Time of My Life (Ronan Keating album)
| Time of My Life | ||||
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| Studio album by Ronan Keating | ||||
| Released | 12 February 2016 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Peter-John Vettese, Steve Lipson | |||
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Time of My Life is the tenth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The album was released on 12 February 2016 by Decca Records.
Background
In July 2014, Ronan Keating revealed that he had signed a new three album contract with Decca Records, saying: "Maybe I'm not valid but that's fine, I’m valid to myself, my family and the people who like my music."[1] Ronan Keating announced the album on 25 November 2015 writing: "It's taken a year to write but in that time I have given the most honest piece of me."[2] Keating has said the album was inspired by his wife Storm Uechtritz, whom he married in August 2015: "I think it's my best yet. I’m in a great headspace, the songs are all very optimistic and positive. I'm at this place in my life, I feel very secure. It’s all optimism and hope – it's because of this woman. I feel very lucky."[3]
Time of My Life is Ronan Keating's first studio album in four years (since 2012's Fires), which is the longest span between two albums. Keating has said the album took a year to write and record: "It’s the longest I’ve ever spent making a record so it was a real pleasure to have the time to write and record without the pressure of having to rush to meet a particular deadline."[4]
Ronan Keating said of the title, which comes from the song of the same name: "I threw around different ideas. It was gonna be Breathe, it was gonna be In Your Arms, and Time of My Life just felt right because i definately feel i'm in my prime you know - the best time in my life. And this albums reflects that."[5]
Singles
On 25 December 2015 the album was made available for pre-order on iTunes Store with "Falling Slowly released on the same date as an "instant-grat track". The album's lead single "Let Me Love You" was released on 4 January 2016.[6] The music video for the song premiered on January 15, 2016. It features Ronan Keating performing the song the South Bank in London, England as a group of buskers. Ronan Keating has said that the music video "mirrors where I am in my life and the way I now live it: optimistic, happy and without pretence".[7]
"Breathe" is set to be released as the album's second single.[8]
Critical reception
Adrian Thrills of the Daily Mail gave the album three out of five stars, and said: "Acoustically driven and partly self-penned, his tenth solo effort is optimistic, but reflective. So, is it a desperate attempt to cash in on the success of Ed Sheeran and other sensitive young men with guitars? Or a belated flowering of his true artistic spirit? It turns out that it’s a bit of both."[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Let Me Love You" | Jon Green, Dan McDougall | Steve Lipson | 3:14 |
| 2. | "As Long as We're in Love" | Green, Liz Rose, Emily Shackelton | Vettese | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Breathe" | Ronan Keating, Peter-John Vettese, Dan Healy | Vettese, Lipson | 3.06 |
| 4. | "She Knows Me" | R. Keating, Healy | Vettese | 3:15 |
| 5. | "Time of My Life" | Norma Jean Martine, Adam Argyle, Martin Brammer | Lipson | 3:22 |
| 6. | "In Your Arms" | R. Keating, Vettese, Healy | Vettese, Lipson | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Landslide" | R. Keating, Healy, Storm Keating | Vettese | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Keep It Simple" | R. Keating, Vettese, Healy | Vettese, Lipson | 4:05 |
| 9. | "Think I Don't Remember" | R. Keating, Vettese, Healy | Vettese | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Shine Like Gold" | Red Triangle, The Vamps | Vettese | 3:38 |
| 11. | "Grow Old with Me" | McDougall | Lipson | 4:18 |
| 12. | "Falling Slowly" (featuring The Shires) | Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová | Lipson | 4:06 |
References
- ↑ http://www.goss.ie/2014/07/exclusive-ronan-keating-planning-new-life-is-a-rollercoaster-in-bid-to-be-current-again/8183/
- ↑ http://www.ronankeating.com/news/3244/new_album_and_pre-order_details
- ↑ http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/1009/733585-ronan-keating-credits-wife/
- ↑ http://www.hmv.com/music/-i-feel-like-a-new-person-i-wanted-this-album-to-reflect-that-hmv-com-talks-to-ronan-keating
- ↑ http://www.universal-music.de/ronan-keating/news/detail/article:237208/12-februar-2016-ronan-keating-veroeffentlicht-neues-album-time-of-my-life
- ↑ http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/ronan-keating-releases-first-single-from-his-new-album-714011.html
- ↑ http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/634937/Ronan-Keating-Let-Me-Love-You-Time-Of-My-Life
- ↑ https://www.list.co.uk/article/78349-ronan-keating-excited-to-sing-breathe-on-solo-tour/
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3443316/Has-pop-idol-Ronan-turned-guitar-hero-Time-Life-shows-boy-s-new-zone-says-ADRIAN-THRILLS.html