The idea at the beginning was to make the album more ballad oriented and, for a change, not to include any rock 'n' roll songs. It was never going to happen! I wrote Gone Back There and that had to be on it. Then I recorded Lilley Lane and Evening Of The First Day and I think the album began to feel more balanced. I mixed and mastered the album and felt it was done. One day, for some reason, an old song (I'm talking about 36 years old here!) called Need For Love came to me. I thought it might be worth doing a quick demo to see if it might work and was really surprised at how good it sounded. I changed most of the lyrics but kept the sentiment. My friend, the brilliant guitarist Davey Galt came over and added some blistering lead guitar. Davey also played guitar on Close To You, Slipping Away, Lilley Lane and Give Up On Me Baby and many thanks to him for that.So, in the end I feel there's a bit of everything and I truly hope you like it.