Kevin Rowland, "My Beauty" (1999) mp3 album

My Beauty is a solo album by Kevin Rowland, lead singer of Dexys Midnight Runners. It was released in 1999, eleven years after his solo debut The Wanderer. In the interim he had experienced problems with drug addiction. My Beauty is an album of cover songs, although Rowland rewrote several of the lyrics to reflect his battles against substance abuse. The album is infamous for its cover, which shows Rowland in drag and heavy make up, an image which Rowland also used during contemporary appearances at the Glastonbury and Reading festivals. During his appearance at Reading he was pelted with bottles thrown by the audience.[1] The album was supposed to have twelve tracks, but the song "Thunder Road" (written by Bruce Springsteen) was pulled from the album at the last minute due to Springsteen not approving to the lyrical re-writes done by Kevin Rowland. The promo CD distributed (to radio/press) prior to the official album did have all twelve tracks. The album was released on Creation Records, on the initiative of label boss Alan McGee, who was a fan of Rowland's work. Upon release the album received mixed reviews, and reportedly sold fewer than 500 copies, thus making it one of the lowest selling albums in the history of the label. Track listing "Greatest Love of All" (Linda Creed, Michael Masser) "Rag Doll" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) "Concrete and Clay" (Tommy Moeller, Gregg Parker) "Daydream Believer" (John Stewart) "This Guy's in Love with You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) "The Long and Winding Road" (Lennon/McCartney) "It's Getting Better" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) "I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top" (Fletcher, Flett) "Labelled With Love (I'll Stay With My Dreams)" (Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook) "Reflections of My Life" (Junior Campbell, Thomas McAleese) "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Beauty

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howard9886 (2012-09-20)

Thanks for this. It's lovely.
As a thank you, I've added Thunder Road (removed from the retail CD) to the file.