Ex-The Smiths Johnny Marr releases ‘Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr’ in November
Johnny Marrannounced a collection of new songs: Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr. The first single, “Somewhere” is out now, while the full album is due out on November 3rd via BMG.
“Somewhere” was written during a tour in which Marr accompanied The Killers It is blondie, last year. The artist told the press (via NME): “I’ve played in several arenas over the years, and in terms of songwriting, there’s nowhere to hide. For a song to work, it has to be a hit. I know it’s not very cool to think like that, but I grew up in a house where my parents listened to Motown, who couldn’t release a song if it wasn’t full of choruses.”
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In addition to “Somewhere”, the previously unreleased “The Answer” will be included in the compilation, which was curated by the ex-The Smiths. The album includes songs from his four studio albums TheMessenger (2013), Playland (2014), Call The Comet (2018) and Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (2022).
Check out the tracklist for the deluxe version:
‘Armatopia’
‘New Town Velocity’
‘Easy Money’
‘Spirit Power & Soul’
‘Hi Hello’
‘Somewhere’
‘The Messenger’
‘I Feel You’
‘The Answer’
‘Dynamo’
‘Spiral Cities’
‘Night and Day’
‘Sensory Street’
‘Walk Into The Sea’
‘Candidate’
‘Tenement Time’
‘Hi Hello’ (Demo)
‘Somewhere’ (Demo)
‘The Answer’ (Crazy F Version)
‘The Messenger’ (Demo)
‘Speak out Reach Out’ (Crazy F Version)
Source: Rollingstone
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