The South African Rock Encyclopedia > Rock Legends > 1980s > John Ireland > Discography > John Ireland – She Speaks To Me
Tracks
- She Speaks To Me (4.40)
- Loving You Is So Easy (3.45)
- Teenage Love (3.31)
- Neutron (3.45)
- The Office Party (3.54)
- Here We Go Again (2.45)
- First Thing In The Morning (3.10)
- Baby Things Have Changed (2.48)
- Mist (3.10)
All songs composed, arranged, produced and performed by John Ireland
Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden.
Musicians
- John Ireland: All voices and instruments
- Gerald Stockton: Bass
- Ann-Louise Hanson: Female voice on “She Speaks To Me”
Release information
LP: 1983, Transistor Records, CBK(L) 7013
Cassette: 1983, Transistor Records, L4 CBK(N) 7013)
Press
Review
New Ireland LP was worth the wait
She Speaks To Me — John Ireland — (CBK 7013)
by Peter Feldman
John Ireland, who caused such a flutter last year in local pop circles with his “I Like …” single hit, has waited a whole year to unveil his new album.
And, in my humble opinion, this wait has been well worth it. John recorded “She Speaks To Me” in a studio in Stockholm, and the electronic pyrotechnics he employs here have never sounded better. His writing, too, shows a perceptive line in thinking, and his word imageries are quite masterful.
The tone of the album is a carefully balanced piece of work; doom-laden songs such as “Neutron” are mixed with cheery, tongue-in-cheek ditties such as “The Office Party.” He also includes another sensuous song, “Loving You Is So Easy,” which roughly fits the same rhythmic mold as “I Like …”
But the point of the album is that it doesn’t fit into a specific bag but illuminates John Ireland as a total all-rounder.
