Jim Irvin
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Jim Irvin | |
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| Birth name | James Lawrence Irvin |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | New wave, pop, alternative rock, post-punk, psychedelic rock |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals, percussion, keyboards, synclavier |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Survival, Stiff, Arista Records |
| Website | www |
Jim Irvin is an English singer, songwriter, music journalist and podcast host.
Early life
[edit]Born James Lawrence Irvin and raised in west London.
Career
[edit]Furniture
[edit]Irvin was the singer in the English new wave band Furniture, who released singles and albums with Survival, Stiff and Arista Records between 1982 and 1990. He co-wrote their 1986 UK hit single, "Brilliant Mind", taken from the album, The Wrong People. The song also appeared in the John Hughes movie, Some Kind of Wonderful and was re-recorded for the soundtrack. Furniture made one further album, Food, Sex & Paranoia, for Arista (1990), and disbanded in 1991.[1] In 1992, Irvin recorded an album, Mad Scared Dumb and Gorgeous with jazz musician Chris Ingham, under the name Because. It was released on Boo Hewerdine's Haven label.[2]
In 2019, Emotional Rescue records reissued Furniture's debut, six-song mini-album, When the Boom Was On (1983) and an EP of 12" mixes called On Broken Glass[3]
Music journalism
[edit]In 1991, Irvin began contributing to Melody Maker magazine, where his work appeared under the name Jim Arundel. He was later made reviews editor. In 1994, reverting to Jim Irvin, he became the founding features editor of Mojo magazine. One of his most notable pieces for the magazine was "Angel of Avalon", a major profile of the late Sandy Denny, published in 1998.[4] He also edited an acclaimed book, The Mojo Collection.[5] He has written for The Word, Time Out, The Sunday Times and The Guardian and continues to write a reissues column for Mojo.
In February 2015, he published an e-book, A Book Of Wild Flowers, which collected his writings on Sandy Denny, Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush.
In May 2018, he co-authored Jeff Buckley: From Hallelujah To The Last Goodbye (Post Hill Press), a biography of Jeff Buckley written with Dave Lory, the singer's former manager.[6]
In 2020, he launched a podcast, “Here’s One I Made Earlier” where he interviewed musical creators about a significant work in their career. The following year he launched a second podcast “You’re Not On The List” dedicated to “forgotten albums and the people who love them”, in which guests nominate undervalued albums and discuss them. [7]
Later production and songwriting
[edit]In 1995, Irvin produced the first demos by the band Gay Dad, and co-write some of the songs which later appeared on their debut album, Leisure Noise. Their single, "Oh Jim", was said to be dedicated to him.[citation needed]
In 1999, he produced Lido, the debut album by Clearlake, released in 2000 on his own label, Dusty Company, an offshoot of Domino Records.
Irvin returned to full-time songwriting in 2001, concentrating initially on dance music. He co-wrote the 2004 hit "The Weekend" by Michael Gray, and had work recorded by Groove Armada, Full Intention and David Guetta.[8]
Since 2006, his work has been mostly outside dance music, with artists like Lana Del Rey, Lissie, Simple Plan, Jack Savoretti, Unloved, Nothing but Thieves and Yungblud.
The song "Love", co-written with and performed by Unloved, introduced the Apple Keynote Speech in March 2019.
Discography
[edit]| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with | Notes | Chart Position |
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| 2023 | ||||||
| Nothing But Thieves | Dead Club City | “Welcome To The DCC" | Julian Emery, Nothing But Thieves | “Welcome To The DCC" voted Hottest Record of the Year by BBC Radio 1 listeners. | UK No.1, Netherlands No 1, Australia No.10 | |
| ”Members Only" | ||||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| Man Made Sunshine | "Man-Made Sunshine" EP | "Life's Gonna Kill You If You let It"" | Conor Mason, Avi Barath | Single | ||
| "Big" | Conor Mason, Julian Emery | |||||
| "Little Bird" | Conor Mason, Julian Emery | |||||
