Old Trick New Dog Explained

Old Trick New Dog
Type:Album
Artist:David Cassidy
Cover:Oldtricknewdog.jpg
Released:September 1998
Label:Slamajama Records
Producer:Dino Esposito, Peter Brunetta, Scot Rammer
Prev Title:Didn't You Used to Be...
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:David Cassidy's Partridge Family Favorites

Old Trick New Dog is a 1998 album from David Cassidy on his own Slamajama Records label. In addition to new songs, it also features several remakes of songs from The Partridge Family. The single lifted from the album – No Bridge I Wouldn't Cross – was an Adult Contemporary Top 25 hit in the USA. The track You Were The One was co-written by David Cassidy and Tony Romeo who wrote many of the most popular songs for Cassidy and The Partridge Family in the 1970s, including I Think I Love You, Summer Days, I Am A Clown and Sing Me. It was the last studio album Cassidy released before his death.[1]

Release

The album was released by itself and also as a two-pack with David Cassidy's Partridge Family Favorites.[2]

Track listing

  1. "No Bridge I Wouldn't Cross"
  2. "I Think I Love You"
  3. "You Were the One"
  4. "Let Her Go"
  5. "I Can Feel Your Heartbeat"
  6. "I Woke Up In Love This Morning"
  7. "(Whatever Happened To) Peace, Love & Happiness"
  8. "Sheltered in Your Arms"
  9. "Show and Tell"
  10. "Ricky's Tune"
  11. "I Think I Love You [Groove Mix]" [Bonus track]

Reception

The album was given mostly positively reviews, with music review site Pause&Play[3] was called "fresh and contemporary, with a tip of the hat to the 48-year-old Cassidy’s past" and the Hartford Courant saying "on the whole, the 10-song CD is passable."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Brandle . Lars . 2017-11-22 . David Cassidy Dead: Musicians and Entertainers React . 2024-04-12 . Billboard . en-US.
  2. Book: Billboard . 1998-06-27 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . en.
  3. Web site: Galipault . Gerry . 1998-05-24 . 'New Dog' David Cassidy is Up to Old Tricks Pause & Play CD and Music Site . 2024-04-12 . Pause & Play . en-US.
  4. Web site: 1998-08-20 . OLD TRICK NEW DOG — DAVID CASSIDY . 2024-04-12 . Hartford Courant . en-US.