‘Automatic’ release scheduled for Aug. 4 (with song list)

As announced at a recent concert, Rick Springfield’s new CD will be coming out soon and will have 20 new songs!

It’s now listed on Amazon and ready for pre-order. It’s scheduled for an Aug. 4 release (aka my birthday week… what a great gift – thanks, RS!)

Here’s the “Automatic” description:

The album, described by Springfield, as 20 new songs stylistically somewhere between “Working Class Dog” and “Tao”. Sonically, the album sees Springfield returning to his first love of guitar-based power pop and keyboards, while lyrically featuring his favored subjects of love, sex and death. “My goal was solid three-minute tunes with the biggest hooks I could come up with.” As Springfield explains, “the album is called ‘Automatic’ because the songs just kind of came out on their own.”

“Automatic” editorial review on amazon.com

Here’s the song list:

1. Exit Wound
2. She Walks with the Angels (This one was debuted at a recent show and was performed with a video tribute to Matty Spindel playing in the background.)
3. Come Said the Girl
4. Automatic
5. Broke House
6. This Town
7. When God Forgets My Name
8. Heroes
9. Love Ain’t Cool (Sha Do Wup)
10. Works for Me
11. Fake It Til You Make It
12. The Cure for Loneliness
13. Invisible World
14. Make Your Move
15. In Case of Fire Break Glass
16. Did I Just Say That Out Loud
17. Someday I Will Fly
18. Neutron Star
19. Feed Your Soul
20. We Are Eternal

I can’t wait to hear what these songs are about!