| "Rosebud" | Conor Mason, Justin Parker | |||||
| Yungblud | Yungblud | "Cruel Kids" | Yungblud, Dan Smith, Andrew Wells, Adam Warrington, Chris Greatti, Matt Schwartz, Gregory 'Aldee' Hein, Jordan Brasko Gable. | No. 1 UK, No.1 IRE, No.1 NL, No.1 Australia, No.1 Austria No.2 BEL, No. 45 US Billboard, No. 7 US Rock | ||
| 2021 | ||||||
| Nothing But Thieves | "Moral Panic II" | “Miracle, Baby" | Julian Emery, Nothing But Thieves | |||
| ”Your Blood" | ||||||
| You Me At Six | SUCKAPUNCH | "SUCKAPUNCH" | You Me At Six, Julian Emery | UK No.1 | ||
| 2020 | ||||||
| Sianon | - | "Sad Bop" | Sianon, Julien Flew | singles | ||
| "Make Me Jealous" | ||||||
| "Cry, Cry, Cry" | ||||||
| "Overthinking" | ||||||
| Stelahr | 'Starz' | "Starz" | Stella Franke | single | ||
| Nothing But Thieves | "Moral Panic" | "Real Love Song" | Julian Emery, Nothing But Thieves | "Impossible" voted Radio X Song Of The Year 2020 | No.3 UK, No.5 NL, No.8 AUS | |
| "Impossible" | ||||||
| "Phobia" | ||||||
| "There Was Sun" | ||||||
| "Free If We Want It" | ||||||
| BLOXX | "Lie Out Loud" | "Go Out With You" | Julian Emery, BLOXX | singles | ||
| "5000 Miles" | Ophelia Booth, Jennifer Decelvio, Julian Emery | |||||
| Broken Hands | Split in Two | "Can You Feel It" | Broken Hands, Julian Emery | |||
| "Lazarus" | ||||||
| "Wrong Track" | ||||||
| "Run Away" | ||||||
| Ten Times A Million | Born Tomorrow | "Bye" | Ten Times A Million, Julian Emery | EP | ||
| "Make It Stop" | ||||||
| "Born Tomorrow" | ||||||
| "Good Times" | ||||||
| Airways | 'Out Of Luck' | "Out Of Luck" | Jake Daniels, Dom Craik | single | ||
| Lissie | When I'n Alone: The Piano Retrospective | "When I'm Alone" | Lissie, Julian Emery | |||
| "in Sleep" | Lissie, Julian Emery | |||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| The Amazons | 'Future Dust' | "Doubt It" | The Amazons, Julian Emery, Nick Atkinson | single | ||
| Unloved | Heartbreak | "Devils, Angels" | Keefus Ciancia, Jade Vincent, David Holmes | "Love" used to introduce Apple Keynote, March 2019 | ||
| "Love" | ||||||
| "Heatbreak" | ||||||
| Airways | 'Trampoline/The End' | "Trampoline" | Jake Daniels, Dom Craik | single | ||
| 2018 | ||||||
| Airways | 'Blue Gasoline' | "Blue Gasoline" | Jake Daniels, Dom Craik | single | ||
| Airways | 'Alien' | "Alien" | Jake Daniels, Dom Craik | single | ||
| Nothing But Thieves | What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? | "Gods" | Nothing But Thieves, Julian Emery | EP | UK 8 iTunes | |
| "You Know Me Too Well" | ||||||
| "Take This Lonely Heart" | ||||||
| Black Honey | Black Honey | "What Happened To You" | Izzy Bee Philips, Emre Ramazangalou | UK 33 | ||
| The Wrecks | Panic Vertigo (EP) | "James Dean" | Nick Anderson, Julian Emery | |||
| Lissie | Castles | "Peace" | Lissie, Julian Emery | UK No. 9 | ||
| "Somewhere" | ||||||
| 2017 | Nothing But Thieves | Broken Machine | "I Was Just A Kid" | Nothing But Thieves, Julian Emery | #2 Album UK | |
| "Sorry" | ||||||
| "Broken Machine" | ||||||
| "I’m Not Made By Design" | ||||||
| "Get Better" | ||||||
| "Hell Yeah" | ||||||
| Airways | Starting to Spin EP | "Starting To Spin" | Julian Emery, Jake Daniels and Brian Moroney | |||
| "White Noise Boys" | ||||||
| "One Foot" | ||||||
| "Mate" | Jake Daniels and Dom Craik | |||||
| 2016 | Lissie | My Wild West | "Ojai" | Julian Emery, Lissie | #16 UK Album
#9 Norwegian Albums | |
| 2015 | Nothing But Thieves | Nothing But Thieves | "Excuse Me" | Julian Emery, Nothing But Thieves | Album UK No. 7 | |
| "Graveyard Whistling" | ||||||
| "Hostage" | ||||||
| "Trip Switch" | #1 Single Alternative Songs – Billboard | |||||
| "Tempt You (Evocatio)" | Album UK No. 7 | |||||
| "Hanging" | ||||||
| "Neon Brother" | ||||||
| "Ban All the Music" (single) | "Ban All the Music" | |||||
| 2014 | Chlöe Howl | "Rumour" (single) | "Rumour" | Julian Emery, Chlöe Howl | ||
| Lewis Watson | The Morning | "Stones Around the Sun" | Julian Emery, Lewis Watson | UK No. 28 | ||
| Lower Than Atlantis | Lower Than Atlantis | "Live Slow, Die Old" | Julian Emery, Lower Than Atlantis | Album UK No. 12 | ||
| "Time" | ||||||
| "Number 1" | ||||||
| Nothing But Thieves | Graveyard Whistling EP | "Graveyard Whistling" | Julian Emery, Nothing But Thieves | |||
| "Last Orders" | ||||||
