Secretly Canadian has announced 4 Hits & a Miss – The Essential Richard Swifta career-spanning collection of Richard Swift's songs will be released on November 1, just six years after the seminal producer and singer-songwriter's death. Over 14 tracks, the LP brings together classic, experimental tracks and the unreleased track “Common Law” to tell the story of the visionary behind the Cottage Grove, Oregon studio National Freedom. Watch the lyric video for his song “You;” below.
Swift died on July 3, 2018, after battling alcohol addiction that led to complications from hepatitis and liver and kidney distress. Dozens of bands paid their respects to the late artist after news of his death spread, and Swift was lovingly honored with a tribute concert, a subscription-based singles series, heartfelt Talkhouse tributes, a Death Cab for Cutie cover and a 7″ vinyl and more.
Swift's final album as a solo artist, The Hexwas released just over two months after his death in September 2018. In 2021, two of his previously unreleased comedy tracks, “KFC” and “A Man's Man”, were released on a posthumous 7″ single. from Secretly Canadian, too.
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4 Hits & a Miss – The Essential Richard Swift:
01 The original thought
02 Dirty Jim
03 Would you like to?
04 The Atlantic Ocean
05 Buildings in America
06 Broken Finger Blues
07 Common Law
08 Lady Luck
09 A Song for Milton Feher
10 The Songs of National Freedom
11 The novelist
12 Ballad by You Know Who
13 Whitman
14 Topic Walking without effort
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