Para Toda Vida
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{{Infobox album
| name = Para Toda Vida
| type = Album
| artist = The New Amsterdams
| cover = The New Amsterdams album cover Para Toda Vida.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 22, 2002
| recorded = 2001
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Acoustic rock
Country music
| length =
| label = Vagrant Records
| producer = Matthew Pryor
Alex Brahl
| prev_title = Never You Mind
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Worse for the Wear
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{album ratings
| rev1 = Ox-Fanzine
| rev1score = Unfavorable{{cite web|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/29217/reviews.207.html|title=Reviews: New Amsterdams / Para Toda Vida CD|work=Ox-Fanzine|author=Hiller, Joachim|date=March–May 2002|accessdate=May 27, 2019|language=DE}}
}}
Para Toda Vida is the second album by The New Amsterdams recorded in 2001 and released on January 22, 2002 on Vagrant Records and Heroes & Villains Records.
Background
It was recorded at Z'gwonth Studios, Lawrence Kansas nearly at the same period as the Get Up Kids-Album On a Wire, but it was realised a few months earlier. The Song "Forever Leaving" was originally performed by "The Tijuana Crime Scene" from Kansas, the origin Band of the album-producer Alex Brahl.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/Tijuana-Crime-Scene-Change-Of-Venue/release/3632844|title=Tijuana Crime Scene - Change Of Venue|website=Discogs|language=de|access-date=2020-03-18}} "All Ears" is a Cover of the indie/alternative rock band "Kill Creek" from Lawrence, Kansas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawrence.com/bands/tijuana_crime_scene/?templates=desktop|title=Tijuana Crime Scene {{!}} Lawrence.com|website=www.lawrence.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Matthew Pryor, except for "All Ears", written by Kill Creek and "Forever Leaving", written by Alex Brahl
| headline =
| title1 = My Old Man Had a Pistol
| length1 = 3:06
| title2 = Picture in the Paper
| length2 = 2:59
| title3 = Son of a Prophet
| length3 = 2:37
| title4 = Stay on the Phone
| length4 = 4:29
| title5 = That Side of Me
| length5 = 2:39
| title6 = Four More Years
| length6 = 2:51
| title7 = Forever Leaving
| length7 = 2:20
| title8 = Adeline, Out of Tune
| length8 = 1:54
| title9 = All Ears
| length9 = 1:57
| title10 = Losing You
| length10 = 3:29
| total_length =
}}
Reception
" If one enjoys the Get Up Kids, and especially those songs of theirs when they are mellower and/or acoustic, then this will truly be a delight. Fans of the first album will probably like this one, although much of the punch seems to be missing that was associated with the full-band sound of the debut. Not horribly deficient, yet not as powerful as it has the potential to be."{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/para-toda-vida-mw0000658184|title=Para Toda Vida - The New Amsterdams {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-03-19}} - Allmusic
"...No, nothing against Pryor and his songs, somehow they are beautiful and nice and sometimes heartrendingly beautiful, but the real need to release this record and especially to own it [cannot be seen]."{{Cite web|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/29217/reviews.207.html|title=Reviews : NEW AMSTERDAMS / Para Toda Vida CD :: ox-fanzine.de|website=www.ox-fanzine.de|access-date=2020-03-19}} - Ox-Fanzine
"...[Pryor is] expecting that poignancy and emotional depth to spontaneously result from stripped-down instrumentation."{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5761-para-toda-vida/|title=The New Amsterdams - Para Toda Vida|last=Mitchum|first=Rob|date=|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=}} - Pitchfork
Personnel
- Matt Pryor - Performer, Producer
- Alex Brahl - Producer, Engineer
- Kendra Herring - Painting [Cover]
- Joby J Ford - Design
- Andrew Ellis - Booking
Charts
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| Year | Album | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Para Toda Vida | Independent Albums | 50[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2002-02-09/independent-albums ]{{dead link|date=March 2012}} |