Will (Leo O'Kelly album)

Will
Original cover designed by David O'Toole. Photo by Peter Mirolo.
Studio album by Leo O'Kelly
Released 17 March 2011 (2011-03-17)
Recorded 22 August 2009 (2009-08-22) – 2010
Sirius Art Centre (Cobh, Ireland),
Glasthule
Genre folk, folk rock
Length 36:52
Language English
Label Life & Living Records
Producer Leo O'Kelly
Leo O'Kelly chronology
Proto
(2003)Proto2003		 Will
(2011)

Will is the third album by Irish musician Leo O'Kelly. It was released on 18 March 2011 by Life and Living Records[1] and consists of a collaboration with Liverpool writer John McKeown, who wrote poems that constitute album's lyrics, then adapted in music by O'Kelly.[2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by John McKeown; all music composed by Leo O'Kelly.

No.TitleLength
1."Will"3:55
2."Torch Song"3:12
3."The Day You Love Me"3:07
4."I Prayed To the Devil"2:20
5."Alcohol"2:33
6."Kiki of Montparnasse"2:35
7."A Star in My Palm"3:54
8."Old Testament"2:58
9."She Dances"4:18
10."The End of Love"4:03
11."Grave Light"3:05
12."Will Reprise"0:53
Total length:36:52

Personnel

  • Leo O'Kelly – vocals, guitars, violin, synthesizer, bongos, drum programming
  • Hetty Lane – vocals on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8, harmonica on "The End of Love"
  • Garvan Gallagher – bass guitar & Clevinger double bass
  • Sonny Condell – Moroccan pottery drums on "Alcohol"
  • Holly Cooper (credited as Barry Whiteside) – ukulele on "Will"
Production
  • John McKeown – lyrics
  • Leo O'Kelly – production, recording & mixing
  • Louise McCormick – recording at Sirius Art Centre & mixing at Manor Studio, Cobh on "Alcohol"
  • John Crone – recording at Sirius Art Centre on "Alcohol"
  • Andy le Wien – mastering at RMS
  • David O'Toole – cover design, insert photo
  • Peter Mirolo – front sleeve photography

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom, Ireland 17 March 2011 Life & Living Records stereo CD LALR 09

References

  1. ↑ Leo O'Kelly: "Expecting the new CD to arrive from London around 10 o'clock" (17 March 2011). Retrieved on 28 April 2011.
  2. ↑ Will purchase page on Life & Living Records website: "The 11 songs on Will are written around the poems of John McKeown, a Liverpool poet who now lives in Dublin."
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