Once More es un álbum de Spandau Ballet, publicado en 2009 por Mercury. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «Once More», «To Cut A Long Story Short», «Gold» y «True».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Spandau Ballet vivió un renacimiento con "Once More", el álbum que marcó la esperada reunión de la formación original después de casi dos décadas de silencio. En lugar de intentar replicar su sonido de los 80, la banda optó por un enfoque más íntimo y reflexivo. El disco presenta nuevas versiones de sus grandes éxitos, reinterpretadas en un formato semiacústico, junto con dos canciones completamente nuevas.
Este formato permitió que las canciones brillaran bajo una nueva luz. Despojadas de la producción ochentera, clásicos como "True" y "Gold" revelaron la solidez de sus melodías y la madurez de las interpretaciones. La voz de Tony Hadley sonaba más profunda y matizada que nunca. La canción que da título al disco, "Once More", fue el primer sencillo nuevo y demostró que la magia compositiva de Gary Kemp seguía intacta.
El álbum fue un éxito y sirvió como la excusa perfecta para una gira de reunión que agotó todas las entradas. El disco no solo satisfizo a los fans de toda la vida, sino que también demostró la relevancia perdurable de su música. "Once More" fue un regreso elegante y emotivo, un capítulo que cerró viejas heridas y celebró el legado de una banda fundamental como Spandau Ballet.
Listado de Canciones
- Once More4:06
Letra
I don't want to let you down I just want the chance to turn this love around I keep searching for the sound I don't want to do you wrong I just want to take us back where we belong We were hot and we were oh so strong Oh I know we will make it if we try Reach for the stars and we can touch the sky Darling, once more, won't you give me one more time Say these words together I need you more than ever Trying once more One more chance to make it right Never say never, let's rise up together, take on the world I don't want to change a thing I don't want to change this whisper to a scream Same old song in a different dream Sorry I stole the show I can't believe I had your heart and let it go I always loved you but I didn't know Oh there's nothing standing in our way We've got the love but do we want to play Darling, once more, won't you give me one more time Say these words together I need you more than ever Trying once more One more chance to make it right Never say never, let's rise up together, take on the world - To Cut A Long Story Short3:50
Letra
Soldier is turning See him through white light Running from strangers See you in the valley War upon war Heat upon heat To cut a long story short I lost my mind Sitting on a park bench Years away from fighting To cut a long story short I lost my mind Standing in the dark Oh I was waiting for man to come I am beautiful and clean And so very very young To be standing in the street To be taken by someone Questions questions Give me no answers That's all they ever give me Questions questions Oh look at the strange boy He finds it hard existing To cut a long story short I lost my mind To cut a long story short I lost my... Mi-i-i-i-ind! - Gold4:17
Letra
Thank you for coming home I'm sorry that the chairs are all worn I left them here I could have sworn These are my salad days Slowly being eaten away Just another play for today Oh but I'm proud of you, but I'm proud of you Nothing left to make me feel small Luck has left me standing so tall Gold (Gold) Always believe in your soul You've got the power to know You're indestructible Always believe in, 'cos you are Gold (Gold) Glad that you're bound to return There's something I could have learned You're indestructible, always believing After the rush has gone I hope you find a little more time Remember we were partners in crime It's only two years ago The man with the suit and the face You knew that he was there on the case Now he's in love with you, he's in love with you My love is like a high prison wall But you could leave me standing so tall Gold (Gold) Always believe in your soul You've got the power to know You're indestructible Always believe in, 'cos you are Gold (Gold) I'm glad that you're bound to return Something I could have learned You're indestructible, always believing My love is like a high prison wall But you could leave me standing so tall Gold (Gold) Always believe in your soul You've got the power to know You're indestructible Always believe in, 'cos you are Gold (Gold) I'm glad that you're bound to return Something I could have learned You're indestructible, always believing - True5:45
Letra
(Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) So true Funny how it seems Always in time, but never in line for dreams Head over heels when toe to toe This is the sound of my soul This is the sound I bought a ticket to the world But now I've come back again Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be said (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue Dissolve the nerves that have just begun Listening to Marvin (All night long) This is the sound of my soul This is the sound Always slipping from my hands Sand's a time of its own Take your seaside arms and write the next line Oh, I want the truth to be known (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true I bought a ticket to the world But now I've come back again Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be said (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) I know this much is true This much is true (This much is a-true-oo) (This much is a-true-oo-oo) I know, I know, I know this much is true (This much is a-true-oo) (This much is a-true-oo-oo) (This much is a-true-oo) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (This much is a true-oo-oo) I know this much is true (This much is a-true-oo) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (This much is a true-oo-oo) Know this much is true (This much is a-true-oo) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (This much is a-true-oo-oo) (Know this much is true) I know, I know, I know this much is true - Chant No.13:33
- I'll Fly For You5:22
- Only When You Leave5:09
Letra
Laying in the after glow, I only want to learn what you know, But now you're leaving... How many hearts must you break? How many calls must I make? But now you're leaving... In this world, all that I choose has come unbearable But love is in your touch Ooh, it's killing me so much Only when you leave I need to love you And when the action has all gone I'm just a little fool enough to need you Fool enough too long Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger Oh, I'll make sure that you pay So give a little passion to a stranger And take this soul away I only want to make this things last, So how could this have gone so fast? And now you're leaving... How many times must I learn? It' s only when you've gone that I burn, And now you're leaving... In the end, all that I left has come unbearable It's hard to change your mind, So leave it all behind Only when you leave I need to love you And when the action has all gone I'm just a little fool enough to need you Fool enough too long Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger Oh, I'll make sure that you pay So give a little passion to a stranger And take this soul away - Through The Barricades4:47
Letra
Mother doesn't know where love has gone She says it must be youth that keeps us feeling strong I see it in her face that's turned to ice And when she smiles she shows the lines of sacrifice And now I know what they're saying As our sun begins to fade And we made our love on wasteland And through the barricades Father made my history He fought for what he thought would set us somehow free He taught me what to say in school I learned it off by heart but now that's torn in two And now I know what they're saying In the music of the parade And we made our love on wasteland And through the barricades Born on different sides of life We feel the same and feel all of this strife So come to me when I'm asleep We'll cross the lines and dance upon the streets And now I know what they're saying As the drums begin to fade And we made our love on wasteland And through the barricades Oh, turn around and I'll be there Well there's a scar right through my heart but I'll bare it again Oh, I thought we were the human race But we were just another borderline case And the stars reach down and tell us That there's always one escape Oh, I don't know where love has gone And in this troubled land desperation keeps us strong Friday's child is full of soul With nothing left to lose, there's everything to go And now I know what they're saying It's a terrible beauty we've made So we make our love on wasteland And through the barricades And now I know what they're saying As our hearts go to their graves And we made our love on wasteland And through the barricades - She Loved Like Diamond3:24
Letra
She ran the risk from unity Obsession dies alone with tragedy She loved like diamond She loved like diamond And cut so hard, she died A passion course that leads to pain An acid taste that laced her soul again She loved like diamond She loved like diamond And cut so hard, she died Another path, I've run them all The rain has cleared the stains, no trace at all She loved like diamond She loved like diamond And cut so hard, she died She loved like diamond She loved like diamond And cut so hard, she died - Communication3:15
Letra
