Eddie Schwartz - Film School (2025)

Tracklist

01. We Win
02. Outbound Train
03. Special Girl (2025)
04. Waters Rise
05. You Don't Belong
06. Come to This

After 30 years of spending most of his time behind the scenes, Eddie Schwartz makes a welcome return, with his first original recordings since the 1995 release, Tour De Schwartz. This six-track EP is top-of-the-line, easy-listening pop music. Schwartz may have had help with the songs, but he is clearly the star of the show, and these six songs demonstrate just how talented a writer he is. The music is well produced by Schwartz, and Roger Moutenot (Sleater-Kinney) has mixed the EP to perfection. Moutenot also plays slide guitar throughout the songs on this EP, which gives the music a fuller sound. Everything comes together perfectly.

Schwartz has written for many artists (Pat Benatar, Gowan, The Doobie Brothers) and many more have covered his songs (America, Meat Loaf), but his voice and his own distinct style have been missed. His songs touch on human emotion and deal with more than just the subject matter of love. The opening track, for example, “We Win,” is a song that takes an optimistic view of the current world craziness. “Will better days come around/Yeah, they’ll come around,” he asks and answers on the track. Love counts for a lot in the song, as it does in Schwartz’s world.