Paul Brady

UK first press 1987.
Late 80s Paul Brady mixing Celtic folk roots with big glossy rock production. Lyrically sharp as ever, but dressed up in drum machines, synths and stadium sheen - the kind of record that sounds equally at home in a smoky pub or on a massive FM dial. Not his most trad, but packed with heart and hooks. FFO: Chris Rea if he’d grown up in Strabane, Bruce Springsteen with Irish phrasing, folk rockers taking a swing at the big leagues.