| Pixie Lott | Pixie Lott | "Break Up Song" | Rami Afuni, Pixie Lott | Album UK No. 15 | ||
| "Oceans" | Pixie Lott, Jerry Abbott | |||||
| "Leaving You" | ||||||
| Ruth Lorenzo | Planeta Azul | "Dancing in the Rain" | Julian Emery, Ruth Lorenzo | Spanish Eurovision entry. Placed 9th. | ||
| 2013 | Lissie | Back to Forever | "Shameless" | Julian Emery, Lissie | single | Album UK No. 16 |
| "Further Away (Romance Police)" | single | |||||
| "The Habit" | ||||||
| "What's It Like" | ||||||
| "They All Want You" | Lissie, Angelo Petraglia | |||||
| Ryan Beatty | "Chameleon" | "Chameleon" | Julian Emery, Ryan Beatty, Elisabeth Maurus | Single | ||
| "Love Will Come My Way" | ||||||
| Gabrielle Aplin | English Rain | "Start of Time" | Julian Emery, Gabrielle Aplin | UK No. 2 | ||
| Gavin DeGraw | Make a Move | "Every Little Bit" | Julian Emery, Gavin Degraw | US No. 10 | ||
| Josh Krajcik | Blindly, Lonely, Lovely | "Her Song” | Julian Emery, Josh Krajcik | |||
| Lee DeWyze | Frames | "You Don't Know Me" | Julian Emery, Lee DeWyze | US No. 116 | ||
| Alex Hepburn | Together Alone | "Get Heavy" | Julian Emery, Alex Hepburn | France No. 2 | ||
| "Crown of Thorns" | ||||||
| 2012 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die | This Is What Makes Us Girls | Tim Larcombe, Lana Del Rey | UK No. 1, US No. 2 | |
| Various Cruelties | Various Cruelties (2012) | "Beautiful Delerium” | Julian Emery, Liam O'Donnell | |||
| Jack Savoretti | Before the Storm (2012) | "Lifetime" | Julian Emery, Jack Savoretti | |||
| Halestorm | The Strange Case Of... (2012) | "Rock Show" | Julian Emery, Lzzy Hale | US No. 15, UK 49 | ||
| "Don’t Know How to Stop" | ||||||
| Audra Mae and The Almighty Sounds | Audra Mae and The Almighty Sounds (2012) | "Jebidiah Moonshine's Friday Night Shack Party" | Julian Emery, Audra Mae | |||
| 2011 | Simple Plan | Get Your Heart On | "Freaking Me Out" | Julian Emery, Chuck Comeau, Pierre Bouvier | CAN No. 2 | |
| "Astronaut" | ||||||
| "Fire in My Heart" | ||||||
| David Cook | This Loud Morning | "Paper Heart" | Julian Emery, David Cook | US No. 7 | ||
| "We Believe" | ||||||
| Michelle Branch | The Loud Music Hits EP | "Loud Music" | Julian Emery | single | ||
| 2010 | Lissie | Catching a Tiger | "When I'm Alone" | Julian Emery, Lissie | UK No. 12 | |
| "In Sleep" | ||||||
| "Loosen the Knot" | ||||||
| "Cuckoo" | ||||||
| Boyzone | Brother | "Separate Cars” | Julian Emery, Jack McManus, Jon Green | UK No. 1 | ||
| Zucchero Fornaciari | Chocabeck | "Devil in the Mirror" | Zucchero Fornaciari | Italy No. 1 | ||
| "Spirit / Together" | Zucchero Fornaciari, Iggy Pop | |||||
| 2007 | David Guetta | Pop Life | "Do Something Love" | Garraud, David Guetta, Ben Chapman, Juliet Richardson | France No. 2 | |
| Groove Armada | Soundboy Rock | "From the Rooftops” | Jack McManus, Andy Cato, Tom Findlay | UK No. 10 | ||
| 2004 | Michael Gray | "The Weekend" (single) | "The Weekend” | Oliver Cheatham, Michael Gray, Sally Still | UK No. 7 |
Bibliography
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Essays and reporting
[edit]- Irvin, Jim (December 2014). "The birth & death of Pink Floyd : the long goodbye". Mojo. 253 (6): 74–84.
- — (December 2014). "Kismet, Hardy". File Under. Mojo. 253 (6): 112. Review of five albums by Françoise Hardy.
References
[edit]- ^ brilliant minds – the furniture story. Gilest.org. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "Haven Records – Because". Boohewerdine.net. Archived from the original on 29 March 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Interview / Furniture / Emotional Rescue – Ban Ban Ton Ton". Banbantonton.com. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Home". Jimirvin.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Articles, interviews and reviews from Jim Irvin: Rock's Backpages. Rocksbackpages.com. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "Jeff Buckley | Book by Dave Lory, Jim Irvin | Official Publisher Page". Simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "You're Not on the List on Apple Podcasts".
- ^ Radius Music Ltd. – Music industry artist management | Imogen Heap | Jack McManus | Rogue States. Radiusmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
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