The Return, by Adam Dunning

The Return

by Adam Dunning

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The new album from Adam Dunning "The Return" is more than just a digital download. It comes in a presentable gatefold wallet, with extended album photography, with special pull-out liner notes with all lyrics from the album. You'll even get a bonus track, a very broody "The World I Want For You", only available on the CD.

Delivered in your own eco-bag for easy travelling to sunnier climbs, if you have his previous CDs discs, this is definitely one for the Adam Dunning collection.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Ordinary, The Return, The Path, Gallipoli, Holiday, Glass Bottom Boat, Happy New Year (single), and Sunset Monkeys. , and , .

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1.	Rains of Montmartre 03:31	lyrics	buy track
RAINS OF MONTMARTRE (Adam Dunning) © 2016 Sunset Club Music With the rains of Montmartre It’s yourself you can hear When those waters fall hard There’s a light in her tears Rouge and words and dancing in the air As she stands on the hill, and she stares And the rains of Montmartre They will lead you the way When those waters fall hard They’ll create your day As Satie plays his scales, a Steinlen-coloured noir When it rains on your day, they’re the rains of Montmartre As Satie plays his scales, to ladies of Renoir When it rains on your day, they’re the rains of Montmartre
2.	The Path 03:05	lyrics	buy track
THE PATH (Ronaldo Cotrim / Adam Dunning) © 2011 Sunset Club Music The day is wandering by It’s leading us with the breeze to the ocean The vines hang from the sky The sunlight is turning lime in the open The path is long and wild You’ll see the freedom shining You’ll find it deep inside Feel it all while you’re finding The mangrove bathes in style The parrots are talking town on her shoulder The bullfrog shines his smile He knows that the viper sleeps when it’s colder The path is long and wild You’ll see the freedom shining You’ll find it deep inside Feel it all while you’re finding The day is wandering by The rivers are telling tales at the seashore Below the deep blue sky The footprints will wash away with the folklore The path is long and wild You’ll see the freedom shining You’ll find it deep inside Feel it all while you’re finding
3.	The Ocean 04:26	lyrics	buy track
THE OCEAN (Adam Dunning) © 2018 Sunset Club Music Free, with the sun in my palm And a layer of nature In between you and me And free, like your waters that flow There’s a stirring emotion You’re the sea calling me And high, with your potion in play Body, mind and mood, for the prey And wild, like the storm in your waves The ocean, our taboos wash away Your eyes, take the blue of the world inside And the world is a day, when your blue has its way, with me And now, rhythmic waters within us rise Then the fall of the sea, to a still harmony ‘N I can feel your to and fro And the tide within you flow ‘N I can feel that primal motion In you, I feel a wave begin to grow And I can feel you letting go ‘N I can feel you like the ocean Your eyes, take the blue of the world inside And the world is a day, when your blue has its way, with me And now, rhythmic waters intensify Then the fall of the sea, to a still harmony ‘N I can feel your to and fro And that tide within you flow And it’s like harmonic motion And here, in our golden afterglow We can feel the undertow ‘N I can feel you like you the ocean
4.	Shades [Feat. Tash Parker] 03:44	lyrics	buy track
SHADES (Adam Dunning / Tash Parker) © 2018 Sunset Club Music / Little Buildings Those shades, our friends in hand Our stories, in the sand A breeze, a sun to move the silence of change And so, the makers made Then they rode away to find their star To me, their shades remain And that silence of change, ahh ya Our fire, it couldn’t stay Yesterday’s tomorrow is here today
5.	E Lala Lay-E (They're Singing) 04:13	lyrics	buy track
E lala Lay-e Lullaby across the meadow E lala Lay-e A dreamy duo E lala Lay-e Wind is blowing on the river E lala Lay-e A little whistle Ringing of the bells They’re swinging in the breezes ai ai ai ai E lala Lay-e They’re singing E lala Lay-e Up there in the sky, you’re smiling E lala Lay-e Your sun is rising E lala Lay-e Sweet aroma of the flower E lala Lay-e Your sunny shower Ringing of the bells They’re swinging in the hour ai ai ai ai E lala Lay-e They’re singing Ringing of the bells They’re swinging in the breezes ai ai ai E Lala Lay-e They’re singing E lala Lay-e See you in the sky, you’re smiling E lala Lay-e That sun is rising, yeah E lala Lay-e You’re the perfume of my flower E lala Lay-e That sunny shower Ringing of the bells They’re swinging in the hour ai ai ai ai E lala Lay-e They’re singing
6.	The Return 03:30	lyrics	buy track
THE RETURN (Adam Dunning) © 2012 Sunset Club Music I hear the emotion I feel the devotion I’ve seen it all pass the day The laugh in slow motion The fish in the ocean We stood when we entered the day Ei ah, yiy yeah, we see it returning The love, the life, our day We’ve seen it in motion The fuel, the commotion It’s all in the notion, let’s do it again Ei ah, yiy yeah, we see it returning The love, the life, our way I see in the sunray We pray for a saint’s day We know that the mind’s far away It’s come and passed The good, the living We’ve seen, but then we walked away
7.	Ordinary [Feat. ChanCé] 04:02	lyrics	buy track
ORDINARY (Adam Dunning) © 2014 Sunset Club Music You and me I can see We can be In a world that’s kind of ordinary Here we slide Nature’s cry Paper smile And the shadows try to end the day Mood and sin Let them in Love begins Where the waters come to sing together He and she Birds and bees Flying free Painting circles in a square that sings (Painting circles, and the square will sing) Here up high Burning eyes Sirens cry But the tears won’t come falling Here we lie Deep inside Love we ride And the shadows they just fall away You and me He and she I can see Birds and bees You and me I can see Free Here we are Field of stars Shadows far And they can’t write our story Here we lie Deep inside Love we ride In a world that’s kind of ordinary You and me He and she I can see Birds and bees You and me I can see Free
8.	True Lies 04:11	lyrics	buy track
TRUE LIES (Mentiras) (Joao Donato / Lysias Enio / Adam Dunning) © 2011 Sunset Club Music / Warner Chappell Tell me I don’t care, you’re lying When I see you smiling I do believe it’s true I know That all these foolish things you say That all these silly games you play Are all just really lies from you Tell me That I did it for you That our love was so new You couldn’t stay away Be mine No matter if it isn’t true Just say I’ll be with you Even just for one more day
9.	Holiday [Feat. Tash Parker] 04:05	lyrics	buy track
HOLIDAY (Adam Dunning / Tash Parker) © 2011 Sunset Club Music / Little Buildings Following the sun to our holiday Fifty metal hoods to go ‘til the bay Lying on the sand, she loves prying eyes Who would ever know it’s just her disguise Come with me to the sky Throw your day to the tide Come with me to the sky What you see is inside Holding daddy’s hand she sings “pretty please” It’s the little smile on her that he sees (reminds him of Louise) In her autumn years the sky’s now her show Soaking up Bordeaux in late summer glow
10.	Beautiful Goodbye 03:08	lyrics	buy track
BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE (Ronaldo Cotrim / Adam Dunning) © 2011 Sunset Club Music Now we say goodbye To the world we fly Only winds will take us to the day When I see your face again Now we say goodbye Beautiful goodbye We have sung those moments in our dreams Let’s let them be Now our worlds divide And it’s now goodbye So much more than most will get to say And I may see you some day Now we say goodbye Beautiful goodbye We are saying thank you for this time Before we fly It’s goodbye Goodbye Goodbye, it’s our time Before we go A beautiful Goodbye
11.	Higher 04:47	lyrics	buy track
HIGHER (Adam Dunning) © 2018 Sunset Club Music “What will be”, they’ve all sung But the hope is not much fun I feel the way Monkey see, as monkey do But it’s bigger than the cool I fly away Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba bye yi yeah What to say, what to feel, what to do Will be easy if it’s true Be it, feel it, anywhere Free all the things we know A flower never knows how to grow My mind’s high up there And when the dark, takes the sun And the laces come undone Feel that it’s there Feel the ebb and the flow The sun will live and you will know, so Rise higher, in the air
12.	The World I Want For You 05:22	lyrics	buy track
THE WORLD I WANT FOR YOU (bonus track) (Karen Nicholls) © 2016 Sunset Club Music The world I want for you is filled with sun-drops That dance like golden smiles across the sea The world I want for you is laced with curling waves And snow white moons on yellow sand...as far as eye can see The world I want for you is filled with raindrops That fall forever more on jungle leaves The world I want for you, a world so fresh and new It touches every part of you Somewhere in this world there is purity In silver ice as far as eye can see Wildflowers blossom after rain Somewhere in this world, for you and me The world I want for you is filled with rainbows Drifting colours fall from autumn trees The world I want for you is laced with sparkling dew Morning sunrise tender as a dream The world I want for you is filled with laughter That ripples down the waterfalls of time The world I want for you is wilderness anew Embracing every part of you Embracing every part of you

