A New World is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by Ronnie Drew

Ronnie Drew

Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew was an Irish singer and folk musician who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners. He was born in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin...

, produced by Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...

. It was released through the Sunday World

Sunday World

The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Sunday Newspapers Limited, a division of Independent News and Media. It is the largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland and is also sold in Northern Ireland .-Origins:The Sunday World was Ireland's first tabloid newspaper...

newspaper prior to the release of Drew's album There's Life In The Old Dog Yet

There's Life in the Old Dog Yet

There's Life in the Old Dog Yet is an album by Ronnie Drew, released in 2006.Produced by Phil Coulter, who wrote the title track, Drew recorded this album of songs about growing old shortly before being diagnosed with throat cancer in 2006, an irony which was commented on a few months later by both...

in October 2006. As well as the title track from the forthcoming album, the EP also featured Drew's interpretations of several of Coulter's own compositions, many of which had previously been recorded by other artists. All of the recordings were new except for "Take Me Home", which features The Dubliners

The Dubliners

The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962.-Formation and history:The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin...

 and which originally appeared on Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...

's 1989 album Words & Music

Words & Music

Words & Music is a promotional compact disc by Aphex Twin, which was released by Sire to advertise Selected Ambient Works Volume II.The promo alternates between edited versions of tracks from that release, and portions of an interview with Richard D...

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Track listing

1. "There's Life in the Old Dog Yet"
2. "Donegal Danny"
3. "Gold and Silver Days"
4. "Yesterday's Men"
5. "Says She"
6. "Home from the Sea"
7. "Molly Malone"
8. "Take Me Home"

"There's Life In The Old Dog Yet" taken from the upcoming Ronnie Drew

Ronnie Drew

Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew was an Irish singer and folk musician who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners. He was born in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin...

 Album
All tracks published by Four Seasons Music and written by Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...

 (except “Molly Malone” trad—arranged Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...

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Arranged and produced by Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter

Phil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...