Anniversary (Ed Roland album)

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Anniversary
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Released2016
RecordedDecember 2014
Genre Rock

Anniversary is an unreleased studio album by American rock musician Ed Roland.

Contents

Background

Roland wrote and recorded Anniversary in honor of his wife, Michaeline. [1] The couple dated for three years before marrying on February 17, 2006 in Savannah, Georgia. [1] [2]

The album was made available for streaming via SoundCloud on February 14, 2016, exclusively for Valentine's Day; and to celebrate the Rolands' impending tenth wedding anniversary. [1] There are no immediate plans for Anniversary to be commercially released. [1]

Writing and recording

Anniversary was recorded over three days in December 2014. [1] The album features Roland's current Collective Soul bandmates Will Turpin and Jesse Triplett, along with former Collective Soul drummer Shane Evans and guitarist Peter Stroud. [1] Prior to recording, Roland performed "Something Like That" at the 2012 Symphonic Rocks concert in Cape Town, South Africa; [3] while "Utah Moon" was written and performed on the spot at a Collective Soul concert in Sandy, Utah on June 12, 2014. [4] [5] A music video for "Searching For" was released via Vimeo on February 13, 2015. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ed Roland.

No.TitleLength
1."Bed"3:09
2."Now"3:50
3."Belong"2:52
4."Searching For"3:22
5."Nothing Else Here Matters"3:25
6."Choose"3:58
7."Morning Coffee"2:59
8."You And Me"3:05
9."Utah Moon"3:51
10."Something Like That"2:53

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