Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr

Personally curated and compiled by Johnny Marr, Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr encompasses music from across his four widely acclaimed solo albums released over the last decade (2013’s The Messenger, 2014’s Playland, 2018’s Call The Comet, 2022 double album Fever Dreams Pts 1-4), non-album single releases ‘Armatopia’ and ‘The Priest’ (w/ Maxine Peake). The collection also includes 2 brand new studio recordings Somewhere and The Answer.

Since establishing the current chapter of his solo work a decade ago, Johnny has remained a restless creative. Working and recording out of his own purpose-built Manchester studio, the Crazy Face Factory, his songwriting has embraced an instinctive sonic evolution across four full length albums.

The Deluxe CD edition of Spirit Power will feature five previously unreleased demos and rarities, ‘Hi Hello’ (Demo), ‘Somewhere’ (Demo), ‘The Answer’ (Crazy Face Version), ‘The Messenger’ (Demo), and ‘Speak Out Reach Out’ (Crazy Face Version).

Released: November 2023
Cat: 4050538944570
Label: BMG

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Tracklist

2LP (19 Tracks)
Side 1
1. Armatopia
2. New Town Velocity
3. Easy Money
4. Spirit Power & Soul
5. Hi Hello

Side 2
1. Somewhere
2. European Me
3. The Messenger
4.  Feel You

Side 3
1. The Answer
2. Dynamo
3. Spiral Cities
4. The Priest
5. Night and Day

Side 4
1. Sensory Street
2. Walk Into The Sea
3. Upstarts
4. Candidate
5. Tenement Time

Standard CD (16 Tracks)
1. Armatopia
2. New Town Velocity
3. Easy Money
4. Spirit Power & Soul
5. Hi Hello
6. Somewhere
7. The Messenger
8. I Feel You
9. The Answer
10. Dynamo
11. Spiral Cities
12. Night and Day
13. Sensory Street
14. Walk Into The Sea
15. Candidate
16. Tenement Time

Deluxe 2CD (24 tracks)
Disc 1
1. Armatopia
2. New Town Velocity
3. Easy Money
4. Spirit Power and Soul
5. Hi Hello
6. Somewhere
7. European Me
8. The Messenger
9. I Feel You
10. The Answer
11. Dynamo
12. Spiral Cities
13. The Priest

Disc 2
1. Night and Day
2. Sensory Street
3. Walk Into the Sea
4. Upstarts
5. Candidate
6. Tenement Time
7. Hi Hello (Demo)
8. Somewhere (Demo)
9. The Answer (Crazy Face Version)
10. The Messenger (Demo)
11. Speak Out Reach Out (Crazy Face Version)