New Way to Be Human

New Way to Be Human
New Way to Be Human
Studio album by Switchfoot
Released March 11, 1999
Recorded re:think Studio
Genre Alternative rock
Rock/Pop
Length 37:37
Label re:think Records
Producer Charlie Peacock
Switchfoot chronology
The Legend of Chin
(1997)
New Way to Be Human
(1999)
Learning to Breathe
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Jesus Freak Hideout 4/5 stars[1]
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Cross Rhythms 8/10 stars[3]

New Way to Be Human is the second studio album by the band Switchfoot. It was released on March 11, 1999 under independent label re:think Records, which was distributed by Sparrow Records. The best-known songs from this album are the title track "New Way to Be Human", "Company Car", and "Only Hope," which was included in the movie A Walk to Remember.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jon Foreman except where noted.

  1. "New Way to Be Human" – 3:36 (Jon Foreman, Douglas Kaine McKelvey)
  2. "Incomplete" – 4:13 (Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman)
  3. "Sooner or Later (Soren's Song)" – 3:58
  4. "Company Car" – 3:13
  5. "Let That Be Enough" – 2:38
  6. "Something More (Augustine's Confession)" – 4:00 (Jon Foreman, Douglas Kaine McKelvey)
  7. "Only Hope" – 4:13
  8. "Amy's Song" – 4:30
  9. "I Turn Everything Over" – 3:21
  10. "Under the Floor" – 3:55

Book

A book of the same name has also been written by producer Charlie Peacock, who produced this album. The intro to the book is written by Jon Foreman, Switchfoot's lead singer and songwriter.

Personnel

Switchfoot[4]
Additional musicians[5]

Lyrical philosophy

Both "Sooner or Later (Soren's Song)", and "Something More (Augustine's Confession)" are based upon the works of philosophers. "Something More" is based upon a series of books known as Confessions, that were written by Augustine of Hippo[6]. About "Sooner or Later" Jon Foreman has said that "Sooner or later we all have to deal with the frightening reality that there is much that is wrong in the world... This is Soren's song... These are his thoughts as best as I understand them,"[7] alluding to the philosophy of Danish Christian philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. The song also references Jean-Paul Sartre's idea that men are "condemned to be free".

Music videos

References

  1. ^ Jesus Freak Hideout review
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Kirk, Trevor (June 1999). "Switchfoot - New Way To Be Human". Cross Rhythms (51). http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Switchfoot/New_Way_To_Be_Human/403/. 
  4. ^ CD Liner Notes
  5. ^ CD Liner Notes
  6. ^ Beauty and the Beat - published June 19, 2003 (retrieved September 16, 2006)
  7. ^ 24 Voices - (retrieved September 16, 2006)

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • New Way to Be Human — Студийный альбо …   Википедия

  • NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Human genetic variation — is the natural variation in gene frequencies observed between the genomes of individuals or groups of humans. Variation can be measured at both the individual level (differences between individual people) and at the population level, i.e.… …   Wikipedia

  • New Orleans mayoral election, 2006 — 2002 ← May 20, 2006 → 2010 …   Wikipedia

  • New Crobuzon — is a fictional city state created by China Miéville and located in his fictional world of Bas Lag. It is prominently featured in both Perdido Street Station and Iron Council, and serves as a plot device and background for The Scar. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

  • Human rights —    Human rights are international legal liberties and privileges possessed by individuals simply by virtue of their being human. Although many cultures and civilizations have developed ideas about the intrinsic worth and dignity of human beings,… …   Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

  • Human cognitive reliability correlation — (HCR) is a technique used in the field of Human reliability Assessment (HRA), for the purposes of evaluating the probability of a human error occurring throughout the completion of a specific task. From such analyses measures can then be taken to …   Wikipedia

  • Human nature — For other uses, see Human nature (disambiguation). “ We do not know what our nature permits us to be. – Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emile ” …   Wikipedia

  • Human rights — Rights Theoretical distinctions Natural and legal rights Claim rights and liberty rights Negative and positive rights Individual an …   Wikipedia

  • human development — ▪ biology Introduction  the process of growth and change that takes place between birth and maturity.       Human growth is far from being a simple and uniform process of becoming taller or larger. As a child (child development) gets bigger,… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”