SPIRO AT HIS BEST

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Mark Spiro is an iconic American songwriter and award winning producer, recording artist and accomplished musician, with a career that spans over four decades. Among his accomplishments are nearly fifty Platinum or Gold Records, with his songs and productions having been represented on records that have sold over 100 million copies. He has also released eight solo albums.

‘2+2 = 5 : Best Of + Rarities’ is a 3xCD collection that encompasses the best of Spiro’s solo material from ‘Now Is Then, Then is Now’ (released in 1996) up to ‘It’s A Beautiful Life’ (2012), as well as his songwriting collaborations with Dann Huff (Giant), Michael Thompson (MTB), Jim Vallance (Bryan Adams) and Tim Pierce. As a special treat for discerning and passionate melodic rock fans, this compilation also includes 13 unreleased songs with some of the above and more.

Spiro is currently working on a brand new solo album.

Born in Seattle, Mark Spiro moved to Hollywood in his early 20’s where he met Jack White, a successful and acclaimed German producer who was having an impact on the American music scene via his work with the likes of Laura Branigan, Stevie Woods, Anne Murray and David Hasselhoff. He immediately recognised Spiro’s enormous talent and brought him in as his general co-producer. In the span of three years, White cut over 100 of Spiro’s songs for various artists.

In the mid-1980’s Spiro met the German writer/producer Harold Faltermeyer, best known for the track ‘Axel F’ from the film ‘Beverly Hills Cop’. Faltermeyer was a fan of Spiro’s writing and production skills and asked him to write a song for a new film entitled ‘Top Gun’, which resulted in the track ‘Mighty Wings’ (recorded by Cheap Trick for the film). Developing a reputation in the movie industry, Spiro wrote songs for other films like ‘True Romance’ (‘In Dreams’, recorded by John Waite), ‘Selena’ (‘Only Love’, recorded by Selena) and ‘Music From Another Room’ (‘Day After Day’, recorded by Julian Lennon). His songs have also featured in TV shows such as ‘One Tree Hill’, ‘Marker’ and ‘Fame’.

Spiro is also recognised as a leading melodic rock songwriters via recordings of his songs by Heart, Cheap Trick, Giant, Bad English, John Waite, Kansas, Reo Speedwagon, Winger, Mike Reno (LoverBoy), Julian Lennon and others. He has also written for the multi-platinum country star Lila McCann and the Latin acts Luis Miguel and Emmanuel. In addition, he has produced songs by Anne Murray, Laura Branigan, John Berry, Mike Reno (Loverboy), Maria Conchito Alonso and the new artist Ruby Summer. Although he is best known for melodic rock, he is able to write for any music genre.

Having released his first solo album, ‘In Stereo’ in Germany in 1986, Spiro was subsequently signed to Interscope Records by Jimmy Iovine and released ‘Care Of My Soul’ (1994) and the melodic rock classic ‘Now Is Then, Then Is Now’ two years later. These were followed by ‘Devotion’ (1998), ‘The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of’ (1999), ‘King of Crows’ (2003), ‘Mighty Blue Ocean’ (2005) and ‘It’s A Beautiful Life’ (2012).

2+2 = 5 : BEST OF & RARITIES
TRACKLISTING

CD1
1 All The Love We Kill
2 Wind On The Water
3 Better With A Broken Heart
4 Don’t Leave Me In Love
5 Vendetta
6 Through My Eyes
7 Mid Western Skies
8 My Devotion
9 Valdez
10 The Rain Came Tumblin’ Down
11 The Rhythm Of Your Soul
12 Can’t Take That Away (Stuff Version)

CD2
1 I’ll Be There
2 King Of The Crows
3 When Winter Comes
4 It’s A Beautiful Life
5 Come Back To Me
6 Mighty Blue Ocean
7 Monster
8 Between The Raindrops
9 The Fisherman 3
10 Wheels May Rust
11 A Beautiful Mistake
12 Love Don’t Come Around Here

CD3
1 Take Your Time
2 Holding You
3 Cry Me A River
4 Leave My Heart Alone
5 By The Riverside
6 Watching Over Me
7 24 Hours A Day
8 Broken Home
9 Whirling Dervish
10 Whenever I Remember
11 Feels Like
12 When You Were Nothing
13 Screaming Like A Crow

3xCD collection
out 10.07.20
(Frontiers)

pre-order link
orcd.co/markspirobestof

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