Cole Powell

Track List:

1. Ballad of a Mad Man (Theme from Random Reactions) (feat. Sam Mooney) (2024 Mix)
2. Company (feat. Brittany D and Sam Mooney) (2024 Mix)
3. Words Like That (2024 Mix)
4. Always Ever Be (2024 Mix)
5. Simple Things (Full Band Version) [feat. Kyle Graves]
6. Christmas Alone (Southern Gentry Music Review Version) (2024 Mix)
7. Just for Fun (2024 Mix)

All Songs Written and Produced by Cole Powell 
Except “Company,” Written by Cole Powell and Brittany D

Personnel:

Cole Powell - Vocals/Acoustic Guitars/Harmonicas/Handclaps/Synth Orchestra; Bass on “Simple Things”; Electric Guitar on “Christmas Alone”; Keys on “Just for Fun,” except solo
Sam Mooney - Keys 
Tyler Bridge - Bass
Zack Farnham - Drums/Percussion

Brittany D - Vocals (“Company”); Backing Vocals (“Christmas Alone”); Handclaps (“Always Ever Be”)
Kyle Graves - Electric Guitar (“Simple Things,” “Christmas Alone”); Backing Vocals (“Christmas Alone”)
Nick Smith - Electric Guitar (“Just for Fun”)

Recorded and Mixed by Cole Powell at Randomine Records 
Except 
Drums and Bass (Tracks 1-4, 6, 7)
Engineered by Tyler Bridge at Brookhaven Music and Sound
Electrice Guitar on “Just for Fun”
Engineered by Nick Smith at Dipping Vat Studio

Photography by Kelly “Babs” Bagwell

Artwork Layout and Design by Cole Powell

Inside the Record:

“Since Redux, I had continued to get better at mixing, so, for the 10th anniversary of Unfiltered, I once again re-mixed its five main tracks and added a tweaked ‘Christmas Alone’ and a full band version of ‘Simple Things,’ both songs that were written and originally recorded during the Unfiltered sessions. This album contains the best sounding versions of the tracks and most closely matches my original vision for each song. It is, at this time, the definitive version, and I have no intention of re-releasing the original mixes, which I pulled from all outlets in 2016. Call me ’George Lucas,’ if you want.” - Cole, 05/05/25

Track List:

1. Stay (Begging You) (2021 Version) [feat. Kyle Graves]
2. Beautiful Now (2021 Version)
3. Lost (2021 Version)
4. Now That You’re Gone (2021 Version)
5. Perfect Time (To Kill Me) (2021 Version)
6. Not the One to Say (I Told You So) (2020 Version)
7. Fairytale Happenstance (2021 Version)
8. Roses (Thanks for the Broken Heart) (2021 Version)

All Songs Written and Produced by Cole Powell 
Except “Stay (Begging You)” and “Now That You’re Gone,” Written by Cole Powell and Brittany D

Personnel:

Cole Powell - Vocals/Guitars/Synth Orchestra; Bass (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 8); Keys (Tracks 5, 7 Intro, 8) 
Sam Mooney - Keys (Tracks 1, 6, 7)
Tyler Bridge - Bass (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7)
Zack Farnham - Drums/Percussion

Kyle Graves - Electric Lead Guitar on “Stay”
Marvin Curtis III - Keys Intro on “Not the One to Say”
Nick Smith - Ambient Instrumentation on “Lost”

Recorded and Mixed by Cole Powell at Randomine Records 
Except 
Drums (Tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 8) and Bass (Tracks 1, 6, 7)
Engineered by Tyler Bridge at Brookhaven Music and Sound
And
Drums/Bass/Ambient Instrumentation on “Lost” and Keys Intro on “Not the One to Say”
Engineered and Mixed by Nick Smith at Rt. 1 Recording 

Album Artwork by J. F. “Jim” Oakes

Inside the Record:

“A few months after Thanks for the Broken Heart’s release, I had become unhappy with the final result because 1) the songs were not ultimately what I had envisioned when we started production and 2) the record didn’t perform as well as I had hoped. I had already played around with alternate versions of five of the tracks on my second album, Unfiltered, but they were really just there to fill out the record with a full set of songs.

For Thanks for the Broken Heart’s 10th anniversary, I decided I wanted to make a definitive version of the record which would restore my original vision for the songs as much as possible using the resources I had available at the time.

The result was Deca, a project that merged tracking from my original teenage demos and the original Thanks for the Broken Heart and Unfiltered sessions with new overdubs. These are the definitive versions of these songs for sure.

Yet, five years later, I’m sitting here thinking that the mixes could be improved further. I’m not going to touch them though. I’m just going to let them ride for now, and instead, for the original album’s 15th anniversary, I think I’m finally going to re-release the original versions side-by-side with these, plus a few bonus tracks.” - Cole, 05/05/25