The Loving Time- Various Artists
‘The Loving Time’ is an album of love songs all written or sung by Irish artists. Noel Brazil, a name known but seldom heard finally gets his chance to shine on ‘The Land of Love’ and ‘Farewell to The Bad Times’. Leslie Dowdall returns to the fray after a few years absence with the funky and reassuring ‘Wonderful Thing’.
Sinéad Lohan takes Dylan’s ‘To Ramona’ and gives a pensive reading to her own ‘You’re In My Love’. Kieran Goss’s ‘Reach Out (I’ll Be There)’ is an inspired move while retrieving some of Brian Kennedy’s back catalogue brings ‘Captured’ and ‘Forgiveness’ back into circulation.
The giant figure of Paul Brady inhabits ‘Deep In Your Heart’ and his immortal ‘Helpless Heart’. Both Frances and Mary Black round off a comprehensive collection of chimerical tunes. Choice material and faultless execution renders ‘The Loving Time’ a cut above the rest.
TRACKS:
• The Land of Love – Noel Brazil • To Ramona – Sinéad Lohan • Deep In Your Heart – Paul Brady • All The Lies That You Told Me – Frances Black • Captured – Brian Kennedy • Summer Sent You – Mary Black • Reach Out (I’ll Be There) – Kieran Goss • Wonderful Thing – Leslie Dowdall • Helpless Heart – Paul Brady • Send Him A Letter – Frances Black • Forgiveness – Brian Kennedy • You’re In My Love – Sinéad Lohan • Farewell To The Bad Times – Noel Brazil • The Loving Time – Mary Black
TRACKS:
• The Land of Love – Noel Brazil • To Ramona – Sinéad Lohan • Deep In Your Heart – Paul Brady • All The Lies That You Told Me – Frances Black • Captured – Brian Kennedy • Summer Sent You – Mary Black • Reach Out (I’ll Be There) – Kieran Goss • Wonderful Thing – Leslie Dowdall • Helpless Heart – Paul Brady • Send Him A Letter – Frances Black • Forgiveness – Brian Kennedy • You’re In My Love – Sinéad Lohan • Farewell To The Bad Times – Noel Brazil • The Loving Time – Mary Black
