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Background -

Out Of Print!

Yola was Eleanor McEvoy's follow-up to the lavishly produced pop record Snapshots, but the two records could hardly be farther apart in instrumentation. Recorded semi-live, set entirely in sparse piano-guitar-and-drum arrangements, and conceptually centered around McEvoy's partnership with classically trained pianist Brian Connor, Yola seems to find its guiding principle in its final song, which celebrates "something so wonderful, something so pure." The purity of the arrangements is indeed wonderful. McEvoy sings "Seasoned Love" in a piano-only performance that sounds like a number from a Stephen Sondheim musical, and goes a step sparser on "Isn't It a Little Late?," which is backed only by drums. But despite the vast change in instrumentation, very little separates McEvoy's songwriting on Yola from her Snapshots work. Most of these songs could easily be padded with strings, electric guitar, and synthesizers and hold up well on the earlier album. The minimal settings on Yola demonstrate what so many other barebones efforts have shown: that good songs are still good when stripped to their essentials, that less is often more, and that complexity isn't always an improvement. But then, neither is simplicity. Simple arrangements showcase an artist's fundamental strengths -- in McEvoy's case, her beautifully and skillfully crafted melodies and evocative vocals -- but they can also reveal an artist's weaknesses. Snapshots seemed an attempt to cast McEvoy as a new Sarah McLachlan, but the former lacks the latter's proficiency as a guitarist and intricacy of lyrical expression. McEvoy seems to write about only two subjects, lost love and found love, and she tends to rely on well-worn clichés like rain as a symbol for hardship and "me and you" as a central rhyme. Still, those weaknesses only contribute to the directness and purity of the recordings, and McEvoy's melodies are easily strong enough to stand on their own. - Evan Cater

Celtic pop singer/songwriter Eleanor McEvoy was born in Dublin on January 20, 1967, beginning piano lessons at age four; she took up the violin two years later, and as a teen joined the Junior Irish Youth Orchestra. Upon graduating college, McEvoy was tapped for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, but after four years she quit to pursue a career as a pop performer; in 1992, her "Only a Woman's Heart" highlighted the anthology A Woman's Heart, which went on to become the best-selling album in Irish chart history. The record's success made McEvoy a superstar virtually overnight, and in 1994 she issued her self-titled full-length debut; What's Following Me? appeared two years later, and in mid-1999 she returned with the Rupert Hine produced Snapshots. It was during that tour that McEvoy began her collaboration with the Belfast pianist Brian Connor, a relationship that helped spawn 2001's critically acclaimed Yola. 2003 saw the re-release of her debut, this time on Market Square Records, and the following year, McEvoy released here fourth collection of new material, the SACD compatible Early Hours. - Jason Ankeny

This listing is for a very rare audiophile SACD title! It is OUT OF PRINT - a USED / OPENED, in Near MINT minus overall condition SACD, PRESSED and ISSUED by MOSCO / BLUE DANDELION Records, of a highly collectible title from their music catalog, featuring -

Eleanor McEvoy

SACD Title -

Yola

Track Listing -

1. I Got You To See Me Through - 4:30
2. Isn't It A Little Late? - 2:26
3. Did I Hurt You? - 4:41
4. Seasoned Love - 2:37
5. The Rain Falls - 4:41
6. Dreaming Of Leaving - 2:37
7. Easy In Love - 4:47
8. Last Seen October 9th - 3:40
9. Leaves Me Wondering - 4:31
10. I Hear You Breathing In - 4:38
11. Something So Wonderful - 5:29

Other Information / Credits / etc.. -

Produced by Eleanor McEvoy and Brian Connor 
Blue Dandelion Records 
A Mosco Recording
• Barcode: 5391507060020
• Licensed To – Market Square Music Ltd
• Licensed From – MOSCO, Blue Dandelion
• Recorded At – The Works, Dublin
• Mixed At – Metropolis Studios
• Mastered At – Metropolis Studios
• Published By – Eleanor McEvoy, L.C. Highbrow Ltd., Chrysalis Music Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Crazy Cloud
• Bass – Eoghan O'Neill
• Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Liam Bradley
• Illustration [Flat-heads] – Christy Keeney
• Piano [Steinway], Keyboards – Brian Connor
• Producer – Brian Connor, Eleanor McEvoy
• Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar [Guitars], Violin [Violins] – Eleanor McEvoy
• Written-By – Brad Parker (tracks: 7), Eleanor McEvoy, Henry Priestman (tracks: 11), Lloyd Cole (tracks: 6)
Issued in a Super Jewel case. 
A MOSCO recording 
Written (mostly), arranged and rehearsed at The Millhouse, Co Wexford 
Performed and recorded at The Works, Dublin 
Mixed and mastered at Metropolis, London 
Track information from the booklet: 
1 to 5, 8, 9 - Eleanor McEvoy IMRO-MCPS 
6 - L C Highbrow Ltd-Chrysalis Music Ltd PRS/Eleanor McEvoy IMRO-MCPS Ireland only [worldwide; L.C. Highbrow Ltd.-Chrysalis Music Ltd PRS/EMI Blackwood Inc.] 
7 - Eleanor McEvoy IMRO-MCPS/Crazy Cloud BMI 
10 - Eleanor McEvoy IMRO-MCPS Ireland only [EMI Blackwood Inc. world wide] 
11 - Eleanor McEvoy IMRO-MCPS/EMI Blackwood Inc. Ireland only [worldwide; EMI Blackwood Inc./EMI Blackwood Inc.]
• Matrix / Runout: SACD-502/ EMSACD1-2 A

The SACD is from the Mosco / Blue Dandelion series of audiophile SACDs.

The (GOLD hue) SACD, Jewel Case and Inserts are all in Near MINT minus overall condition! The disc may have a light spider mark or two on the reflective side of the SACD, but we really couldn't see anything under strong, white light. The jewel case shows only light shelf wear - NOTHING serious. We play tested the SACD on our audio system and it performed perfectly - see the pictures with this listing as they are of the actual item being offered. 

This SACD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).

Do not let this rarity slip by!