Irish Son is the solo debut from ex-Westlifer Brian McFadden. Co-writing with Robbie Williams' ex-song penner, Guy Chambers, has brought Brian a number-one hit and a whole new set of fans. Co-writing with Robbie Williams' ex-song penner, Guy Chambers, has brought Brian a number-one hit and a whole new set of fans. Irish Son by Brian McFadden: Listen to songs by Brian McFadden on Myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. Brian Nicholas McFadden (born on 12 April 1980 in Dublin, Ireland), is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 90s as a member of the multi-million selling Irish male band, Westlife. He is now a judge on Australia's Got Talent.
- The story of Brian McFadden is a familiar one-backing singer leaves five piece boy-band at their peak and gets together with song-writer Guy Chambers for a solo career. But will Irish Son bring him the success of Robbie Williams?Unlike Robster, Brian's first single, 'Real to Me' went straight to number one.
- Studio Album (5) The Irish Connection.
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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.
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.
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'Irish Son' |
| 4:20 | |
2. | 'Real to Me' |
| 3:45 | |
3. | 'Demons' |
| 3:55 | |
4. | 'Lose, Lose Situation' |
| 3:25 | |
5. | 'He's No Hero' | Taylor | 3:50 | |
6. | 'Sorry, Love Daddy' |
| Chambers | 3:54 |
7. | 'Pull Myself Away' |
| 3:24 | |
8. | 'Be True to Your Woman' |
| 3:46 | |
9. | 'Walking Disaster' | Thornalley | 3:21 | |
10. | 'Walking Into Walls' |
| Taylor | 3:45 |
11. | 'Almost Here' (featuring Delta Goodrem) | Taylor | 3:46 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | 'Uncomplicated' |
| 3:42 | |
13. | 'Obvilious' |
| 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' |
| 3:32 | |
19. | 'Auf Wiedersehen Bitch' |
| 4:08 | |
20. | 'Everybody's Someone' (with LeAnn Rimes) | Dan Huff | 3:39 |
Personnel[edit]
Adapted from the Irish Son booklet.[2]
Brian Mcfadden Irish Son Album Download Free
- Mark Taylor – mixing (tracks 5, 10 11)
- Ren Swan – mixing (tracks 5, 10, 11)
- Richard Griffiths – A&R
- Harry Magee – A&R
- Nicole Nodland – front cover portrait
- Halfnight Productions, Art + Commerce – inside portraits
Charts[edit]
Chart (2004–05) | Peak position |
---|---|
Australian Albums Chart[3] | 54 |
Austrian Albums Chart[4] | 57 |
Danish Albums Chart[4] | 5 |
Dutch Albums Chart[4] | 60 |
Finnish Albums Chart[4] | 33 |
German Albums Chart[4] | 56 |
Irish Albums Chart[4] | 6 |
New Zealand Albums Chart[4] | 29 |
Swedish Albums Chart[4] | 31 |
Swiss Albums Chart[4] | 38 |
UK Albums Chart[4] | 24 |
References[edit]
- ^Cameron Adams (27 March 2008) Brian McFadden discovered real life after WestlifeHerald Sun. (Herald and Weekly Times). Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^Irish Son (booklet). Brian McFadden. Modest! Sony Music UK. 2004. 519002 2.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ abcdefghij'Brian McFadden - Irish Son - hitparade.ch'. Swiss Music Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
External links[edit]
- Born in the heart of Dublin - The Irish Son album fanlisting
- SonyBMG 'Ireland's Fave Son, Brian McFadden, Heads For Oz!'
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Brian McFadden discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Music videos | 12 |
Singles | 17 |
DVDs | 1 |
Irish singer-songwriter Brian McFadden has released five studio albums and seventeen singles. He is signed to BMF Records, Universal Music Australia and Island Records Australia.
