[2010-05-25] Burton Cummings "Above The Ground" domestic release of 2008 album with bonus DVD (New Door)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:13 am

Product Description

Former lead singer and keyboardist for the Guess Who (which included co-founder Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive fame)
Hit songwriter as co-writer of the pop classics "American Woman," "These Eyes," "No Time," "Laughing" and "Share The Land"
Gold- and multi-platinum selling artist in his native Canada (where he recently was commissioned an officer of the "Order of Canada," their highest civilian honor)
First solo album of all-new material in 18 years
Recorded with the members of his touring band, the Carpet Frogs
Includes a 60-plus minute DVD with behind-the-scenes views of the recording process for the making of this album
Key tracks: The rockers "We Just Came From The U.S.A.," "Crazy If You Mess With The Gods," "Ponderlust" and the sentimental "Any Minor Miracle" and "Kurt's Song"

1. Crazy If You Mess With The Gods
2. Junior Won't Behave
3. T.P.O.S.
4. Any Minor Miracle
5. Powers At Play
6. Ponderlust
7. Rollaway
8. We Just Came From The U.S.A.
9. Pretty Pictures
10. Look Out Charlie
11. Kurt's Song
12. Richard
13. Dream
14. Up In The Canyon
15. A Touch Of Morning
16. Revelation
17. Invisible
18. Retribution
19. Above The Ground

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ELKNJ0/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:16 am

http://www.sonybmg.ca/burtoncummings/ecard

Burton Cummings wrote:

HELLO...

This is a special time in life for me...after many years in the business (decades, actually) I have a new album containing 19 songs, all of which I've written myself.

Including compilations and "greatest" packages, I've been on over 30 official commercial releases...yet this is the first time an entire album has contained only songs written by myself...no co-writers on anything. That alone (for me) makes this perhaps the most special album of my career. My next birthday will make me 61 years of age, so I guess some of the life experiences are creeping steadfastly into the lyrics and "basic themes" of the songs.

We worked very hard on this project, and after all these months I can honestly say that I've got exactly the album I wanted...perhaps more.

My friends the Carpet Frogs made the record much more than it would have been otherwise. The recording process has changed immensely since I started in the Sixties, yet the most basic component has remained the same...the songs...

I think that everyone will find something in this album that relates to their lives personally...the lyrics cover a lot of ground.

As a 13 year old in my first band in Winnipeg, I could never have imagined I would be one of the "lucky ones" whose career would stretch over so many years. For that I remain eternally grateful to fans and radio, both of which have enabled me to survive all this time in show business.

I'm including "DREAM" and "WE JUST CAME FROM THE U.S.A." and hoping that you will enjoy listening to these new songs ahead of my new album "ABOVE THE GROUND" which is released on November 4th.

Thank you all for helping me to arrive at this point in my life...

Good luck and good health to all...

Burton Cummings

Music4Life · 01 Oct 2006

I've been listening to the songs in progress on his MySpace page over the course of the last few months, and I'm really looking forward to this. He said there might be a US release for this, but doesnt know how he's going to do it as of yet.

Jeff

Rikki Nadir · 15 Oct 2008

This should be great, he's had a long time to stockpile material. 19 new Burton-written songs -- wow!

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:39 pm

Music4Life wrote:

He said there might be a US release for this, but doesnt know how he's going to do it as of yet.

The album was finally picked up by New Door/UMe for release in America, and it will be coming out on May 25th. See the first post for updated details.

[2010-05-25] Burton Cummings "Above The Ground" domestic release of 2008 album with bonus DVD (New Door)

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