Driven

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Reflective songs come in the form of Let Me Know – and another instantly memorable standout on Driven – Blue Anchor Bay. The former recalls the first decade of Gilbert’s career, in which he resisted serious relationships for fear that it might have an effect on his songwriting. The latter, finds him reflecting upon simpler times, retreating to his teenage years in Swindon and the regular school trips which would see him and his friends head out to the Somerset beach immortalised in the song’s title. The result is the sort of sepia jazz standard one might sooner expect to find on an album by Leon Redbone or Mose Allison. This is a special blu-ray audio features a Dolby Atmos MIx, a 48k/24 bit stereo mix and a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix. This disc features no video content and is region-free. Rowley, Eddie (21 June 2021). "GILLER LOOK - Gilbert O'Sullivan admits his pudding bowl haircut didn't impress the ladies". sundayworld.com. Sunday World . Retrieved 25 October 2023. Today BMG release Take Love, the first single to be taken from Gilbert O’Sullivan’s twentieth studio album, Driven, out July 22nd. Take Love finds Gilbert and guest vocalist, Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall trading lines over a sizzlingly energetic R&B arrangement.

Baltin: Looking at the press materials that were sent out, there's quotes from so many artists who are fans of yours, from Paul Weller, Timothy Burgess, Kim Wilder and Chris Difford of Squeeze, who's a great songwriter. Are you able to tune that out and just focus on the writing? a b c d e Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.411. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. O'Sullivan purposely avoided dating at the peak of his career; he feared that doing so would inhibit his songwriting abilities. [43] In January 1980, O'Sullivan married his Norwegian girlfriend Aase Brekke. Later that year, the first of their two daughters, Helen-Marie, was born. Tara was born two years later. [44] On 24 August 2018, O'Sullivan released his 19th studio album, Gilbert O'Sullivan. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 20, his first UK charting studio album in over 40 years. [41]

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Gilbert O'Sullivan | In Print". Gilbertosullivan.net. 2 August 1973. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 . Retrieved 8 October 2016. Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan 1 December 1946) is an Irish singer-songwriter. O'Sullivan experienced success during the early 1970s with songs including " Alone Again (Naturally)", " Clair" and " Get Down". [1] O'Sullivan's songs are often marked by his distinctive percussive piano playing style and observational lyrics using wordplay. [2] [3] O'Sullivan's disc sales exceeded ten million in 1972 and made him the top star of the year. [11] O'Sullivan's success led to his taking part in the BBC's anniversary programme Fifty Years of Music in November 1972. O'Sullivan was ranked by Record Mirror as the number 1 male singer of 1972, [28] and in May 1973, he won an Ivor Novello award for "British Songwriter of the Year." [29]

It’s true — if you persist and persevere for long enough the wheel turns and you become if not once again fashionable then at least re-evaluated and admired. Though he is Waterford born, 75-year-old Gilbert O’Sullivan is a prototypically an English songwriter who is experiencing a justified resurgence in popularity. It began, following years of semi-wilderness, with his self-titled 2018 album, which placed him in the UK Top 20 for the first time since 1974. I never lost the joy!': singer Gilbert O'Sullivan on love, loss and lawsuits". the Guardian. 8 June 2022. Gilbert’s new album Driven follows his acclaimed Ethan Johns-produced, self-titled 2018 album which was awarded 4-stars in MOJO magazine. The thirteen songs that comprise Driven reveal a songwriter whose ability to sniff out hitherto undiscovered sources of low-hanging melodic fruit is keener than ever. Produced by Andy Wright and recorded with a live band at the legendary RAK studios, the unexpected velocity at which the songs came together bears testament to the instant chemistry generated between O’Sullivan, Wright and a house band featuring Pat Murdoch (Beyonce, Simply Red, Chrissie Hynde), Rich Milner (Morcheeba, James Morrison) and Geoff Holdroyde (Take That, Big Linda).Driven is released on 22 July 2022 via BMG. TECHNICAL NOTES: This blu-ray audio requires a blu-ray player. Decoding the Dolby Atmos mix requires a Dolby Atmos-certified soundbar or a Dolby Atmos-compatible AV Receiver/Amp. The Dolby Atmos mix will 'fold down' to 5.1 or stereo if a Dolby Atmos decoder is not detected. His last album, 2018’s Gilbert O’Sullivan, was acclaimed across the UK media and achieved Gilbert’s highest UK Album Chart position in almost 45 years. Baltin: I just was with Rod Stewart last week. And he has a project he's doing with Jools Holland, which is taking a lot of older songs and doing them with a show tune type vibe. And a lot of these songs, I feel like you have that same sort of timeless old show tune melody.

O'Sullivan is also noted for his role in bringing about the practice of clearing samples in hip hop music as a result of the 1991 court case Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc., [37] in which he sued rapper Biz Markie over the rights to use a sample of his song "Alone Again (Naturally)". [6] He won 100% of the royalties and made sampling an expensive undertaking. [38] The third in the SDE Surround Series is an exclusive blu-ray audio that is channeling some classic seventies songwriting vibes via the brand new album from the legendary Irish-born singer and musician, Gilbert O'Sullivan. That's not to say there were not new long-players from time to time, and indeed his last outing, 2018's well-received Gilbert O'Sullivan was this 19th studio album and reached number 20 in the UK charts.The hits continued in the 1970s, even if – for one reason or another – things were quieter in subsequent decades, but the music endured via regular compilations and Gilbert's songs featuring in films (including 1999 family favourite Stuart Little).