Afterwords (El Music Group) is the new studio album from Collective Soul. It is the seventh studio album by the hard-rocking band from the tiny town of Stockbridge, GA thats gone on to become multi-platinum hit-makers playing all over the world.
Bright as California sunshine, the first single Hollywood features an undeniable melody with tinges of 80s pop. Singer/ songwriter Ed Roland puts a bouncy energy to his sly lyrics that compare Tinsel Town to a naughty girl (or is it the other way around?): Yeah, Hollywood/ You know I love you more than one man should/ Yeah, Hollywood/ kiss me, kiss me good.
While Hollywood may strike listeners as the perfect top-down summer song, much of the rest of Afterwords captures Collective Soul at a time when Roland is writing from a hard-won, much more mature perspective, and his band mates are contributing from equally strong musical directions.
The theme of this one is love. Roland says of Afterwords. It sounds corny saying that but weve been blessed with success and with that comes the confidence to do things. I always liked writing positive songs and although a whole love record is different for me its an important step.
Another first for Roland is the evocative, mid-tempo story song, Georgia Girl it's the only tune hes ever written where the lyrics came before the melody. I just sat down one day and wrote it. Its basically a true story about a wonderful girl who helped me through a hard time. That may be the hardest kind of song for me to write a story that people can follow. Thats the greatness of someone like Springsteen. He can write you a story. I really wanted to challenge myself to do something like that.
ryan
said:
you guys are great i'm going out to buy the new album tomorrow keep it up!! Jul 19
m.k.bossy
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pretty thrilled for rockstock :) Jul 04
Hannah
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SKIN = love Feb 14
Miranda.
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you guys really need to put up "Shine" :) Nov 26
Cristina
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You guys rock bt you should put up tremble for my beloved. Nov 20
Sara (But I'm so lost out at sea).
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I heard "Hollywood" on an episode of NCIS the other day and I literally screamed "COLLECTIVE SOUL!" NCIS is a killer show. You're pretty killer yourself, though. You've got brilliant lyrics and tunes. You're an inspiration. Sep 07
Richie_02
said:
Nice:) i love Classic! Aug 14
Sara (But I'm so lost out at sea).
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I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. Aug 09
Darkinkinda
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put the song december on its an awesome song Nov 30
Darkinkinda
said:
put in december Oct 19
karrenski
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hi...i love you all... Sep 02
R's not on here anymore
said:
Nice Aug 02
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