Following the recent appearance of his co-written songs with Jarvis Cocker in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City film, and the success of the award-winning Standing At The Sky’s Edge musical, which features 20 Richard Hawley songs and won Best New Musical and handed Hawley Best Original Score at the 2023 Olivier Awards, today (6 September) BMG announce the first ever Richard Hawley collection; Now Then: The Very Best of Richard Hawley.
Richard Hawley is widely recognised as both one of the UK’s greatest songwriters and one of its most respected. Alongside two Mercury Music Prize Nominations, a BRIT award nomination and four UK Top 10 Albums, the Sheffield native songwriter has collaborated with the likes of Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Lisa Marie Presley, Paul Weller and Elbow.
Curated by Hawley and long-term collaborator Colin Elliot, Now Then spans his twenty plus year career, exhibiting all facets of his songwriting mastery; marrying his most cinematic moments with his most tender, his best loved work and a host of hidden gems from his early work, to create a collection for both his hardcore fanbase and the perfect entry point for his newest fans.
In addition to tracks from Richard Hawley (2001), Late Night Final (2001), Lowedges (2003), Coles Corner (2005), Lady’s Bridge (2007), Truelove’s Gutter (2009), Standing at the Sky’s Edge (2012), Hollow Meadows (2015) and Further (2019). The collection also features examples of his work for television, including the gorgeous ‘Not The Only Road’ (originally titled ‘The Only Road’ from Lowedges), which he recently re-recorded for The Full Monty TV series, and his 2019 blistering version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man’ which was recorded for the finale of season five of Peaky Blinders.
Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley will be released on 20 October and available as a 2CD set, 2LP colour vinyl collection housed in a gatefold sleeve, digital download and on streaming platforms.
2CD Tracklisting:
CD 1
1. Open Up Your Door
2. Midnight Train
3. Tonight the Streets Are Ours
4. Coles Corner
5. Ballad of a Thin Man (Full Version)
6. Baby, You're My Light
7. She Brings The Sunlight
8. Not The Only Road {unreleased}
9. Which Way
10. My Little Treasures
11. Naked In Pitsmoor
12. Standing At the Sky's Edge
13. Long Black Train
14. Heart of Oak
15. You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your River Runs Dry)
16. The Ocean
CD 2
1. Don't Stare at the Sun
2. I Still Want You
3. Off My Mind
4. For Your Lover Give Some Time
5. Just Like The Rain
6. I’m On Nights
7. Seek It
8. Serious
9. Precious Sight
10. Remorse Code
11. Alone
12. Born Under a Bad Sign
13. Our Darkness
14. Run For Me
15. Coming Home
16. There's a Storm a'Comin'
2 LP:
Side A
A1. Open Up Your Door
A2. Midnight Train
A3. Tonight the Streets Are Ours
A4. Coles Corner
A5. Ballad of a Thin Man
A6. Baby, You're My Light
Side C
C1. Seek It
C2. Off My Mind
C3. Coming Home
C4. I Still Want You
C5. Just Like The Rain
C6. Run For Me
Side B
B1. Not The Only Road
B2. My Little Treasures
B3. Standing At the Sky's Edge
B4. Heart of Oak
B5. The Ocean
Side D
D1. Alone
D2. For Your Lover Give Some Time
D3. Serious
D4. Don't Stare at the Sun
D5. There's a Storm a'Comin
