Southpaw (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Southpaw
| type = Studio
| artist = Gilbert O'Sullivan
| cover = File:Southpaw1977.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1977
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 36:03 (67:25 with bonus tracks)
| label = MAM
| producer = Gilbert O'Sullivan
| prev_title = A Stranger In My Own Back Yard
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = Off Centre
| next_year = 1980
}}
Southpaw is the fifth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, originally released in November 1977.{{Citation |title=Gilbert O'Sullivan - Southpaw Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/southpaw-mw0000473078 |access-date=2023-09-04 |language=en}} This was the first album produced by Gilbert O'Sullivan. Union Square Music re-released it in June 2012 on Salvo label in part of the Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Singer & His Songs collection.
This was the first of O'Sullivan's albums not to contain a UK top 40 single. However, "I'll Believe It When I See It" and "To Each His Own" (not included on the original album) did chart in the Irish top 20.
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail wrote: "O'Sullivan is still writing his cloying little songs that start infectiously and end infectiously. In between is zero, or less than."{{cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Paul |title=Gilbert O'Sullivan |work=The Globe and Mail |date=8 Mar 1978 |page=F14}}
Track listing
All songs written by Gilbert O'Sullivan.
- "Intro" - 0:46
- "You Got Me Going" - 2:40
- "No Telling Why" - 3:36
- "Tomorrow Today" - 3:12
- "The Best Fun I Ever Had" - 3:33
- "I Remember Once" - 5:15
- "Intro 2" - 0:23
- "I Of Course Replied" - 2:42
- "That's Where I Belong" - 3:33
- "My Love And I" - 3:22
- "If I Can't Have You All To Myself" - 3:04
- "Miss My Love Today" - 3:56
=Bonus tracks on the 2012 remaster=
- "I'll Believe It When I See It" (single, August 1975) - 5:20
- "Just As You Are" (b-side of "I'll Believe It When I See It") - 2:38
- "You Never Listen To Reason" (single, October 1975) - 3:20
- "Call On Me" (b-side of "You Never Listen To Reason") - 3:14
- "Doing What I Know" (single, August 1976) - 4:45
- "To Each His Own" (single, October 1976) - 3:08
- "Can't Get You Out Of My Mind" (b-side of "To Each His Own") - 3:24
- "As Long As I Can" (b-side of "You Got Me Going", July 1977) - 2:21
- "Our Own Baby" (b-side of "Miss My Love Today", February 1978) - 3:10
Personnel
- Gilbert O'Sullivan - vocals, piano
;Additional personnel
- Chris Spedding - guitars
- Lee Fothergill - guitars
- Ritchie Cunningham - guitars
- Colin Green - guitars
- Alan Jones - bass
- Barry De Souza - drums
- Pete Kircher - drums
- Terry Cox - drums
- Tony Hymas - keyboards, Moog
- Robert Hook - keyboards, Moog
- Frank Ricotti - percussion
- Francisco Yglesias - Paraguayan Harp
- The Mike Sammes Singers, The Chanter Sisters - backing vocals
- Johnnie Spence - arranger, conductor
;Technical
- John Haeny, Phil Ramone - engineers
References
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External links
- {{Discogs release|3317087|Southpaw}}
- [http://www.gilbertosullivan.co.uk/ Official Gilbert O'Sullivan page]
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