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- Date Released: January 8, 2002
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Singer-Songwriter
- Label: Compass Records
A essential collection of this long-time giant of Irish music.
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We Say...
Originally from Strabane in County Tyrone, Paul Brady has been a giant of the Irish music scene since he first came to prominence with folk band the Johnstons in the late 1960s/early 1970s. Brady’s great feat was that, having reached the very top of the traditional music tree, he boldly switched course to forge a new career as a singer/songwriter. The fact that his compositions have since been covered by the likes of Tina Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Dolores Keane and Ronan Keating prove he made a decent fist of it. After years battling through major label hell, he re-acquired the rights to his own material and issued this essential collection that includes all his best works, including the funk-rap “The World Is What You Make It,” the lush “Paradise Is Here,” his moving plea for peace in Northern Ireland “The Island,” the nostalgic “Homes of Donegal” and spiky recollections of the treatment of Irish workers abroad in “Nothing But the Same Old Story.”
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They Say...
Although Paul Brady has spent time playing traditional Irish music (notably, if briefly, as a member of Planxty), it's his songs that have brought him the most fame and at least some degree of fortune. No doubt about it, these are big songs; if they don't always give you a lot to hold onto, melodically speaking, they rarely fail to grab you and pull you in on their own terms. Brady helped Bonnie Raitt make her comeback by contributing the title track to her album Luck of the Draw; Bela Fleck and Roy and Victor Wooten join him on several songs; "The World Is What You Make It" was the theme song to a successful British sitcom. A few of these numbers bear a distinct whiff of the '80s -- listen to the synth on the singalong chorus of "Paradise Is Here" -- and a few go back even further, but his powerful songwriting is a constant that overrides issues of style. And when he turns his hand to the occasional Irish song, as on "Arthur McBride" and "The Lakes of Pontchartrain," the effect is no less impressive. Highly recommended to fans of folk-rock and great pop music of any kind.
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| 01. |  |
Nobody Knows |
4:46 |  |
| 02. | |
The World Is What You Make It |
4:11 | |
| 03. | |
Paradise Is Here (Alternate Version) |
4:34 | |
| 04. | |
Nothing But The Same Old Story |
6:05 | |
| 05. | |
The Lakes Of Pontchartrain (New Recording) |
6:03 | |
| 06. | |
Trick Or Treat |
5:02 | |
| 07. | |
Trust In You (Previously Unreleased Version) |
4:46 | |
| 08. | |
Not The Only One (New Vocal) |
5:58 | |
| 09. | |
The Island |
5:30 | |
| 10. | |
Crazy Dreams |
4:53 | |
| 11. | |
Follow On |
4:16 | |
| 12. | |
Just In Time |
4:56 | |
| 13. | |
The Homes Of Donegal |
7:31 | |
| 14. | |
Arthut McBride (New Recording) |
7:16 | |
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Credits
- Loudon Wainwright III - Vocals (Background) // Paul Brady - Guitar (Acoustic) // Paul Brady - Bass // Paul Brady - Bouzouki // Paul Brady - Mandolin // Paul Brady - Percussion // Paul Brady - Arranger // Paul Brady - Drums // Paul Brady - Guitar (Electric) // Paul Brady - Harmonium // Paul Brady - Keyboards // Paul Brady - Vocals // Paul Brady - Vocals (Background) // Paul Brady - Producer // Paul Brady - Engineer // Paul Brady - Main Performer // Paul Brady - Executive Producer // Paul Brady - Tin Whistle // Paul Brady - Remixing // Paul Brady - Drum Programming // Paul Brady - Mixing // Paul Brady - Adaptation // Paul Brady - Percussion Programming // Paul Brady - Guitar (12 String Acoustic) // Bonnie Raitt - Vocals // Elliott Randall - Guitar (Electric) // Philip Saatchi - Vocals (Background) // Fran Breen - Drums // Betsy Cook - Piano // Betsy Cook - Keyboards // Betsy Cook - Organ (Hammond) // Ken Craddock - Piano // Ken Craddock - Organ (Hammond) // Julian Diggle - Percussion // Neil Dorfsman - Percussion // Neil Dorfsman - Producer // Neil Dorfsman - Engineer // John Drummond - Bass // Jimmy Faulkner - Guitar (Electric) // Shay Fitzgerald - Harmonica // Shay Fitzgerald - Tom-Tom // Shay Fitzgerald - Vocals (Background) // Shay Fitzgerald - Producer // Béla Fleck - 5-string Banjo // Mitt Gamon - Harmonica // Liam Genockey - Drums // Mick Glossop - Mixing // Tim Goldsmith - Drums // Gary Katz - Producer // Michael Landau - Guitar (Electric) // Jamie Lane - Producer // Steve Lipson - Guitar (Electric) // Steve Lipson - Remixing // Steve Lipson - Mixing // Ian Maidman - Bass // Ian Maidman - Percussion // Ian Maidman - Vocals (Background) // Ian Maidman - Producer // Ian Maidman - Mixing // Tim Martin - Engineer // Paul McAteer - Drums // Hugh Murphy - Producer // Hugh Murphy - Remixing // Hugh Murphy - Mixing // Phil Palmer - Guitar (Acoustic) // Phil Palmer - Guitar (Electric) // Jeff Porcaro - Percussion // Jeff Porcaro - Drums // Dave Quinn - Bass // Paul Rabiger - Vocals (Background) // Elliot Scheiner - Mixing // Billy Schlosser - Percussion // Paul Thomas - Engineer // Roy Wooten - Percussion // Roy Wooten - Drums // Roy Wooten - Percussion Programming // Victor Wooten - Bass // Wayne Yurgelun - Engineer // Simon Heyworth - Remastering // Philip Begley - Engineer // John Arthur Lee - Engineer // John Arthur Lee - Mixing // Sam Brady - Choir, Chorus // Alastair McMillan - Engineer // Alastair McMillan - Remixing // Alastair McMillan - Mixing // Tommy Moore - Bass // Sharon Corr - Choir, Chorus // Lenny Abrahamson - Vocals (Background) // Mary Furlong - Assistant // Neil Gavin - Assistant // Perry Odgen - Photography // Adam Orpen-Lynch - Vocals (Background) // Bruce Ryder - Vocals (Background) // Nigel Swan - Production Coordination // Mary Bruton - Make-Up
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