Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart is getting ready to release a brand-new solo album.
The Way It Was Back Then, written, performed and produced entirely by Stewart, is set to drop Sept. 18 as a limited, physical-only release on CD and vinyl.
The 10-song album is described in a press release as “an intimate, unfiltered album about memory, survival, love, loss, loyalty, and betrayal.” The album was the result of a one-take performance, with Stewart improvising the lyrics and melodies in real time.
“I wasn’t aware that I was making an album — in-between the various things happening in my life — some I instigated, and some just happenstance, I started to record myself singing songs at the same time as playing guitar,” Stewart says. “In almost every song, I didn’t write down any lyrics — I just sang the words at the same time as singing the melodies and playing the chords, kind of freeform. The whole album is very spontaneous in its lyrics and music.”
“Some of the songs are very personal and rooted in where I came from,” he adds. “For me, the feeling of this album is bittersweet, cinematic, and human. The Way It Was Back Then is not really about trying to go back … it’s about finally facing what was there.”
The Way It Was Back Then is available for preorder now.
Here is the album’s track list:
“The Way It Was Back Then”
“Your Wishes”
“Cry If You Want To”
“The House Where I Was Born”
“Black Cat”
“Makes Me Happy (And Sad)”
“Oh Jesse”
“All Done”
“Thin Ice”
“What’s A Man Supposed To Do”
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