Besides the mighty fine title track, the lead single from Trace and one of the band's best slow-burn numbers, three others appear on this particular single.
Two, "This Reason" and "A Song for Me," were self-produced by the band and mixed by old producer Rob Younger.
The former is a tight little number, Hoey's Hammond organ a nice link to the band's past, while the latter is a slower, gentle song that's a low-key winner.
The surprise highlight, taken from a radio performance, comes at the very end -- "The Cross," a remake of the dramatic epic from Prince's Sign O' the Times album.
Peno avoids simply aping Prince in the vocals -- instead it just sounds like Peno in a slightly higher register -- while the band keeps the same power from the original.
Not a radical reworking, but still good all around.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caressing Swine | Died Pretty | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | This Reason | Died Pretty | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | A Song for Me | Died Pretty | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 12 mins | 28 MB | |||||
| 12 mins | 82 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Died Pretty | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |