MUSIC NEWS - After releasing six full length albums, the San Diego alt rockers, Switchfoot, have put their heads together to gather up the goodies for their first "best of" release, The Best Yet (see track list and details below). The album, was recently released on Columbia/Legacy, includes one special original track that was featured on the 2008 movie soundtrack of the Disney film The Chronicles of Narnia:Prince Caspian . For film's dvd and this cd release, the band put the finishing touches on the video for "This Is Home" which you can view on our Today's Video Clip page.
Switchfoot, comprised of Jon Foreman (vocals, guitar), brother Tim Foreman (bass, backing vocals), Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keys, backing vocals), Drew Shirley (guitar), and Chad Butler (drums), in addition to their music and love of surfing, has maintained a strong commitment to social and humanitarian causes ever since their rise into rock's top tier. Since the band’s inception, they have been actively involved in such projects as DATA, Bono’s THE ONE Campaign, Invisible Children, Habitat for Humanity, and To Write Love on Her Arms. They also founded the Switchfoot Bro-Am, a surfing and music benefit-event. In conjunction with their new indie label, lowercase people records (formed in October 2007, after their departure from Columbia). The is also wrapping up their current tour. The release of THE BEST YET follows (by two weeks) Switchfoot’s conclusion of the groundbreaking 23-city “Music Builds” Tour. A portion of the funds raised during the tour benefits Habitat for Humanity affiliates located in the tour cities (see remaining live dates listed below).
Give a listen- "This Is Home" Audio Streams:
Windows Media
Switchfoot Dec 08 Live Dates-
12/04: Orange Beach, AL The Amphitheater at the Wharf
12/06: Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
12/09: Pikeville, KY Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
12/12: Charlotte, NC Cricket Arena
12/13: Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum
12/17: Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
12/18: Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
12/20: Duluth, GA Gwinnett Arena
Track Listing-
THE BEST YET by SWITCHFOOT (Columbia/Legacy 8869738346 2)
Selections: 1. Dare You To Move (D) • 2. Meant To Live (D) • 3. Stars (E) • 4. Oh! Gravity. (F) • 5. This Is Home (G) • 6. Learning to Breathe (C) • 7. Awakening (F) • 8. This Is Your Life (D) • 9. On Fire (D) • 10. Only Hope (B) • 11. Dirty Second Hands (F) • 12. Love Is the Movement (C) • 13. Company Car (B) • 14. Lonely Nation (E) • 15. The Shadow Proves The Sunshine (E) • 16. Concrete Girl (A) • 17. Twenty-Four (D) • 18. The Beautiful Letdown (D).
Album key:
A – from The Legend Of Chin (issued June 1997, as re:Think 51595)
B – from New Way To Be Human (issued March 1999, as re:Think 51688)
C – from Learning To Breathe (issued September 2000, as re:Think 51736)
D – from The Beautiful Letdown (issued February 2003, as RED Ink/Columbia 71083)
E – from Nothing Is Sound (issued September 2005, as Columbia 94581)
F – from Oh! Gravity. (issued December 2006, as Columbia 82880)
G – from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian original soundtrack (issued June 2008, as Walt Disney Records D00074202)
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