Collective Soul - Afterwords (Rerelease)

Back in December of '08 Collective Soul rereleased their 2007 album, Afterwords.  What's the significance?  Well, for one the album just became a hell of a lot easier to get a hold of.  It was originally released exclusively to Target and iTunes.  Now, it should be available basically everywhere.

The album itself is worth having if you're a fan.  I won't say it holds up to Dosage or Disciplined Breakdown, but it's a nice followup to Youth, a fine album in itself.

What makes the rerelease worth picking up?  Bonus tracks!

Ed wrote and recorded three solo songs and included them on the rerelease of Afterwords, increasing the track count from 11 to 14.  Luckily enough for me, you can purchase these songs individually from iTunes, rather than repurchasing the whole album for a few tracks (since they usually do these things as "Album Only.  Lame).

Don't be turned off by the tracks being coined as "Ed Roland Solo".  The track below is one of the new songs, and as you can see Ed certainly took the time to write and record enough pieces to give the song a full band feel.  It sounds like classic Disciplined Breakdown-era goodness to me.

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Pick up the rerelease of Afterwords here.

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