With his new album, The Day After Yesterday Springfield is doing something he's always wanted to do: cover other people's hits.
"I've always wanted to record these songs," Springfield says. "They have been favorites of mine for a long time. They're songs I wish I'd written. I wanted to be faithful to the originals but still treat them a little differently and also give them the benefit of the new technology. Plus, I wanted to see if it would be easier and less painful doing a CD of songs I hadn't written...and it was."
Tracks include "I’m Not In Love" (10cc), "Under The Milky Way" (The Church), "Life In A Northern Town" (Dream Academy), "Broken Wings" (Mister Mister), "Human" (Human League), "Holding On To Yesterday" (Ambrosia), "Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty), "Waiting For A Girl Like You" (Foreigner), "Let’s Go Out Tonight" (Blue Nile), "For No One" (Beatles), "Miss You Nights" (Cliff Richard), "Blue Rose" (Lizz Wright), "Cry" (Rick Springfield) and "Imagine" (John Lennon).
During the early '80s, Springfield played Dr. Noah Drake on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He will reprise that role for four episodes, beginning December 2. He also continues to maintain a busy tour schedule.
The Day After Yesterday is in stores now.
