Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Notes & Rhymes
2. Love Can Move Mountains
3. Three More Days
4. Just Look Now
5. Sing All Our Cares Away
6. It Was Always So Easy To Find An Unhappy Woman
7. Like A Flame
8. I Know
9. Shadows Fall
10. Free Market
11. Wages of Sin
12. On Causewayside
13. I Know (Reprise)

Disc 2:

1. Love Can Move Mountains (Acoustic Version)
2. Three More Days (Acoustic Version)
3. Sing All Our Cares Away (Acoustic Version)
4. It Was Always So Easy To Find An Unhappy Woman (Acoustic Version)
5. I'm On My Way (Live at Edinburgh Castle)
6. Letter From America (Live at Edinburgh Castle)
7. Scotland's Story (Live at Edinburgh Castle)
8. Sky Takes The Soul (Live at Edinburgh Castle)
9. Life With You (Live at Edinburgh Castle)
10. Whole Wide World featuring Wreckless Eric (Live at Edinburgh Castle)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9114 in Music
• Released on: 2009-06-15
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 38 minutes

CD Description
Following the critical and commercial success of 2007’s Life With You album, the Proclaimers return with a brand new thirteen track album, Notes & Rhymes, including the songs "Love Can Move Mountains" (also the first single to be taken from the album), "Notes & Rhymes" and "Three More Days". This limited edition special version of the album contains a second disc featuring four exclusive acoustic versions recorded with the band's original producer, John Williams, and six songs recorded live at the band's triumphant Edinburgh Castle concert in August 2008.

Order this limited version of Notes & Rhymes and be in with a chance to receive one of 250 copies specially signed by the band.

Customer Reviews

Solid return
The Proclaimers always seem capable of surprising me with a good album just when I had decided that they hold no relevance for me. As with their last release this took a couple of listens, but Notes and Rhymes is a solid album and doesn't mess with their winning formula. Its more Hit The Highway than Born Innocent if you are familiar with their past works.

'Love Can Move Mountains' is a great track as is 'I Know'

Disc Two has 4 acoustic tracks, highlighting just how good they are as an unacompanied duo, plus 6 great live tracks. If you are buying the new album then its well worth the extra few quid.

If you are new to The Proclaimers, their 'best of' is a great place to start, and their 'Restless Soul' album is their best and this, while good does not hit the same consistent standard as some of their previous works, but is still a good album.

The Proclaimers at their best
Most Proclaimers albums are formualaic, and I don't mean that in a bad way. They typically have one song about drinking, one about sex, one about love, one about the death of a loved one, one that's just a bit of fun, and one antitwar/political. Usually they are a good mix of upbeat foot-tappers and beautiful and moving tracks. This album is all that, fun, sad, uplifting, political, topical, thought-provoking. I had a tear in my eye at one point (although that might have been hayfever). When I wasn't crying I was smiling. On the strength of this album they have overtaken Muse as my second favourite band (The Eels are still my favourite band, but if the Proclaimers keep turning out albums like this who knows)

Standard maintained
For those who know the Proclaimers work then this is another collection of songs to the usual standard. The usual mixture of love songs, satire and political comment all wrapped up in easy to listen to tunes. For those who don't know the Proclaimers work you should try it.