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Two of his studio albums have charted within the top 10 including his debut album, Irish Son (2004), which peaked within the top 6 on the Irish and Danish albums charts and also his second, Set in Stone (2008), which peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Australian Albums Chart.[1] Five of his singles have also reached the top 10, including four No. 1s and has also had two other top 15 singles. His debut single 'Real to Me' from the album, Irish Son became his first No. 1 single as a solo artist in four European countries.[2] The album also produced the song 'Almost Here', a duet with his fiancé Delta Goodrem, which became his second No. 1 and gained a platinum accreditation in Australia.[3] In 2007, McFadden released 'Like Only a Woman Can', which became his third consecutive Ireland number-one single.[4] His third studio album, Wall of Soundz, was released in April 2010 and produced his fourth No. 1 single, 'Just Say So', which features American rapper Kevin Rudolf and became a platinum seller in Australia.[5][6]
Studio albums[edit]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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AUS [7] | UK [8] | AUT [9] | DEN [10] | FIN [11] | IRE [12] | NLD [13] | SWE [14] | SWI [15] | |||
Irish Son |
| 54 | 24 | 57 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 60 | 31 | 38 |
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Set in Stone |
| 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Wall of Soundz |
| 27 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
The Irish Connection |
| 66 | 51 | -- | -- | -- | 75 | -- | -- | -- | |
Otis |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
'—' denotes release did not chart or was not released in that country |
Singles[edit]
As lead artist[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | ||||||||
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AUS [7] | UK [8] | AUT [9] | DEN [10] | IRE [12] | NOR [18] | NZ [19] | SWE [14] | SWI [15] | ||||
'Real to Me' | 2004 | 54 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 28 | Irish Son | |
'Irish Son' | -- | 6 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 33 | -- | -- | |||
'Almost Here' (with Delta Goodrem) | 2005 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -- | 29 | 36 |
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'Demons' | -- | 28 | -- | -- | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
'Like Only a Woman Can' | 2007 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 39 | -- | -- | Set in Stone | |
'Twisted' | 2008 | 29 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
'Everything but You' | 99 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
'Just Say So' (featuring Kevin Rudolf) | 2010 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wall of Soundz |
'Chemical Rush' | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
'Mistakes' (with Delta Goodrem) | 41 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
'Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)' | 2011 | 49 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album singles | |
'Come Party' / 'That's How Life Goes' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
'Wrap My Arms' | 2012 | 70 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
'Invisible' | -- | -- | -- | -- | 33 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
'All I Want Is You' (featuring Ronan Keating) | 2013 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | The Irish Connection | |
'Time to Save Our Love' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album singles | ||
'Call on Me Brother' | 2015 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
'Otis Singles: Direct Me / Angel (feat. Mica Paris)' [20] | 2018 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Otis | |
'Cigarettes and Coffee' [21] | 2019 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
'—' denotes release did not chart or was not released in that country |
As featured artist[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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UK [8] | IRE [12] | |||
'Everybody's Someone' (LeAnn Rimes featuring Brian McFadden) | 2006 | 48 | 27 | Whatever We Wanna |
Other appearances[edit]
Title | Year | Album |
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'To Love Somebody' (Ronan Keating featuring Brian McFadden) | 2010 | Duet |
References[edit]
- ^Hung Medien (4 May 2008) Brian McFadden – Set in StoneArchived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine australian-charts.com – Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^'Brian McFadden – Real to Me @ acharts.us'. Music Square. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
- ^ abARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 SinglesArchived 15 May 2011 at the Wayback MachineAustralian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^Like Only a Woman Can. acharts.us. Retrieved on 30 March 2008.
- ^Hung Medien (25 April 2010) Brian McFadden – Just Say So australian-charts.com – Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ abARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 SinglesArchived 25 January 2012 at WebCiteAustralian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 August 2010
- ^ abPeaks in Australia:
- For all except noted: 'Discography Brian McFadden'. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- 'Real to Me': 'ARIA Report: 21 February 2005'(PDF) (782). Australian Recording Industry Association. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2019.Cite journal requires
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- ^ abc'Brian McFadden | full Official Chart history'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ ab'Discographie Brian McFadden'. austriancharts.at. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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- ^ ab'Brian McFadden'. hitparade.ch. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^'Guld og platin i maj|' (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. 9 June 2005. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^'British Phonographic Industry|'. British Phonographic Industry. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^'Discography Brian McFadden'. norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^'Discography Brian McFadden'. charts.nz. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Brian_McFadden_Otis_Singles?id=Bnsgeyyqwfmz66y2e3fcs6zjn4i&hl=en
- ^https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Brian_McFadden_Cigarettes_and_Coffee?id=Bapggt3m4f4gfqnnzcs7uzmv5m4&hl=en
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