Communication always leaves me incomplete, The grass is greener, but it's grown beneath my feet... Love inspiration is a message on a wing, But I have left it in the words you'll never sing... Communication let me down, And I'm left here Communication let me down, And I'm left here, I'm left here again! Telex or tell me, but it's always second-hand, I'm incognito but no rendezvous's been planned... Dictate or relay, I could send it to your home, "Return to Sender" - I could sing it down the phone! Communication let me down, But I'm left here Communication let me down, But I'm left here, I'm left here, I, I, I... (Dictate!) (Relay!) I'm sitting here, waiting by the telephone, Waiting for the bell to ring, Short change, fumble, Dial-a-heart trouble, And I ain't got time for searching through the rubble, oh no! Well, I know-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh! Communication let me down, And I'm left here Communication let me down And I'm left here, I'm left here, I, I, I... (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) (I'm a-left a-here-oh!) - Lifeline4:06
Letra
Changing her colors she's off to the shore She rides the soul train and he fight the law There's a power in his voice and it makes her feel so sure So live and live in love One day he'll build a statue with his hands So gentle when he tries to understand This subterfuge he never really planned Now you're living in the lifeline We're moving In the lifeline We're walking In the lifeline We're throwing So live and let live in love Exchanging their letters their exits begun With deathless precision he's aiming his gun A democracy of sorts that justifies the sum So live and let die in love Neither has the ghost of a chance Those decisions only can be made once You never really know just what you're giving ‘Til you're living in the lifeline We're moving In the lifeline We're walking In the lifeline We're throwing He could have built a statue with his hands So gentle when he tries to understand You never really know just what you're giving ‘Til you're living in the lifeline We're moving In the lifeline We're walking In the lifeline We're throwing to you But I'm not living - With The Pride3:25
Letra
Just leave me with the pride that I worked for Now they've taken the reason away Just leave me with the pride that I worked for today Build on rock, or build on sand They're never gonna lend a hand So nothing grows or nothing stands I can't take anymore, I can't take anymore 'Cause there's not a lot of space for me But I've still got my dignity I've got my price, don't say I'm free I can't take anymore, I can't take anymore But I'm hungry, I could eat anything But I'm hungry, ooh, let's dance, ooh, let's swing And all that I hear are the words that she sings Now they've taken it all, now they've taken it all Just leave me with the pride that I worked for Now they've taken the reason away Just leave me with the pride that I worked for today Just leave me with the pride that I worked for Now they've taken the reason away Just leave me with the pride that I worked for today I'd rather take this cure for life Than make myself a sacrifice When living is to pay the price I can't take anymore, I can't take anymore It takes a while to understand When your eyes are full of sand When only time is in your hands I can't take anymore, I can't take anymore But I'm hungry, I could eat anything But I'm hungry ooh, let's dance, ooh, let's swing And all that I hear are the words that she sings Now they've taken it all, now they've taken it all Just leave me with the pride that I worked for Now they've taken the reason away Just leave me with the pride that I worked for today Just leave me with the pride that I worked for Now they've taken the reason away Just leave me with the pride that I worked for today Oh, but I'm hungry, I could eat anything And I'm hungry ooh, let's dance, ooh, let's swing And all that I hear are the words that she sings Now they've taken it all, now they've taken it all Just leave me with the pride that I worked for Now they've taken the reason away Just leave me with the pride that I worked for today Leave me with the pride that I worked for Now they've taken the reason away Leave me with the pride that I worked for today Leave me with the pride With the pride that I worked for today Just leave me with the pride that I worked for Now they've taken the reason away Just leave me with the pride that I worked for today Leave me with the pride Leave me with the pride - Love Is All4:05
Letra
You can't always be what you wanted to me and with every drop of rain you can't hide but with all that we can feel and with time you see what's real it's by your side oh by your side but you always call me back and i come running home and then you called my name it feels like love has never changed love is all that we know so why don't you show that love can change your heart it's all that we breathe so why don't you see that love can change your love can change your heart i know that i believe that for everyone we need just a little hope so we can find the answer to our prayers now you know i'm standing there right buy your side oh by your side and in life we play the game where nothing stays the same but when you call my name i know our love will never change love is all that we know so why don't you show that love can change your heart it's all that we breathe so why don't you see that love can change your love can change your heart