Still Got That Hunger

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Still Got That Hunger
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Studio album by
The Zombies
Released9 October 2015
Genre Blues rock [1]
Length37:21
Label The End Records
Producer Christopher Marc Potter
The Zombies chronology
Breathe Out, Breathe In
(2011)		Still Got That Hunger
(2015)		Different Game
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 5.3/10 [2]
Metacritic 61/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Music News Nashvillepositive [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Still Got That Hunger is the sixth studio album by English rock band the Zombies, released on 9 October 2015. [7] The band funded production of the album through the crowdfunding web site PledgeMusic, receiving donations from 958 pledgers and reaching 143% of its funding goal. [8]

Contents

Two of the songs on the album are remakes of earlier recordings by members of the band. "I Want You Back Again" was originally released by the Zombies as a single in 1965 and in the intervening time has been covered in live performances by Tom Petty, a self-professed fan of the band. [9] "Now I Know I'll Never Get Over You" was originally released by Colin Blunstone on his 2009 solo album The Ghost of You and Me.

Two of the songs also are based on two Argent compositions included in Barbara Thompson's Ghost (1982) album with Rod Argent, both instrumental, "Movin On" and "Little Girl," the latter renamed "Little One."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rod Argent, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moving On" 4:00
2."Chasing The Past" 4:05
3."Edge of the Rainbow" 4:10
4."New York" 4:08
5."I Want You Back Again" (2015) 3:34
6."And We Were Young Again"Rod Argent, Catherine Argent4:07
7."Maybe Tomorrow" 3:34
8."Now I Know I'll Never Get Over You"Colin Blunstone3:34
9."Little One" 2:54
10."Beyond the Borderline" 3:15

Personnel

The Zombies

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References

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  2. ↑ "Still Got That Hunger by The Zombies reviews". AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Still Got That Hunger by The Zombies". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Still Got That Hunger". Allmusic . Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Kinsler, Robert (5 October 2015). "Embrace Rock, Synthpop, Blues and Country Excellence". Music News Nashville. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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  7. ↑ "The Zombies 'Still Got That Hunger' - Album Out Now!" (Press release). New York, NY: The End Records . Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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