Restless Night (Ray Dolan album)

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Restless Night
Album restless night front cover.png
Original cover designed by Ronnie Norton.
Studio album by
Released1975 (1975)
RecordedApril–May 1975,
Aisling Studios, Dublin
Genre Folk
Length32:28
LanguageEnglish
Label EMI Ireland
Producer Leo O'Kelly
Singles from Restless Night
  1. "When I Look at You" / "Paris Song"
    Released: 1975

Restless Night is the debut album by Irish musician Ray Dolan. It was released in Summer 1975 in Ireland by EMI Ireland and produced by Leo O'Kelly. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray Dolan except where noted. All arrangements by Paul Barrett

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When I Look at You" 3:18
2."Paris Song" 3:25
3."Hey Friend" 2:43
4."City Almost Gone"Michael Fitzgerald3:40
5."Take What You Want" 4:21
Total length:17:27
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Restless Night"3:15
7."Constantly Changing"3:26
8."Mad Elaine"2:26
9."The Samaritan"3:29
10."Dog Song"2:25
Total length:15:01

Personnel

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Ireland1975 EMI Ireland stereo LP IEMC 6004

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References

  1. Barnard, Jason (31 May 2014). "Tír na nÓg – Looking Up". The Strange Brew. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. Stewart, Ken (23 August 1975). "Major campaign for EMI summer albums". Music Week . p. 14.