Another Lonely Soul
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Another Lonely Soul is the second album of the Belgian
band Novastar
, released in 2004 by Warner Music. The album stayed at #1 of the Flemish
Ultratop
album chart for six weeks and was awarded a platinum record and the TMF Award for best album. The songs "Never Back Down", "When the Light Go Down on the Broken Hearted" and "Rome" were released as singles.
In 2006, EMI
released the album in all European countries. For this release, the album was supplemented with the song "Wrong", a single from the previous album Novastar, which preceded the other songs.
, but unhappy with the way he was pushed to produce hits, he returned to Belgium. He started a collaboration with the Belgian musician Piet Goddaer (Ozark Henry) and together they wrote the songs for Another Loney Soul. Piet Goddear also produced the album, and sings or plays instruments on several songs.
Another Lonely Soul has no straightforward hits, like the debut album Novastar, but is more coherent. Joost Zweegers described Another Loney Soul as "more emotional and less suited for the radio" In another interview, he tells that "Another Lonely Soul was intended to be different from the debut, which was too poppy".
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
band Novastar
Novastar
Novastar is a Belgian band, led by a born Dutch singer and pianist Joost Zweegers. The band is popular in Belgium and the Netherlands. Novastar is known for its deep, emotional ballads, and the pure, high voice of Zweegers.-Biography:...
, released in 2004 by Warner Music. The album stayed at #1 of the Flemish
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
Ultratop
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...
album chart for six weeks and was awarded a platinum record and the TMF Award for best album. The songs "Never Back Down", "When the Light Go Down on the Broken Hearted" and "Rome" were released as singles.
In 2006, EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
released the album in all European countries. For this release, the album was supplemented with the song "Wrong", a single from the previous album Novastar, which preceded the other songs.
Background
Singer and pianist Joost Zweegers intended to record the album in the United StatesUnited States
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, but unhappy with the way he was pushed to produce hits, he returned to Belgium. He started a collaboration with the Belgian musician Piet Goddaer (Ozark Henry) and together they wrote the songs for Another Loney Soul. Piet Goddear also produced the album, and sings or plays instruments on several songs.
Another Lonely Soul has no straightforward hits, like the debut album Novastar, but is more coherent. Joost Zweegers described Another Loney Soul as "more emotional and less suited for the radio" In another interview, he tells that "Another Lonely Soul was intended to be different from the debut, which was too poppy".
Track listing
- All songs by Piet Goddaer and Joost Zweegers, except "Don't Ever Let It Get You Down" by Goddaer, Jonnie Most and Zweegers.
- "Lend Me Love" – 4:53
- "Never Back Down" – 4:18
- "Rome" – 4:08
- "Faith" – 5:02
- "When the Lights Go Down on the Broken Hearted" – 4:39
- "Lost Out over You" – 4:39
- "Ask for the Moon" – 4:30
- "This is a Road to Nowhere" – 2:47
- "Don't Ever Let It Get You Down" – 4:24
- "Still Learning to Fly" – 4:11