[ Universal Music / 3 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 16 September 2016
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Released in the UK on 3 July 1995, A Northern Soul, which spawned three Top 40 hit singles (This Is Music, On Your Own and History ), was well-received by critics and fans alike, reaching No. 13 on the UK album chart. Over the last two decades it has continued to gather public acclaim. Readers of Q Magazine voted it the 53rd greatest album ever in 1998, NME ranked it as the 28th best album of all time in 2003 and 13th best British album in 2006. Undoubtedly it is one of the most powerful UK 'indie-rock' statements of its time.
For this super deluxe reissue, the audio has been remastered by Chris Potter (co-producer of their Urban Hymns album) and augmented by the inclusion of all the associated B-sides, two previously unreleased BBC radio sessions and seven unreleased studio tracks, including powerful early versions of The Rolling People and Come On (later re-recorded for Urban Hymns) as well as Mover and Muhammad Ali, songs that were revisited on their reunion album, Forth, in 2008.
The package, which comes in a lift-off lid box also features four post cards, a poster and a 36-page book featuring interviews with the band (Richard aside) and never-before-seen photos by bass player Simon Jones, Chris Floyd and Michael Spencer Jones.
Disc 1
1. A New Decade (2016 Remastered)
2. This Is Music (2016 Remastered)
3. On Your Own (2016 Remastered)
4. So It Goes (2016 Remastered)
5. A Northern Soul (2016 Remastered)
6. Brainstorm Interlude (2016 Remastered)
7. Drive You Home (2016 Remastered)
8. History (2016 Remastered)
9. No Knock On My Door (2016 Remastered)
10. Life's An Ocean (2016 Remastered)
11. Stormy Clouds (2016 Remastered)
12. (Reprise) (2016 Remastered)
Disc 2
1. Let The Damage Begin (2016 Remastered)
2. You And Me (2016 Remastered)
3. I See The Door (2016 Remastered)
4. Little Gem (2016 Remastered)
5. Dance On Your Bones (2016 Remastered)
6. History (Radio Edit / 2016 Remastered)
7. Back On My Feet Again (2016 Remastered)
8. On Your Own (Acoustic / 2016 Remastered)
9. Monkey Magic (Brainstorm Mix / 2016 Remastered)
10. Grey Skies (2016 Remastered)
11. Life's Not A Rehearsal (2016 Remastered)
Disc 3
1. Brake Lights (Loco Studio Session / 2016 Remastered)
2. Mover (Loco Studio Session / 2016 Remastered)
3. Funky Jam (AKA The Rolling People) (Loco Studio Session / 2016 Remastered)
4. Echo Bass (Loco Studio Session / 2016 Remastered)
5. Muhammad Ali (Loco Studio Session / 2016 Remastered)
6. Come On (Loco Studio Session / 2016 Remastered)
7. King Riff (AKA This Is Music) (Loco Studio Session / 2016 Remastered)
8. On Your Own (Radio 1 Session / 1995 / 2016 Remastered)
9. So It Goes (Radio 1 Session / 1995 / 2016 Remastered)
10. A New Decade (Radio 1 Mark Radcliffe Session / 1995 / 2016 Remastered)
11. This Is Music (Radio 1 Mark Radcliffe Session / 1995 / 2016 Remastered)
12. Life's An Ocean (Radio 1 Mark Radcliffe Session / 1995 / 2016 Remastered)
13. Come On (Radio 1 Mark Radcliffe Session / 1995 / 2016 Remastered)