Starsailor announce 20th anniversary edition of debut album 'Love Is Here'

It features five specially recorded 20th Anniversary Edition tracks

Starsailor's James Walsh
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 3rd Nov 2021
Last updated 3rd Nov 2021

Starsailor will release a 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of their blockbuster debut album ‘Love Is Here’ on Friday 10th December 2021.

Originally released in October 2001, ‘Love Is Here’ charted at Number 2 in the UK, achieved Platinum status, and spawned chart-denting singles ‘Fever’, ‘Good Souls’, ‘Lullaby’, ‘Poor Misguided Fool’ and the Top 10 hit ‘Alcoholic.’

Celebrating its two-decade landmark, the new Deluxe Edition release boasts the original album, new liner notes, and a bonus disc featuring covers of songs by Bill Withers, Gram Parsons and Van Morrison, a demo and a session recording.

The bonus disc opens with five 20th anniversary versions of five songs from ‘Love Is Here’ that have been specially recorded for the release.

Starsailor in the early noughties

“With the new tracks we didn’t want to simply re-record the same versions so we worked on new arrangements & new sounds,” says Starsailor frontman James Walsh.

“‘Way To Fall’ is much more understated and gentle than the original but it works really well and ‘Good Souls’ evokes the powerful song it’s turned into after numerous big live performances where it’s had to take on a larger life than the subtle studio recording on ‘Love Is Here.’”

You can pre-order Starsailor’s ‘Love Is Here’ 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition right here.

Starsailor - 'Love Is Here'

Starsailor are also embarking on headline UK tour this December. Head to Absolute Radio Tickets to buy your tickets.

Starsailor’s Love Is Here’ 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition track-listing:

CD1/LP1

1) Tie Up My Hands

2) Poor Misguided Fool

3) Alcoholic

4) Lullaby

5) Way To Fall

6) Fever

7) She Just Wept

8) Talk Her Down

9) Love Is Here

10) Good Souls

11) Coming Down

CD2/LP2

1) Good Souls (20th Anniversary Version) *

2) Alcoholic (20th Anniversary Version) *

3) Love Is Here (20th Anniversary Version) *

4) Fever (20th Anniversary Version) *

5) Way To Fall (20th Anniversary Version) *

6) From A Whisper To A Scream (KCRW Session)

7) Grandma’s Hands (Bill Withers cover)

8) Hot Burrito #2 (The Flying Burrito Brothers Cover)

9) Coming down (Band Version – Original Demo)

10) The Way Young Lovers Do (Van Morrison Cover)

* Previously Unreleased

James Walsh performs 'Here Comes The Sun' for Absolute Radio at IOW 2017:

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