The Newer Stuff is a compilation album by Michael Nesmith

Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name...

, released in 1989. The album was released on vinyl, cassette and CD. The Newer Stuff was the first Nesmith album to be released on compact disc. The album contains five new tracks (all recorded in 1980, according to Nesmith's comments in the CD booklet) and five tracks from From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing

From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing

From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing was released in 1977 and is the ninth album by Michael Nesmith and eighth studio album as a singer/songwriter during his post-Monkees career...

and Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma

Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma

Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma is Michael Nesmith's ninth post-Monkees studio album and the third studio album from his own company, Pacific Arts. To continue developing Pacific Arts' multimedia projects, Nesmith originally developed the album as a "video album"...

. The CD release featured additional tracks from the LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

 release.

The song Carioca is an alternate recording to the original version from the album Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma

Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma

Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma is Michael Nesmith's ninth post-Monkees studio album and the third studio album from his own company, Pacific Arts. To continue developing Pacific Arts' multimedia projects, Nesmith originally developed the album as a "video album"...

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Track listing

All songs written by Michael Nesmith except where otherwise noted.

1. "Total Control" – 3:55
2. "Tanya" – 4:15
3. "I'll Remember You" – 3:55
4. "Formosa Diner" – 3:50
5. "Dreamer" – 4:45
6. "Eldorado to the Moon" (Bill Martin) – 2:49
7. "Tahiti Condo" – 3:54
8. "Chow Mein and Bowling" (Martin) – 3:24
9. "Magic" – 3:59
10. "Cruisin'" – 3:54
11. "Light" – 3:22
12. "Carioca" – 4:18
13. "Rio" – 6:12
14. "Casablanca Moonlight" – 6:40