Are We There Yet? Rick Astley

• 1 Dippin My Feet 03:13
• 2 Letting Go 03:22
• 3 Golden Hour 03:45
• 4 Never Gonna Stop 03:17
• 5 Close (Your Shoes) 03:37
• 6 High Enough 03:27
• 7 Forever and More 03:37
• 8 Driving Me Crazy 03:32
• 9 Maria Love 03:34
• 10 Take Me Back to Your Place 03:15
• 11 Waterfall 03:12
• 12 Blue Sky 03:17
• Total Runtime 41:08

Info for Are We There Yet?

"Are We There Yet?" is the new, long awaited album from Rick Astley via BMG. His ninth studio album overall, it's the third in a row of which Astley has written, recorded, played and produced himself at his home studio in London. Featuring the single 'Dippin My Feet', an invigorating twist on his signature stye, 'Are We There Yet?' is the sound of Rick reflecting and building upon the experiences he's gone through since the release of 2018's 'Beautiful Life'.

Speaking about the album title Astley shares, “Now, that phrase has multiple meanings. Are we there yet in my musical ambitions? Am I done with my career? Have we arrived? Or are we still travelling?”

The time that Astley spent in America’s heartland together with his lifelong love of soul stalwarts Bill Withers, Al Green and Marvin Gaye also informed the new album. It’s particularly prominent in ‘Dippin My Feet’, which puts an invigorating twist on the legend’s signature style. Rich with scorching, mid-summer vibes, the song sees Astley putting his own feelgood spin on both the Memphis soul tradition and Stax Records’ old school R&B.

Astley adds, “It’s not Americana, but the tag-line at the start of the chorus is: ‘Dippin my feet in the Mississippi River…’ It’s definitely not country, but I’ve never twanged a guitar as much as I have in the past couple of months. And there’s a bit more emotion with those guitar parts. I just think spending five months in America has retuned my ear a little bit.”

Rick Astley

Rick Astley
With his rich, deep voice, Rick Astley became an overnight sensation in the late '80s with his well-crafted dance-pop. Astley was discovered by the producer Pete Waterman in 1985 singing in the English soul band FBI. After that, Waterman's production team -- Stock, Aitken & Waterman -- took Astley under their wing, writing and producing such impeccably crafted pop singles as 'Never Gonna Give You Up' and 'Together Forever.' After two hugely successful albums in the U.S. and the U.K., Astley grew tired of being labeled Stock, Aitken & Waterman's 'puppet' and severed his connections with the team; he resurfaced in 1991 with the soul-injected Free, which contained the Top Ten hit, 'Cry for Help.' (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG)

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