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IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE Limited Vinyl LP

by RUSS BALLARD

Release Date: 21 February 2020

Format: LP Vinyl

Label: BMG

£19.99

RUSS BALLARD IT’S GOOD TO BE HERE Limited Vinyl LP

Overview:

‘Since You’ve Been Gone’, ‘You Can Do Magic’, ‘New York Groove’, ‘So You Win Again’, ‘No More The Fool’, ‘Liar’… Russ Ballard’s songs are on permanent heavy rotation the world over. His own first hit record was ‘God Gave Rock and Roll to You’ [memorably turned into a global mega-hit by Kiss] with his band Argent in 1974, but his songs have been recorded by everyone from Rainbow to Hot Chocolate to America to Elkie Brooks to Three Dog Night and many, many more.
However, with this album, ‘It’s Good To Be Here’, Russ has saved some absolutely stunning material for himself – and also reworked those incredible era-defining classics ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’, ‘You Can Do Magic’ and ‘New York Groove’.
Packed with rockers and ballads alike, this album is blessed with the casually-worn but unerring musicality that underlines everything that this prolific songwriter does. This is the tenth Russ Ballard album and it showcases not only his uncanny way with melody and lyrics, but also his more thoughtful side.
With this album he proves that the flame burns as brightly as ever; Russ Ballard may well say that ‘It’s Good To Be Here’, but a songwriter of such a calibre will never truly disappear, and his evergreen songs will play on forever.

Featured Tracks:

1. My Awakening
2. Time Machine
3. Kickin' the Can
4. Annabel's Place
5. Wasted
6. Colliding
7. Tidal Wave
8. The First Man That Ever Danced
9. The Misunderstood
10.Proud Man
11.New York Groove
12.Since You Been Gone
13.You Can Do Magic