The Philip Lynott Album
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The Philip Lynott Album | ||||
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Released | 17 September 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
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Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Vertigo (Europe) Warner Bros. (US) | |||
Producer | Philip Lynott, Kit Woolven, Midge Ure ("Together") | |||
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Singles from The Philip Lynott Album | ||||
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10[2] |
The Philip Lynott Album is the second solo album by Irish rock singer Philip Lynott, released in 1982.[3]
Not included on the album was the B-side to the "Together" single, "Somebody Else's Dream" and the B-side to the "Old Town" single, "Beat of the Drum". Both later appeared on the Yellow Pearl Lynott solo compilation album in 2010. "Somebody Else's Dream" was performed live on The Old Grey Whistle Test to promote the album.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Philip Lynott, except where noted
- Side one
- "Fatalistic Attitude" – 4:31
- "The Man's a Fool" – 2:58
- "Old Town" (Lynott, Jimmy Bain) – 3:27
- "Cathleen" – 3:34
- "Growing Up" – 5:00
- "Yellow Pearl" (Lynott, Midge Ure) – 2:58
- Side two
- "Together" – 3:39
- "Little Bit of Water" – 3:35
- "Ode to Liberty (The Protest Song)" (Lynott, Bain) – 5:48
- "Gino" – 4:10
- "Don't Talk About Me Baby" – 4:30
Singles
- "Together" / "Somebody Else's Dream" – 7" (1982)
- "Together" (Dance Mix) / "Together" / "Somebody Else's Dream" – 12" (1982)
- "Old Town" / "Beat of the Drum" – 7" (1982)
- "Nineteen" / "Nineteen" (Dub Mix) – 7" (1982)
- "Nineteen" / "Nineteen" (Dub Mix) / Whiskey in the Jar (live) – 7" double pack (1982)
- "Nineteen" / "Nineteen" (Dub Mix) / A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer – 12" (1982)
Personnel
- Philip Lynott – vocals, bass guitar, bass synthesiser, timpani & cymbal, CR 76 computer drum machines, guitar, Sarah's space gun, Irish harp, keyboards, percussion, Producer
- Midge Ure – guitar, keyboards, Linn drum machine (tracks 6, 7), producer (track 7)
- Mark Knopfler – lead guitar (track 9)
- Jimmy Bain – bass guitar, backing vocals (tracks 2, 3)
- Jerome Rimson – bass guitar (tracks 7, 10)
- Scott Gorham – bass guitar (track 8)
- Fiachra Trench – string and brass arrangements
- Darren Wharton – keyboards, drum machine (tracks 1-9, 11)
- Huey Lewis – harmonica (track 4)
- Mel Collins – saxophone (track 5)
- Rusty Egan – drums (tracks 2–4)
- Bobby C. Benberg – drums (track 8)
- Brian Downey – drums (track 9)
- Mark Nauseef – drums, percussion, vocal intro (track 10)
- Pierre Moerlen – drums (track 11)
- Gordon Johnson – intro voice (track 3)
- Suzanne Machon – intro voice (track 4)
- Monica Lynott – backing vocals (tracks 4, 5)
- Production
- Kit Woolven – producer, engineer
- Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman – mixing on track 9
Charts
Album
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Singles
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References
- ^ McDonald, Steven. "Phil Lynott - The PhilipLynott Album review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ "Billboard Recommended LPs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 76– 22 January 1983. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Phil Lynott - The Phil Lynott Album (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b "The Irish Cahrts: search for Philip Lynott". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Phil Lynott Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Philip Lynott - Old Town". Dutch Charts.nl (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 July 2018.