New Life

The Marshall Tucker Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K-Tel Entertainment
• ASIN: B00005Y7FJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #799,540 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. New Life

2. Southern Woman

3. Blue Ridge Mountain Sky

4. Too Stubborn

5. Another Cruel Love

6. You Ain't Foolin' Me

7. 24 Hours at a Time

8. Fly Eagle Fly

Editorial Reviews

The Marshall Tucker Band, acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of the Southern rock movement, is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary with an ongoing catalog restoration and release program. One of the first releases is A New Life, released in March 1974. It appears now with a live bonus track from the band’s early days on the road and has been remastered from the original analog tapes produced by Paul Hornsby.

This gold album includes "24 Hours At A Time" and "Blue Ridge Mountain Sky" and firmly established the band as one of the leading lights in the field of Southern Rock. "The buying public never really cared whether we were country or rock and roll" says founding member Doug Gray. "They called us a Southern rock band, but we have always played everything from country to blues and all things in-between."

• Remastered from the original analog tapes.

• Extensive liner notes and historic photos.

• Includes the hits "Blue Ridge Mountain Sky," "Another Cruel Love, " "24 Hours At A Time" and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The very best Tucker album, April 23, 2000

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Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Life (Audio CD)

"A New Life" is the best album from the creative peak of the Marshall Tucker Band (1973-1978). Fans of The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd will feel right at home from the first guitar lick on the title track. What sets this album a little higher than the rest is the uniformly excellent songwriting, which climaxes in the closing track "Fly Eagle Fly," which is among the best-ever pro-environment rock songs. If you are just starting your Tucker collection, start with this one.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forgotten Masterpiece, February 16, 2000

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Sir Douglas (DC Metro) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Life (Audio CD)

A majestic, soaring masterpiece, loaded with timeless music that is sometimes mournful, at times whimsical, and always deeply heartfelt. Recorded in '74, this is, I believe, Marshall Tucker's second studio effort. All of the songwriting, singing and playing is absolutely stellar, highlighting the unique synthesis of country, blues, jazz and rock that was distinctively Marshall Tucker's own. Toy Caldwell's guitar work on this album, especially, is something of a landmark--his solos and fills on "A New Life" and "24 Hours At a Time" are wonders to behold, full of fire and an incredibly deep lyrical touch.

It saddens me that Southern Rock is often dismissed as nothing more than tacky background music for drunken rednecks. This album proves otherwise a million times over. There is a musical richness and emotional deepness offered here that deserves to be celebrated.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Recording!, November 13, 2000

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R.Bailey (Carson City, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Life (Audio CD)

It amazes me that this recording only had two reviews written about it before my own. In my opinion, it is a landmark southern rock album. Marshall Tucker's debut album was great, but I feel this sophomore effort surpasses it. Every track on the album is great, but I feel four in general deserve special mention. The first track on the album, in my humble opinion the best Tucker song, is "A New Life". Doug Gray belts this one out as if his life depends on it. Track 3, "Blue Ridge Mountain Sky" also deserves special mention. The fiddle really gives this song something extra. To round out the four,"You Ain't Foolin' Me" and "24 Hours At A Time, are both classics. If you are a lover of southern rock, heck, rock in general, pick this one up. It easily stands with the best the Allman's, Skynyrd, or any other southern band has to offer.