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Download the new Matt Goss Mobile App tostayconnected and receive exclusive communications, offersandopportunities to interact with Matt Goss right to yourmobilephone.Life You Imagine, Matt Goss’s highly anticipated solo album,isthe classy, swinging sound of ambition, passion, andtherealisation of 27 years’ experience in the music industry.IfGoss’s pop career hit an early peak with “I Owe You Nothing”and“When Will I Be Famous”, the classic Eighties hits he enjoyedwithBros when he was just 17, it reaches an impressive new highwiththis brand new solo album – a project sprung into life bythesinger and showman’s long-running, hot-ticket, weekly residencyinLas Vegas.“I wanted to write an uplifting album about the Vegasexperienceand feeling like a man,” says Goss with the insight bornof anillustrious and varied career – and of being through theemotionalmill. “You find your groove, and it feels good. I wantedit toreflect how I am now, and how I’ve been over the last fouryears,and what it’s like when you come through a bigrelationship.”And it’s harder because Goss has a lot to say. He admits withalaugh that he and legendary producer Ron Fair (ChristinaAguilera,The Black Eyed Peas) “butted heads a lot” during therecording ofLife You Imagine. “We’re both very meticulous, and wedid push eachother – but in the best ways.” His ambition – tohonour the spiritof the musical icons he adores, from Presley andSinatra to ThePolice and Amy Winehouse – would require a lot ofhard work.“This is about as authentic as it gets,” he says proudly ofanalbum, – proudly retro yet also smartly progressive – thatfeaturesa 16-piece brass section and 32 strings “and a world-classband… Ijust had to throw everything I could emotionally andcreatively atthis record. And luckily Ron is a lunatic as well, inthe best way.He calls it the album of his life.”Luckily, blessed with the musical chops honed by arigorouslyweekly Las Vegas performing schedule, Goss was more thanup to thetask. A cornerstone song was one he wrote early on, andindeed wasthe number he took to Ron Fair first. The cool, sassy“Mustang”,the emphatic album opener that showcases Goss’sseeminglyeffortless croon, is a song about the importance offreedom withinlove.“When you love somebody you have to let them be as free astheycan be; you have to have the courage to let them shine asbrightlyas they can be. So the image of the wild mustang is love,runningand running and running – and if you set it free it’ll comeback toyou. That’s what I want in my life.”This passion was apparent early on, even in the song’s mostbasicform. “Ron heard my first sketches for these songs and saidto me,‘I want to build skyscrapers on these demos.’ And that’swhat we didover two years. I can’t even explain how long those twoyears were,”he reflects with rueful chuckle, “just chipping awayevery day atthe songs.”Rippling piano, brass and strings belter Strong is anotherdeeplyemotive song. “The most relevant line is, ‘I felt shame’.Most songsabout strength don’t consider the idiosyncracies and thefailingswithin you that you want to improve. I acknowledge myweakness aswell as my strength. The pre-chorus is inspired byElvis – ‘I’vebeen lost, found, I fell upon a higher ground…’”“Lovely Las Vegas” is another inspired homage, this time tothecity where this proud Londoner now spends a huge chunk ofhisprofessional life. Like his Sin City show, it was inspired byhischildhood love of the Rat Pack, their style and their filmsandtheir music. He recalls sitting at his piano through thenight,knowing that the inspiration would strike. Finally, as dawnwasbreaking, the song came to him. And already the mettle ofthisbrand new yet vintage feeling song has been recognised: it’snowplayed in the arrivals hall at Las Vegas’s McCarranAirport,arranAirport,