Fading West (EP)
EP containing three songs from the Fading West album.
Switchfoot and Neal Avron handled production for the Fading West EP, which arrived on September 17, 2013 via Atlantic Records/Word. It pulls three tracks from the band’s ninth studio album, Fading West. A special physical version adds a bonus track also called “Fading West.”
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Switchfoot
- Released
- 17 September 2013
- Recorded
- 2012–13
- Studio
- Spot X Studio
- San Diego
- CA
- Genre
- Alternative rock, pop rock
- Length
- 12:43 (digital copy); 17:02 (physical copy)
- Label
- Atlantic/Word
- Producer
- Switchfoot, Neal Avron
Facts from the source article.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who We Are | 3:25 |
| 2 | Love Alone Is Worth the Fight | 4:34 |
| 3 | Ba55 | 4:44 |
| Total length | 12:43 | |
Physical edition bonus track
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Fading West | 4:19 |
| Total length | 17:02 | |
Track listing from the source article.
Release
Released on September 17, 2013 via Atlantic Records/Word, the Fading West EP featured three tracks from Switchfoot’s ninth studio album, which came out on January 14, 2014. A limited physical version, sold only during the band’s 2013 fall tour and on their website, added the bonus song “Fading West,” a cut absent from the full album. The EP participated in a “complete my album” offer, letting buyers get the remaining Fading West tracks for free once the album dropped in January 2014.
Critical reception
Ian Zandi of Indie Vision Music rated the EP a perfect five stars. He wrote that Fading West is not the end of Switchfoot but the opening of the next chapter in their globetrotting journey to pursue love and justice. He noted that the EP may not be the best Switchfoot songs ever written, but it serves as a sample of what to expect in the movie and on the soundtrack, providing a theme song, a classic Switchfoot song, and the next possible step in their musical endeavors.
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