The Feeling - Join With Us Album Review

Join With Us by The Feeling, Album Review

‘Join With Us‘ is the second album by Sussex based “soft rock” group The Feeling.
It was released on 18 February 2008, preceded by the first single from the album, “I Thought It Was Over.”
Join With Us debuted in the UK charts at #1.

Picking up where debut ‘Twelve Stops And Home’ left off, the band take their blend of 70s influenced soft rock and pop to subtle new heights.

The cover art was designed by Juno, a company who have previously produced artwork for Arctic Monkeys and The Zutons.

The Feeling - Join With Us Track Listing

The full track listing is as follows (New Friends):

1. “I Thought It Was Over”
2. “Without You”
3. “Join With Us”
4. “Spare Me”
5. “Turn It Up”
6. “I Did It for Everyone”
7. “Won’t Go Away”
8. “Loneliness”
9. “Connor”
10. “This Time”
11. “Don’t Make Me Sad”
12. “The Greatest Show on Earth”
13. “We Can Dance” (hidden track)

The special 2 Disk Edition includes the bonus disc entitled - Old Friends:

1. “Sewn(Dan’s Original Version)”
2. “Video Killed The Radio Star(Live From The Hospital)”
3. “Fill My Little World(Acoustic Vesion)”
4. “All You Need To Do”
5. “Never Be Lonely(Acoustic)”
6. “Don’t Give Up”
7. “When I Return”
8. “Love It When You Call(Chorale Version)”

The Feeling - Join With Us Editorial Review from amazon.com

Recalling ELO, Queen and Yes, this is a carefully crafted record packed with sing-along hits and memorable melodies.
Deeper and more ambitious than its predecessor, Join With Us, is an album where jaunty boogie woogie pianos give way to rollicking metal guitar solos; where harmony-soaked MOR choruses swerve into duels between harpsichords and string quartets; and where there’s absolutely no shame in unleashing a monster prog finale ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’. Features the single ‘I Thought It Was Over’. 12 tracks. Island Records.2008.

The album sold 41,676 copies in the UK during its first week, lower than the first-week sales of the debut album Twelve Stops and Home which sold 43,304 at its peak placing of #2 behind the debut album Smile… It Confuses People by Sandi Thom.

The Feeling - Join With Us Album Info

Released 18 February 2008
Genre Soft Rock
Label Island

sources wikipedia.org and amazon.com