Irish Son
2004 studio album by Brian McFadden
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Irish Son is the debut solo album by Irish singer Brian McFadden. It was released on 29 November 2004. McFadden signed with Sony Music following his departure from boy band Westlife in 2004.[1] The singer mainly co-wrote the album with English songwriter Guy Chambers, who produced the album along Paul Stacey, Richard Flack, Mark Taylor, and Phil Thornalley.
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| Released | 29 November 2004 | |||
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| Length | 42:05 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
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The album was preceded by the lead single "Real to Me" on 6 September 2004, which peaked at number one in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Irish Son was highly successful on the charts in Denmark and Ireland. Elsewhere the album charted within the lower regions of the charts in Austria, Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| The Guardian |   [2] |
| The Independent | [3] |
| The Irish Times | [4] |
| Yahoo! Music UK | 4/10[5] |
David Peschek, writing for The Guardian remarked that Irish Son was "markedly less cynical and clinical than Ronan Keating's solo debut and less messy and pretentious than Robbie's. Still, while it's heartening to see anyone survive the cultural apocalypse that is Westlife svengali Simon Cowell, what we are talking about here isn't an artist, but a former boy-band hoofer struggling towards self-expression."[2] Tony Clayton-Lea from The Irish Times wrote: "Teaming up with erstwhile Robbie Williams co-songwriter Guy Chambers, McFadden is clearly trying for the kind of commercial credibility Williams has enjoyed for some years. The results are patchy, and only some songs work."[4] Yahoo! Music UK's Adam Webb concluded: "We'll have to wait for album number two to know quite where he falls, but there's certainly no "Angels" on Irish Son. Until then, the world belongs to Heat magazine. We'll just have to live in it."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Irish Son" |
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| 4:20 |
| 2. | "Real to Me" |
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| 3:45 |
| 3. | "Demons" |
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| 3:55 |
| 4. | "Lose, Lose Situation" |
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| 3:25 |
| 5. | "He's No Hero" |
| Taylor | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Sorry, Love Daddy" |
| Chambers | 3:54 |
| 7. | "Pull Myself Away" |
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| 3:24 |
| 8. | "Be True to Your Woman" |
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| 3:46 |
| 9. | "Walking Disaster" |
| Thornalley | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Walking Into Walls" |
| Taylor | 3:45 |
| 11. | "Almost Here" (featuring Delta Goodrem) |
| Taylor | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 42:05 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Uncomplicated" |
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| 3:42 |
| 13. | "Oblivious" |
| Taylor | 3:11 |
| 14. | "Optimystik" |
| Taylor | 4:13 |
| 15. | "Three Babies and a Man" |
| Stack | 3:42 |
| 16. | "Hollow no More" (featuring Delta Goodrem) |
| Mackay | 4:00 |
| 17. | "Turn You Away" (featuring Delta Goodrem) |
| Chambers | 3:38 |
| 18. | "Hole in the Sky" |
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| 3:32 |
| 19. | "Auf Wiedersehen Bitch" |
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| 4:08 |
| 20. | "Everybody's Someone" (with LeAnn Rimes) |
| Dan Huff | 3:39 |
Personnel
Adapted from the Irish Son booklet.[6]
- Mark Taylor – mixing (tracks 5, 10 11)
- Ren Swan – mixing (tracks 5, 10, 11)
- Nicole Nodland – front cover portrait
- Halfnight Productions, Art + Commerce – inside portraits
Charts
| Chart (2004–2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 54 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 57 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9] | 5 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] | 60 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] | 33 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] | 56 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[13] | 6 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] | 29 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] | 31 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 3 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[16] | 24 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[17] | Gold | 20,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
