Once More (Spandau Ballet album)

Once More (Spandau Ballet album)
Once More
Studio album by Spandau Ballet
Released October 19, 2009 (UK)
Recorded 2009
Genre Pop
Length 55:11
Label Mercury Records
Producer Danton Supple
Spandau Ballet chronology
Singles, Rarities & Remixes
(2006)
Once More
(2009)
Singles from Once More
  1. "Only When You Leave (2009 Version)"
    Released: September 25, 2009
    (Free Download)[1]
  2. "Once More"
    Released: October 19, 2009 (Promo)
  3. "Gold (2009 Version)"
    Released: 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [2]
BBC (favourable)[3]

Once More is the seventh studio album by British band Spandau Ballet. It was released by Mercury Records on October 19, 2009 in UK and Ireland. The album includes eleven re-recordings from their back catalogue and two newly written songs. The first single, the title track "Once More", one of the two brand new songs, was released as a promotional single on October 5, 2009 and as a digital download on the same day as the album was released. The music video for "Once More" was filmed. The album debuted at number 7 on the UK Album Chart on October 25, 2009.[4]

Background

Once More is the first new recording by Spandau Ballet since 1989. Eleven of the thirteen tracks are re-recordings of previously recorded songs by the group. The first and the last track on the album, "Once More" and "Love is All" are new songs written during the band's reunion. The title track is written by Gary Kemp and Steve Norman, while "Love is All" is the first Spandau Ballet song written by Tony Hadley.[5] The album is produced by Danton Supple, who co-produced Coldplay's X&Y album.[5]

Singer Tony Hadley said about the new recordings: "When we got back together and the tour dates went on sale, none of us could believe the fantastic reaction we got from fans and the press alike. When the opportunity came to get into a studio and play music together, we couldn't pass it up."[1] Gary Kemp said about the title track that "the new song was a way for us to show that Spandau Ballet are back, not just to play the hits on tour but also to take on our contemporaries in the pop charts!"[1]

The re-recordings of the eleven older songs are made in a semi-acoustic, unplugged-like style, which gives their songs a 21st-century flavour, according to sax player Steve Norman, taking them to some "very dark, different place".[6] According to Gary Kemp the sound of the album is not only the sound of Spandau Ballet reinvented for the 21st century, but also "how we would have made these songs the first time around if we had the maturity and know-how to achieve it".[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gary Kemp, except where indicated. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Once More"   Kemp, Steve Norman 4:06
2. "To Cut a Long Story Short"     3:50
3. "Gold"     4:17
4. "True"     5:45
5. "Chant No. 1"     3:33
6. "I'll Fly For You"     5:22
7. "Only When You Leave"     5:08
8. "Through The Barricades"     4:47
9. "She Loved Like Diamond"     3:24
10. "Communication"     3:15
11. "Lifeline"     4:06
12. "With The Pride"     3:25
13. "Love Is All"   Tony Hadley 4:05

(Mercury 060252719809 (UMG) / EAN 0602527198095)

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