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Australia's own voice of summer, Adam Dunning releases his third album, The Return, featuring a gallery of A-list instrumentalists like bassist Guto Wirtti, Alfredo Cardim (Astrud Gilberto), and string arranger Flavio Mendes.

As with his previous albums, Sunset Monkeys and Glass Bottom Boat, Adam recorded the album mainly in Rio with legendary Bossa Nova producer Alex Moreira (Bossacucanova). Inspiration from all over the world, from the exotica of Istanbul, to the simplicity of Australia's beach life, can be heard throughout the 12 track collection of Adam's new set of originals.

The Return is about time and returning to a world of primal values, culture, and appreciation of the planet. Featuring a collection of orchestral arrangements from Flavio Mendes alongside Adam's trademark seductive male vocals, the album showcases some of Dunning’s best beachside compositions.

The Return also sees Adam teaming up again with the striking vocals of Australian folk artist Tash Parker (on "Holiday" and "Shades"), Turkey’s ChanCé (for the Istanbul-recorded "Ordinary"), and with long-time collaborator from Rio, Ronaldo Cotrim who co-wrote two of their greatest compositions - "Beautiful Goodbye" and "The Path".

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released October 16, 2020

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Adam Dunning Melbourne, Australia

The BBC have called him the "Voice of Summer".
Blessed with a stream of outstanding reviews the world over, his originals are melodic and relaxed, known for their environmental undertones, and themes of freedom and nature.
Solar, Bossa Nova, Jazz, and the sun and moon !

A refreshing, addictive style from one of the most unique artists on the world stage today. ... more