Annie's much anticipated album Songs of Mass Destruction is being preceded by the single "Dark Road", which is now available to stream from the BBC2 Radio show! Follow this link and fast foward to about 11:38 on the timer. Edit: Or this higher quality stream!

In an word, sublime! It's a plaintive ballad beginning with an alluring piano melody that gradually builds up steam. It really picks up in the second to last verse before returning to the tempered mood. Her voice is fantastic, as always.

Here are the lyrics:

"Dark Road"

It's a dark road
And a dark way that leads to my house
And the word says
That you're never gonna find me there, oh no
I've got an open door
It didn't get there by itself
It didn't get there by itself...

There's a feelin'
But you're not feelin' it at all
There's a meaning
But you're not listening anymore
I look at that open road
I'm gonna walk there by myself...

And if you catch me I might try to run away
You know I can't be there too long
And if you let me I might try to make you stay
Seems you never realize a good thing til it's gone...

Maybe I'm still searchin' but I don't know what it means
All the fires of destruction are still burnin' in my dreams
There's no water that can wash away this longin' to come clean...
Hey yea yea...

I can't find the joy within my soul
It's just sadness takin' hold
I wanna come in from the cold
And make myself renewed again
It takes strength to live this way
The same old madness every day
I wanna kick these blues away
I wanna learn to live again

Hey hey hey

It's a dark road
And a dark way that leads to my house
And the word says
That you're never gonna find me there, oh no
I've got an open door
It didn't get there by itself
It didn't get there by itself...


[Edited 8/13/07 21:01pm]

Annie is amazing and SO UNDERRATED. It kills me everytime i hear all these lists of greatest Females vocalists and Annie is never on them, to me this woman is one of the best ever, and in my opinion one of the greatest "soul" singers too.

lastdecember said:

Annie is my hero!

Finally, an album cover to love.

can't wait!

Thanks for the link, it`s a good song....

What`s the release date for the album?

I hope she releases some cd singles with live tracks, i love collecting those

SunnySkies said:

"Dark Road" is going to be released as a single September 24th. I think there will be a CD.

Songs of Mass Destruction is out October 1st!

Finally an album to be excited about.

I love this new song, but I'm a little wary of everything else I've read about this disc. New producer?

But I'm sure I'll love it, because I love about everything she's ever done, especially solo. "Bare" is in my top 5 discs of all time.

"Bare" is magnificent- all-time top ten for sure...

Xagain said:

Bare is wonderful. A lot of people criticize it, but I think it's perfect!

Moonbeam said:

have you seen this yet?

http://www.youtube.com/wa...N0jjjgko3g

now that's a vocal performance

It's now available to stream on her myspace!

IstenSzek said:

I love it!

That song is all Annie.


Beautiful and amazing

Her myspace page provides details of the VIDEO premier that will run, free, on Amazon starting Monday (8/20) for 48 hours. Be sure to check it out!

Very nice vocal performance. Trademark Annie.
Too bad the melody is rather bland.

I love the album cover.
[Edited 8/19/07 2:09am]

Great lyrics, still think that 'Bare'was a fantastic soul album, especially the track 'The Hurting Time'.

Annie is really a great soul singer and even Aretha Franklin thought highly of her. Listen to their duet 'Sisters are doing it for themselves' and hear how Annie really is able to hold her own, even while singing with the Queen....respect due!

E

Here's the vid;

http://prince.org/msg/8/240851

On another forum that I visit,they're discussing the song "Sing" which has apparently leaked already.Anybody heard it yet?

SoulAlive said:

No!

Moonbeam said:

You really should visit the Madonna fansites/forums more often I can't recall which site I was on,but they had a thread about it and they were commenting on it (mostly favorable reviews).



[Edited 8/23/07 6:49am]

Hear Annie Lennox's new song "Sing" on the PerezHilton site:

http://perezhilton.com/?p=4236#respond

She's lost her charm. ZZZZZ.

SoulAlive said:

OMG, that just totally sucks.

HamsterHuey said:

I don't really like it either.

The music video:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...CFbKEVzlOo

SoulAlive said:

Is this the one with like 97 guest vocalists?