Soul on Board
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Soul On Board was the first solo album
by Curt Smith
, member of the British
pop
band Tears for Fears
. It was released on 23 August 1993.
The album was Smith's first musical venture after leaving Tears For Fears in 1991. Preceded by the single "Calling Out", both the album and the single were ultimately unsuccessful and failed to chart in the UK. Subsequently, the album was never released at all in the US. However, advanced promotional cassettes were distributed in the US in very limited quantities, indicating that a US release of the album was originally planned.
Smith himself later stated that he hates the album and alleges that he made it purely to fulfil his recording contract with Phonogram/Mercury Records.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Curt Smith
Curt Smith
Curt Smith is an English musician. He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Also a solo artist, he released his third album Halfway, Pleased in May 2008....
, member of the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...
. It was released on 23 August 1993.
The album was Smith's first musical venture after leaving Tears For Fears in 1991. Preceded by the single "Calling Out", both the album and the single were ultimately unsuccessful and failed to chart in the UK. Subsequently, the album was never released at all in the US. However, advanced promotional cassettes were distributed in the US in very limited quantities, indicating that a US release of the album was originally planned.
Smith himself later stated that he hates the album and alleges that he made it purely to fulfil his recording contract with Phonogram/Mercury Records.
Track listing
- "Soul On Board" (Curt SmithCurt SmithCurt Smith is an English musician. He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Also a solo artist, he released his third album Halfway, Pleased in May 2008....
& Martin PageMartin PageMartin Page is a musician, singer, bass player, session musician, and noted pop songwriter.Martin George Page was born at Southampton, Hampshire, England, September 23, 1959 to Alan Richard Page and Ruth Pamela Page...
) - 5:13 - "Calling Out" (Curt Smith & Franne Golde) - 6:06
- "Beautiful To Me" (Curt Smith & Scott Wilk) - 6:19
- "Wonder Child" (Curt Smith & Billy Livsey) - 4:08
- "Words" (Curt Smith & Nicky Holland) - 4:19
- "I Will Be There" (Curt Smith & Martin Page) - 4:44
- "No One Knows Your Name" (Curt Smith & Colin Woore) - 5:47
- "Rain" (Curt Smith & Billy Livsey) - 4:07
- "Come The Revolution" (Curt Smith & Martin Page) - 4:13
- "Still In Love With You" (Philip Lynott) - 6:46