Released March 11, 1999 Length 37:37 Release date 11 March 1999 Label Rethink | Recorded re:think Studio Artist Switchfoot Producer Charlie Peacock | |
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New Way to Be Human
(1999) Learning to Breathe
(2000) Genres Alternative rock, Indie rock Similar Switchfoot albums, Christian rock albums | ||
Switchfoot new way to be human
New Way to Be Human is the second studio album by the band Switchfoot. It was released on March 11, 1999 under independent label re:think Records, which was distributed by Sparrow Records. The song "Only Hope" was featured in the movie A Walk To Remember and the tracks "New Way to Be Human," "Something More (Augustine's Confession)" and "I Turn Everything Over" received substantial play on Christian radio.
Contents
Book
A book of the same name has also been written by producer Charlie Peacock. The intro to the book is written by Jon Foreman, Switchfoot's lead singer and songwriter.
Lyrical philosophy
Both "Sooner or Later (Soren's Song)", and "Something More (Augustine's Confession)" are based upon the works of philosophers. "Something More" is based upon a series of books known as Confessions, that were written by Augustine of Hippo. About "Sooner or Later" Jon Foreman has said that "Sooner or later we all have to deal with the frightening reality that there is much that is wrong in the world... This is Soren's song... These are his thoughts as best as I understand them," alluding to the philosophy of Danish Christian philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. The song also references Jean-Paul Sartre's idea that men are "condemned to be free".
Composition
The songs are alternative rock/jangle pop based. "New Way to Be Human" has two keys: E major and C Major. "New Way to be Human" has been remixed one time.
Track listing
All tracks written by Jon Foreman, except where noted. Tracks 1, 2, and 4 were released as the album's singles.
Personnel
Songs
1New Way to Be Human3:36
2Incomplete4:13
3Sooner or Later