Life With You

Proclaimers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 22, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Decca/W14
• ASIN: B00140KWIK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,889 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist

"I think you try to write a better song every time, rather than trying to make a better album," says Charlie. "And that's what we did with this album. You break it down to the smallest denomination."

"On the road," says Craig, "I think you want to get across fairly quickly whenever you're playing: You want to hold them, and take them up and take them down again. You just want to give it everything you've got--in a really controlled manner. And you want to get across to people in the back of the room."

"You try to stay honest to yourself," says Charlie, surveying the band's long career. "We're 45 years of age now, to be writing the same song we were writing at 25 would seem to me to be a little dishonest. So we write about what we know, and about our lives."

"We love writing songs, and we love playing live," adds Craig, "and that's what it's about for us."

Product Description

Life With You by The Proclaimers

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Proclaimers Album Ever, September 13, 2007

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Liz (USA) - See all my reviews

I pre-ordered the 2-CD edition of this album from Amazon UK because it had an earlier release date there & was actually cheaper than on Amazon US. There are no filler songs on it! The live recordings of previously recorded songs on the bonus disc are a bit more raw than the original versions, with a very fresh sound. The new songs are the best of The Proclaimers-thoughtful & thought provoking, but mostly, just great music. I loved their cover of Wreckless Eric's "The Whole Wide World"; always a wonderful song, The Proclaimers' version is lovely too. The arrangements of all the songs sound brilliant, the songs widely varied, the big surprise here is that people in the US still don't seem all that aware of the Reid's. I can't recommend this CD strongly enough. If you have never heard them, or only know "500 Miles", do yourself a favor and hear what they can do.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will not go out of me cd-car player?, December 4, 2007

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Helgi Asgeir Hardarson "Helgyman" (Iceland) - See all my reviews
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I work a lot on the road. Got a big box with piles of cd's old-new written and bitten. Change fast cause i get bored fast - eaven my favorites just hang in there for one play. This cd is so great that i heaven't skipped a song (noticed today)the two weeks i've had it.
Love the sound, lyrics and that scotstalk. I know how it feels to talk differently - icelandic and proud. Go Proclaimers be more winners - and i love your straight talk to those who deserve it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars INSTANT CLASSIC, May 4, 2008

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Jane F. Baker - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life With You (Audio CD)

ARE YOU LIKE MOST AMERICANS LIKE ME AND ONLY REMEMBER THESE GUYS FROM THE VIDEO OF "I'M GONNA BE 500 MILES"?I'LL BE HONEST AND SAY I THOUGHT THESE GUYS WOULD BE FLIPPING HAMBURGERS BY NOW.I NEVER GAVE THEM ANOTHER LISTEN.I WAS AT BARNES AND NOBLE THE OTHER DAY LISTENING TO THE NEW CD'S THAT JUST ARRIVED.I PICKED THIS CD UP AND WAS BLOWN AWAY HOW GOOD IT SOUNDED.I BOUGHT IT AND IT IS THE BEST CD I HAVE BOUGHT IN MANY YEARS AND I HAVE BOUGHT HUNDREDS.WHAT BRINGS ME BACK TO LISTEN AGAIN AND AGAIN IS THE SONG LYRICS.THERE REALLY ISN'T A BAD SONG ON THIS CD WHICH IS A RARE THING INDEED.I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING EVERYONE GIVES THIS CD 5 STARS.WELL I'M HERE TO SAY THIS REALLY DESERVES IT.IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN 1978 AND IT WILL BE FRESH SOUNDING 20 YEARS FROM NOW.I REALLY MISJUDGED THE REID BROTHERS THEY ARE GREAT!DON'T BE LIKE MOST AMERICANS AND LET THIS ONE SLIDE BY WITHOUT A LISTEN.DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GET THE 2 CD SET WITH THE LIVE CONCERT AND ACOUSTIC OUTTAKES FROM LIFE WITH YOU.YOU WON'T BE DISSAPPOINTED BELIEVE ME.