bass – Tim Renwick; Drums – Gary Wallis, Peter Van Hooke; Guitar – Mike Rutherford, Tim Renwick; Keyboards – Adrian Lee, B. A. Robertson, Paul Carrack, Steve Piggot; Vocals – Paul Carrack, Paul Young.

All of Mike + the Mechanics' biggest hits are included on the 13-track Hits collection. Though there are a fair share of non-hits and mediocre album tracks, Hits is a first-rate compilation, giving the casual fan all of the essential Mike + the Mechanics tracks, from "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" and "All I Need Is a Miracle '96" to "The Living Years." ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Hits