No Turning Back (Imelda May album)

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No Turning Back
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2003 (2003-09-19)
Genre Rockabilly
Length40:15
Label Foot Tapping
Imelda May chronology
No Turning Back
(2003)
Love Tattoo
(2008)

No Turning Back is the debut studio album by Irish rockabilly musician Imelda May. Originally, the album was released in 2003 under the name Imelda Clabby. However, it was later remixed and reissued in 2007. [1] [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dealing with the Devil" Sonny Boy Williamson I 2:18
2."Flame of Love" Sonny Burgess 2:08
3."Cry for Me Baby" Mel London 3:16
4."Till I Kissed You" Don Everly 2:40
5."What Am I Gonna Do"Imelda May3:20
6."Once More" Jerry Capehart 2:08
7."Wild About My Lovin'"Traditional; arranged by Johnny Joyce2:51
8."No Turning Back" Lionel Bart 2:49
9."End of the World"Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee 2:51
10."Y'hoo"May2:29
11."Don't Do Me No Wrong" Pat Cupp 2:36
12."Forever You and Me"May3:13
13."Bring My Cadillac Back" Baker Knight 2:19
14."Lovey Dovey Lovely One"London2:21
15."Let Us Sing"Traditional; arranged by May2:56
Total length:40:15

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References

  1. "No Turning Back Imelda May". iTunes . Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. Lanham, Tom (7 August 2014). "Imelda May brings the family to Outside Lands". The San Francisco Examiner . Retrieved 30 December 2016.