Songs of White Lion | ||||
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Released | Vol. 1 - 14 April 2023 Vol. 2 - 23 August 2024 Vol. 3 - 19 September 2025 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | Vol. 1 - 55:56 Vol. 2 - 46:13 Vol. 3 - | |||
Label | Frontiers Music | |||
Producer | Mike Tramp, Soren Andersen | |||
Mike Tramp's White Lion chronology | ||||
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Singles from Songs of White Lion | ||||
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Songs of White Lion is a trilogy of albums by Mike Tramp's White Lion featuring new re-recorded versions of White Lion songs, released via Frontiers Music. Volume 1 was released on April 14, 2023, Volume 2 was released on August 23, 2024 and Volume 3 will be released on September 19, 2025. As the title implies, the new albums sees Tramp re-imagining select cuts from White Lion's catalog, including the bands biggest hits: "When the Children Cry", "Wait", and "Little Fighter". [1]
Songs of White Lion Volume 1 comes out only one year after his most recent release in 2022, For Første Gang, the album which Tramp sung a full set of songs entirely in Danish for the first time in his career. [2] [3]
Songs of White Lion sees Tramp bringing his version of White Lion back, and follows Tramp's previous release of re-recorded White Lion songs when he was first attempting to reform White Lion in 1999, on the album Remembering White Lion . To avoid legal issues with former members, the band was known as Tramp's White Lion when that album was re-released in 2004 under the title Last Roar. [4]
Since 2009, following White Lion's last studio album Return of the Pride , Tramp has been writing and recording as a solo artist releasing nine studio albums, Songs of White Lion is a tribute to Tramp's most successful band of his career. With various incarnations of White Lion leading to 2008's studio reunion, this album completes the circle. [5]
Songs of White Lion Volume 2 was released a few months after Tramp released his second Danish album, Mand Af En Tid. Songs of White Lion 2 features Tramp re-imagining ten more select cuts from White Lion's catalog [6]
Mike Tramp has finished work on "Songs Of White Lion - Vol. III" which completes the 'Songs Of White Lion' trilogy. [7] In the final installment, Tramp revisits and reimagines ten more essential songs from the White Lion catalog.
A re-recorded "Cry for Freedom" was released as the first single for "Songs of White Lion", [8] followed by a reworked take on "Little Fighter". [9]
Mike Tramp embarked on an extensive U.S. tour in May 2023. The Songs of White Lion trek, which was originally supposed to take place in April/May 2020, will see Tramp performing White Lion hits. [10]
Songs of White Lion Volume 2 features the new single and music video for the re-recorded "Lights and Thunder" [11] and the reworked "Lonely Nights", [12] "Out With the Boys", [13] "The Road to Valhalla" [14] and "Till Death Do Us Part" [15] were also released as singles featuring visualizer music videos. Tramp will embark on an extended tour supporting Songs of White Lion Volume 2 starting in mid-August 2024 with European and US dates, [16] followed by Australia in 2025. [17]
Songs of White Lion Volume 3 features the new single of the re-recorded "Cherokee" which is accompanied by a music video [18]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Lady of the Valley" | 6:47 |
2. | "Little Fighter" | 4:30 |
3. | "Broken Heart" | 4:12 |
4. | "Love Don't Come Easy" | 3:38 |
5. | "Hungry" | 4:20 |
6. | "Cry for Freedom" | 4:28 |
7. | "Goin' Home Tonight" | 4:37 |
8. | "Wait" | 4:16 |
9. | "All the Fallen Men" | 4:38 |
10. | "Living on the Edge" | 4:43 |
11. | "Tell Me" | 4:42 |
12. | "When the Children Cry" | 5:05 |
13. | "Cry for Freedom (Alternative version)" (Japanese bonus track) | 4:25 |
Total length: | 55:56 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Lights and Thunder" | 6:40 |
2. | "Lonely Nights" | 4:37 |
3. | "Till Death Do Us Part" | 4:43 |
4. | "El Salvador" | 4:17 |
5. | "The Road to Valhalla" | 3:58 |
6. | "Don't Give Up" | 3:21 |
7. | "You're AII I Need" | 4:29 |
8. | "Out with the Boys" | 4:47 |
9. | "All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll" | 3:39 |
10. | "Farewell to You" | 3:52 |
11. | "Little Fighter (Classical orchestra version)" (Japanese bonus track) | 4:24 |
Total length: | 46:07 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dirty Woman" | |
2. | "Warsong" | |
3. | "Fight to Survive" | |
4. | "She's Got Everything" | |
5. | "In the City" | |
6. | "If My Mind is Evil" | |
7. | "Cherokee" | |
8. | "All Burn in Hell" | |
9. | "Don't Say It's Over" | |
10. | "Radar Love" |
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Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] | 69 |
UK Independent album chart [20] | 17 |