Next Year People

by Colin Hay

Overview

A lighter and livelier affair than 2011's handsomely burnished Gathering Mercury, Next Year People nevertheless trades up on that same sense of assured craft that Colin Hay has cultivated in his middle age. Certainly, the back half of this 2015 album gets a little sun-bleached and mellow -- an appealing fit for the genial Hay -- but it's the songs that exist on the margin that give this record its character. "Trying to Get to You" opens the proceedings at a nicely infectious clip, "To There from Here" has a nice bit of lilting surf rock in its accents, "Lived in Vein" is as breezy as a stolen Wednesday afternoon at the beach, and, throughout it all, Hay's palpable ever-present smile gives this a warm, welcoming feel; it's nothing more than a friendly letter from an old pal, and that's plenty charming. [A Deluxe Edition was also released.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/17/2015
Label:	Compass
UPC:	0766397464121
Rank:	76947

Tracks

1. Trying to Get to You
2. If I Had Been a Better Man
3. Did You Just Take the Long Way Home
4. I Want You Back
5. Next Year People
6. Lived in Vain
7. Scattered in the Sand
8. To There from Here
9. Mr. Grogan
10. Waiting in the Rain
11. Are We There Yet?
12. Lament for Whisky McManus

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Colin Hay   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Harmonium,Xylophone,Synthesizer,Handclapping,Sitar (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric)
Charlie Paxson   Congas,Percussion,Tambourine,Handclapping,Vocals (Background),Drums
X Alfonso   Piano
Chad Fischer   Bass,Drums,Piano,Tambourine
Jeff Babko   Accordion,Harmonium,Mellotron,Organ (Hammond),Piano (Electric)
Cecilia Noel   Vocals (Background)
Michael Georgiades   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
San Miguel Perez   Tabla,Bongos,Melodica,Handclapping,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Eme Alfonso   Vocals (Background)
Charles Paxson   Drums,Tambourine,Vocals (Background)
Jude Pearl   Vocals (Background)
San Miguel Perez-Rodrigues   Vocals (Background)
Yosmel Montejo   Bass,Guitar (Bass),Ampeg Baby Bass,Bass (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Branly   Drums
Larry Goldings   Piano
Carlos Alfonso   Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Earl   Bass
Ele Valdes   Vocals (Background)
Richard Jacques   Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Colin Hay   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Chad Fischer   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Randy LeRoy   Mastering
Michael Georgiades   Composer
Robert Hakalski   Design
Beth Herzhaft   Photography
Harry Sabin   Photo Assistance
Richard Jacques   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Renee Stahl   Composer