Irish Son

Irish Son is the debut solo album by Irish singer Brian McFadden. It was released on 29 November 2004. McFadden signed with Sony Music following his departure from boy band Westlife in 2004.^[1] The singer mainly co-wrote the album with English songwriter Guy Chambers, who produced the album along Paul Stacey, Richard Flack, Mark Taylor, and Phil Thornalley.

The album was preceded by the lead single "Real to Me on 6 September 2004, which peaked at number one in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Irish Son was highly successful on the charts in Denmark and Ireland. Elsewhere the album charted within the lower regions of the charts in Austria, Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Irish Son"	McFadden, Guy Chambers	Guy Chambers, Paul Stacey	4:20
2.	"Real to Me"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers, Richard Flack	3:45
3.	"Demons"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers, Richard Flack	3:55
4.	"Lose, Lose Situation"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers, Paul Stacey	3:25
5.	"He's No Hero"	McFadden, Paul Barry, Mark Taylor	Mark Taylor	3:50
6.	"Sorry, Love Daddy"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers	3:54
7.	"Pull Myself Away"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers, Richard Flack	3:24
8.	"Be True to Your Woman"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers, Richard Flack	3:46
9.	"Walking Disaster"	McFadden, Phil Thornalley	Phil Thornalley	3:21
10.	"Walking Into Walls"	McFadden, Paul Barry	Mark Taylor	3:45
11.	"Almost Here" (featuring Delta Goodrem)	McFadden, Paul Barry, Mark Taylor	Mark Taylor	3:46

Extended Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Uncomplicated"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers, Richard Flack	3:42
13.	"Obvilious"	McFadden, Paul Barry	Mark Taylor	3:11
14.	"Optimystik"	McFadden, Paul Barry, Mark Taylor	Mark Taylor	4:13
15.	"Three Babies and a Man"	McFadden, Graham Stack, Tim Woodcock	Graham Stack	3:42
16.	"Hollow no More" (featuring Delta Goodrem)	McFadden, Goodrem, Steve Mackay	Steve Mackay	4:00
17.	"Turn You Away" (featuring Delta Goodrem)	McFadden, Goodrem, Guy Chambers	Guy Chambers	3:38
18.	"Hole in the Sky"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers, Richard Flack	3:32
19.	"Auf Wiedersehen Bitch"	McFadden, Chambers	Guy Chambers, Richard Flack	4:08
20.	"Everybody's Someone" (with LeAnn Rimes)	Martin Sutton, Chris Neil	Dan Huff	3:39

Charts

Chart (2004–05)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[2]	54
Austrian Albums Chart^[3]	57
Danish Albums Chart^[3]	5
Dutch Albums Chart^[3]	60
Finnish Albums Chart^[3]	33
German Albums Chart^[3]	56
Irish Albums Chart^[3]	6
New Zealand Albums Chart^[3]	29
Swedish Albums Chart^[3]	31
Swiss Albums Chart^[3]	38
UK Albums Chart^[3]	24

References

↑ Cameron Adams (27 March 2008) Brian McFadden discovered real life after Westlife Herald Sun. (Herald and Weekly Times). Retrieved 25 September 2010.
↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Brian McFadden - Irish Son - hitparade.ch". Swiss Music Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

External links

Born in the heart of Dublin - The Irish Son album fanlisting
SonyBMG "Ireland's Fave Son, Brian McFadden, Heads For Oz!"
Richard Flack Sound Production

Brian McFadden

Studio albums	Irish Son (2004) Set in Stone (2008) Wall of Soundz (2010) The Irish Connection (2013)

Singles	"Real to Me" "Irish Son" "Almost Here" "Demons" "Everybody's Someone" "Like Only a Woman Can" "Twisted" "Everything but You" "Just Say So" "Chemical Rush" "Mistakes" "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" "All I Want is You"

Related articles	Discography Westlife Susan McFadden (sister)

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