Collin Raye Releases New Album

Collin Raye has released a new album of romantic cover songs from Cleopatra Records.

The project features re-recordings of songs from some of Raye's favortie artists, including Bryan Adams, Billy Joel, the Bee Gees, Bread, Laura Branigan, Boz Skaggs, Elton John and others.

“Before coming to Nashville, I played years in the casinos, waiting to be discovered,” Raye says. “These are songs that I would perform. These are the artists that moved me and the songs I truly love.”

'Everlasting' also includes Raye's version of Dan Fogelberg's 'Same Old Lang Syne,' which Raye has wanted to record for years.

“Like most people, I remember being struck with a melancholy, bittersweet feeling the first time I heard Dan Fogelberg singing 'Same Old Lang Syne.' Even though I was only 20 years old when it was first released, I distinctly recall being emotionally moved by the story, and inserted myself into it, thinking of a ‘past love,’" Raye says. "Obviously, at that age, I didn’t know much about true love, but I certainly thought I did.

"That’s the power and magic of this particular song ... no matter what age you are, from 19 to 90, you can’t help but become swept up into that common feeling we all possess ... that belief that, once upon a time in our lives, there was that someone ... that one love that got away ... that, for whatever reason, didn't work out," he continues. "There’s a need in us all to want to drown ourselves in that memory sometimes ... to try to ‘resolve’ it ... make it make sense to us ... not to get over it ... to just sit still in it ... for a while. That desire comes from that poetic slice of us that makes us human. This song wields that kind of emotional impact."

'Everlasting' is available on Amazon and iTunes.

Collin Raye, 'Everlasting' Track Listing:

1. 'Divine Everlasting Love'
2. 'Say Hello to Heaven'
3. 'How Deep Is Your Love'
4. 'Against All Odds'
5. 'Love Song for a Vampire'
6. '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You'
7. 'Marie'
8. 'If'
9. 'We’re All Alone'
10. 'She’s Got a Way'
11. 'Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word'
12. 'How Am I Supposed to Live Without You'
13. 'Same Old Lang Syne'