Back to the Centre

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Back to the Centre
Backtothecentre.jpg
Studio album by
Released1985
Genre Rock, folk
Label Mercury Records, PeeBee Music
Producer Ian Maidman
Paul Brady chronology
True for You
(1983)
Back to the Centre
(1985)
Full Moon
(1986)

Back to the Centre is a 1985 album by Irish singer/songwriter Paul Brady, his fourth solo album. Eric Clapton was a guest guitarist.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Walk The White Line" - 5:05
  2. "Wheel of Heartbreak" - 5:09
  3. "Deep In Your Heart" - 6:01
  4. "To Be The One" - 4:50
  5. "Follow On" - 4:16
  6. "Soulbeat" - 4:51
  7. "Airwaves" - 4:46
  8. "The Island" - 5:28
  9. "The Homes of Donegal" - 7:29

The recording session for the album also included an arrangement of the traditional song "The Green Fields of Canada" which appeared on the charity album Feed The Folk released in 1985 to raise money for Ethiopian famine. On the track Brady plays tin whistle, keyboards and sings. [1]

Personnel

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