Early Hours
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{{Infobox album
| name = Early Hours
| type = Album
| artist = Eleanor McEvoy
| cover = Early_hours.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 2004
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| label = Moscodisc / Market Square
| producer = Eleanor McEvoy, Brian Connor
| prev_title = Yola
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Out There
| next_year = 2006
}}
Early Hours is Eleanor McEvoy's fifth studio album. Its style differs from her previous work with its collection of songs incorporating many musical styles including folk, jazz and blues.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} The album has McEvoy on vocals, guitar and fiddle. The album's co-producer, Brian Connor, accompanies her on piano, Hammond and a variety of keyboards. Also on the album are the drummer/percussionist Liam Bradley, Calum McColl on guitar, the bass guitarist Nicky Scott and Lindley Hamilton on trumpet. Early Hours was the first album to use TiMax (unique audio imaging) technology, mixed in 5.1 surround sound onto multi-channel super audio compact disc Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD).
Critical reception
According to The Living Tradition, "This is another superbly produced and crafted album from one of Ireland's most accomplished female singer-songwriters - it's a very fine collection crossing over into many musical styles - Celtic, country, folk, jazz and blues - and makes for intensely rewarding listening...... I honestly can't fault this beautifully crafted album."{{cite web|url=http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/msm51sacd128.htm |title=ELEANOR MCEVOY "Early Hours" |website=The Living Tradition|author=Debbie Koritsas |date= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050102011920/http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/msm51sacd128.htm|archivedate=2 January 2005|accessdate=24 November 2022}}
Track listings
{{track listing
| headline =
| all_writing = Eleanor McEvoy, except where noted
| title1 = You'll Hear Better (Than This)
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| writer1 =
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = Memphis Tennessee
| note2 =
| writer2 = Chuck Berry
| length2 = 2:35
| title3 = The D.J.
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| writer3 =
| length3 = 3:03
| title4 = I'll Be Willing
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| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Driving Home From Butler's
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| writer5 =
| length5 = 1:45
| title6 = Ave Maria
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| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = Make Mine A Small One
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| length7 = 3:27
| title8 = Slipping Away
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| writer8 =
| length8 = 3:16
| title9 = Sail Me High
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| writer9 =
| length9 = 4:24
| title10 = Days Roll By
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| writer10 =
| length10 = 3:25
| title11 = Where Did My Life Go?
| note11 =
| writer11 = Bert Jansch
| length11 = 2:26
| title12 = At The End Of The Day
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| writer12 =
| length12 = 4:30
| title13 = Anach Cuain
| note13 =
| writer13 =
| length13 = 2:15
}}
Singles
- "Make Mine A Small One"
- "I'll Be Willing"
- "Days Roll By"
Super audio
Vinyl
Early Hours (MOSV101) was released on vinyl in 2004 by Mosco Vinyl
Awards
Early Hours was voted Best Contemporary Album 2004-2005 by Irish Music Magazine Readers Poll.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
References
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