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The Best of Days

~ Steve Ellis, Elvis Costello
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  • Audio CD (4 Aug 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Edsel
  • ASIN: B0000040NL
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 104,397 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Everlasting Love 3:28£0.69
Listen  2. Brand New Start 3:47£0.69
Listen  3. As The Crow Flies 4:31£0.69
Listen  4. Step Inside 4:01£0.69
Listen  5. Requiem For A Tyrant 3:05£0.69
Listen  6. Nu Clear Blues 4:59£0.69
Listen  7. Little One 4:20£0.69
Listen  8. Modesty 4:22£0.69
Listen  9. Yellow Rose Of Texas0:27£0.69
Listen10. Turn To Stone 5:07£0.69
Listen11. Heaven's Word 4:47£0.69
Listen12. El Doomo 5:12£0.69
Listen13. Best of Days 4:33£0.69
Listen14. Everlasting Love [live] ((Charity track)) 3:30£0.69

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*"Best Of Days" is the brand new solo album from former Love Affair, Widowmaker and Ellis lead singer Steve Ellis.
*Recorded earlier this year, the 14-song album features the Paul Weller composition "Brand New Start", whilst Weller himself plays guitar and keyboards along with members of his band on "Step Inside". Steve's lifelong friend Roger Daltrey of The Who features on "The Yellow Rose Of Texas". The booklet photography is by Weller's photographer of choice, Lawrence Watson.
*The album includes a new version of perennial favourite "Everlasting Love", which hit # 1 for Steve and Love Affair in 1968 and has since been covered by the likes of U2, Gloria Estefan, Jamie Cullum, Robert Knight and Rachel Sweet. The album concludes with another version recorded live at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon with Paul Weller and Steve Cradock accompanying Ellis on acoustic guitar

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5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome Back!, 15 Dec 2008
By Kevin Wallbank "Resisterboy" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Steve's first solo album since the mid-seventies is a timely reminder of his stature as one of the best singers of his generation and if not for some real bad luck and a couple of career moves that deserved to work out better than they did, he might well be a household name the world over.

The album kicks off with the song he is best known for, 'Everlasting Love' and whilst it could be said to be his 'ball and chain' song, the one he can't escape from, on this version it's treated to a sensitive slow ballad re-working. The song has been covered by others many times over, but the chart topping version by Steve's band The Love Affair, still eclipses all others, including the Robert Knight original, it just has an enormous amount of energy, that others don't come close to, so in order not to mess with perfection, Steve's signature song is shown in a new light and works perfectly.
'Step Inside' is a modern take on a classic soul styled number written by Steve and original Love Affair guitarist Rex Brayley, which affords Steve the opportunity to flex his soul chops to great effect.
'Nu Clear Blues' is, unsurprisingly, a bluesy styled number with some nifty electric piano from Iain Dunnet and some fine old harp blowing from Roger Daltrey.
'Heaven's Word' is a funky bluesy number about a dream involving a conversation with 'the man upstairs' and his disappointment with how look after our planet. There's lots of brass and Hammond, in fact,very gospel sounding with a great soaring vocal, which we as fans always look for in a vocalist of this calibre and the man doesn't disappoint on this one.
'Best Of Days' is a fine song which basically says 'stop moaning and get on with life and enjoy it all, depsite what gets thrown at you'. I know what he means and I can go along with that sentiment.
All in all, this album is a wonderful return to the fray for Steve and one would hope that he continues to make more music. There is talk of an autobiography, which would be a fascinating read as Steve has had nothing less than an extraordinary life, that has had many ups and many downs along the way.








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4.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch Soulful Vocalising From On Of The Best, 13 Nov 2008
By Og Oggilby "Og Oggilby" (North London) - See all my reviews
  
As a mere stripling of seventeen years old, Steve Ellis set the charts alight as lead vocalist with the Love Affair. Since then, Steve has been buffeted by the blasts of music fashion and personal mishaps that would've put a more delicate soul in a care home. This album is a copper-bottomed cracker, though, with Ellis in peerless vocal form - try Nu Clear Blues or Requiem For A Tyrant for starters. The guy has still got an immacualte set of blue-eyed soul vocal pipes, and I hope that the album does well enough for him to keep on keepin' on. They don't make 'em like this anymore, and what we've got left, we should treasure.
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