Released Oct 1991 Length 56:30 Release date October 1991 Label Impact Records | Recorded 1991 Slow Dance
(1988) Better Days
(1991) Producer Steven Van Zandt Genre Rock music | |
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Better Days
(1991) Messin' With the Blues
(2000) Artist Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Similar Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes albums, Rock music albums | ||
Southside johnny the asbury jukes better days
Better Days is an album by Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, released in 1991. It yielded minor hits "It's Been a Long Time" and "I've Been Workin' Too Hard". The song "It's Been a Long Time" features shared lead vocals by Southside Johnny, Steve Van Zandt, and Bruce Springsteen and is a reflection back on their early years together in the music business. "I've Been Working Too Hard" features a duet with Jon Bon Jovi. Eight of the eleven songs were written by Van Zandt, harkening back to the Jukes' first three albums which also featured Van Zandt writing, playing guitar, and singing harmony and sometimes duet vocals. One track, "All the Way Home", was written by Bruce Springsteen who later recorded his own version of it for his 2005 solo album Devils and Dust.
Contents
Southside johnny the asbury jukes coming back
Reception
The Allmusic review by Kit Kiefer awarded the album 4 stars and stated, "A comeback album that by all rights shouldn't be this good, Better Days reunites Southside Johnny with his old cohorts Springsteen and Van Zandt and some special guests (Jon Bon Jovi, Flo and Eddie) for 11 bittersweet originals capped by the gorgeous soul ballad "It's Been a Long Time." ".
Track listing
All tracks written by Steven Van Zandt except where noted.
- "Coming Back" – 3:59
- "All I Needed Was You" – 5:06
- "It's Been a Long Time" – 5:31
- "Soul's On Fire (Intro)" (John Lyon, Van Zandt) – 1:04
- "Soul's On Fire" (Lyon, Van Zandt) – 6:55
- "Better Days (Intro)" – 0:58
- "Better Days" – 5:04
- "I've Been Working Too Hard" – 5:06
- "Ride The Night Away" (Steve Jordan, Van Zandt) – 5:12
- "Right To Walk Away" (Dennis Locorriere, Lyon, Leroy Preston) – 4:45
- "All Night Long (Intro)" (Bobby Bandiera, Lyon) – 0:19
- "All Night Long" (Bandiera, Lyon) – 5:25
- "All the Way Home" (Bruce Springsteen) – 3:54
- "Shake 'Em Down" – 3:12
Songs
1Coming Back3:59
2All I Needed Was You5:04
3It’s Been a Long Time5:31