Rod McKuen: New Ballads - COMPACT DISCS

Title: New Ballads
Artist: Rod McKuen
Label: Real Gone Music
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 848064009597
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2020-01-31
Number of Discs: 1

New Ballads by Rod McKuen - Rod attained new artistic heights with his 1970 release New Ballads. It's a masterful collaboration with ace arranger Don Costa, whose subdued, sublime instrumentation sets the perfect tone for McKuen's intimate, romantic musical ruminations. Among the highlights is one of Rod's celebrated collaborations with Jacques Brel, 'I'm Not Afraid,' while 'As I Love My Own' is a signature McKuen exploration of the tension between love and lust, set to his beloved nature imagery. New Ballads was the highest charting of Rod's studio albums during his decade with Warner Bros., and rightly so'it's arguably the most consistent and coherent of all of his collections, and sets quite the mood. Joe Marchese contributes liner notes to this CD debut, punctuated by period photos. Newly remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision'wear headphones for the full effect!

Tracks:
1.1 Statement: Before I Loved No One
1.2 As I Love My Own
1.3 All I Need
1.4 Thank You for Christmas
1.5 And Tonight
1.6 I Looked at You a Long Time
1.7 I'm Not Afraid
1.8 Resolution: Before I Loved No One
1.9 Rock Gently
1.10 Philadelphia
1.11 Gone with the Cowboys
1.12 Tomorrow and Today
1.13 In Someone's Shadow
1.14 Hit 'Em in the Head with Love
1.15 A While More with You