NewsPaul McCartney / “New” album cover
Paul McCartney has revealed the final cover art for his forthcoming album New.
The image was produced by design consultancy YES and is a warmer, softer and 3D variant of the black and white design that – it turns out – has been a placeholder for online retailers thus far.
McCartney also confirmed the track listing for the deluxe version of the album (see below for full details). As usual nothing is ever particularly clear, since the official deluxe listing as posted on McCartney’s site matches what is listed on Amazon France, but not on the UK Amazon where the two bonus tracks are completely different (Scared and Secret Life Of A Party Girl). Japan may also get an exclusive bonus track, as was the case for 2005’s Chaos and Creation In The Backyard (that song, She Is So Beautiful, is still unreleased anywhere else).
Of course there is also a chance that the likes of Target and Walmart in the USA will have some exclusive bonus tracks. Best Buy is definitely doing an ‘exclusive’ but that appears to be confined to adding a commemorative badge and a ‘photo card set’. The now removed Best Buy pack shot (with alternative colours) can be seen on the left.
New will be released on 14 October 2013.
New track listing:
Standard and deluxe both include:
1. Save Us (produced by Paul Epworth)
2. Alligator (produced by Mark Ronson)
3. On My Way To Work (produced by Giles Martin)
4. Queenie Eye (produced by Paul Epworth)
5. Early Days (produced by Ethan Johns with additional production by Giles Martin)
6. New (produced by Mark Ronson with additional production by Giles Martin)
7. Appreciate (produced by Giles Martin)
8. Everybody Out There (produced by Giles Martin)
9. Hosanna (produced by Ethan Johns)
10. I Can Bet (produced by Giles Martin)
11. Looking At Her (produced by Giles Martin)
12. Road (produced by Paul Epworth)
Deluxe includes bonus tracks:
13. Turned Out (produced by Ethan Johns with additional production by Giles Martin)
14. Get Me Out Of Here (produced by Giles Martin)
‘New’ standard CD Edition
- • UK Pre-order: New [Mint Pack]
- • USA Pre-order: New
- • CANADA Pre-order: New
- • GERMANY Pre-order: New
Deluxe Edition with bonus tracks
- • UK Pre-order: New [Deluxe Edition]
- • USA Pre-order: New [Deluxe Edition]
- • CANADA Pre-order: New (Deluxe Edition)
- • GERMANY Pre-order: New (Deluxe Version)
Vinyl
- • UK Pre-order: New [VINYL]
- • USA Pre-order: New [Vinyl]
- • CANADA Pre-order: New (Vinyl)
- • GERMANY Pre-order: New [Vinyl LP]
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Release the vinyl 2 months after the CD? Why yes, why have people buy it once when they can buy it twice or 3 times if you want to get the deluxe issue as well…
This is Mccartney’s best effort in eons. He sounds truly energised and has come up with some really great songs.
Seems like only the UK deluxe edition has the Mark Ronson produced bonus track ‘Secret Life Of A Party Girl’? It is not even included on the Japanese release, which has its own bonus track called ‘Struggle’.
Read the decription here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EUS9JF0
I wish they would make their mind up regarding the tracks. Amazon in UK, USA and France now all have the same tracks listed. Any idea what we need to order to get all the tracks?
Is it me, but I really preferred the “placeholder” art. I thought it was really striking and different.
Two extra tracks? Not really worthy of the term deluxe.
The cover reminds me of one of those Ministry of Sound dance compilations.
Yes, it is a bit like that, I guess.
Money?
The big retailers (Walmart, Best Buy etc.) are so powerful they have got the record labels over a barrel. It seems like every request for something ‘exclusive’ is met, for fear of them not stocking the album in question.
The cover is fine. What bothers me is why does he have to have all these “exclusive” releases? With all the different tracks being offered as “exclusive” to different places, he could have released it as a double CD instead of making people hunt down every different copy created.
Just my thought and opinion.
I agree, annoying. Check out the Elton John post on this blog for a good example of bad practise.
Yes, very Pet Shop Boys meets Zoot Woman!
Not quite sure it has the look of a Mccartney album. Even a serial fashion-chaser like David Bowie wouldn’t try this (and I love both Macca and Bowie, don’t get me wrong).
That’s a nice modern cover for a very old man. I’m not an expert in such things, and have not heard anything from this, but the cover should somehow reflect the music. I’m doubting this release will pull that off.
“Press To Play” had that black and white cover taken with an old box camera, and the music was a digital mesh of synths, sequencers and horrible drums – so that didn’t reflect the music either!!
Ha, that’s true about Press To Play!
What the hell does the age of McCartney have to do with an album cover. Nothing. You assume only younger artists know anything about quality album covers, and most of it is junk. I’m guessing you have never seen any of the classic Beatles album covers. Ewww, those are old too, don’t hurt your eyes idiot. What a dumbass statement man
the covert art is beautiful. Looks like a medley between Pet Shop Boys (Gundamental/ Disco 4 era), The music (Welcome To The north era) and Zoot woman (2nd album era)…