Nobody Knows : The Best Of Paul Brady

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Personnel includes: Paul Brady (vocals, 6- & 12-string acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, tin whistle, piano, harmonium, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, drum programming); Bonnie Raitt (vocals); Phil Palmer (acoustic & electric guitars); Michael Landau, Stephen Lipson, Jimmy Faulkner, Elliott Randall (electric guitar); Bela Fleck (5-string banjo); Shea Fitzgerald (harmonica); Betsy Cook (piano, Hammond organ, keyboards); Kenny Craddock (piano, Hammond organ); Ian Maidman, Tommy Moore, Victor Wooten, Dave Quinn, John Drummond (bass); Roy Wooten (drums, percussion, programming); Jeff Porcaro (drums, percussion); Tim Goldsmith, Fran Breen, Jamie Lane, Paul McAteer (drums); Loudon Wainwright (background vocals). Producers include: Gary Katz, Paul Brady, Shea Fitzgerald, Ian Maidman, Hugh Murphy. Engineers include: Tim Martin, Paul Thomas, Paul Brady. Includes liner notes by Paul Brady. Adapter: Paul Brady. Personnel: Paul Brady (vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonium, keyboards, drums, percussion, drum programming, percussion programming, background vocals); Bonnie Raitt (vocals); Phil Palmer (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Elliott Randall, Jimmy Faulkner, Michael Landau, Stephen Lipson (electric guitar); Shay Fitzgerald (harmonica, tom tom, background vocals); Mitt Gamon (harmonica); Betsy Cook (piano, keyboards); Ken Craddock (piano); Roy Wooten (drums, percussion, percussion programming); Jeff Porcaro (drums, percussion); Fran Breen, Tim Goldsmith, Paul McAteer, Liam Genockey (drums); Ian Maidman (percussion, background vocals); Billy Schlosser, Julian Diggle, Neil Dorfsman (percussion); Paul Rabiger, Bruce Ryder, Adam Orpen-Lynch, Philip Saatchi, Lenny Abrahamson, Loudon Wainwright III (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Elliot Scheiner; John Arthur Lee; Hugh Murphy; Ian Maidman; Alastair McMillan; Mick Glossop; Paul Brady; Stephen Lipson. Audio Remasterer: Simon Heyworth. Audio Remixers: Hugh Murphy; Alastair McMillan; Paul Brady; Stephen Lipson. Recording information: Air Studios, London, England (12/1979-03/1999); Bow Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland (12/1979-03/1999); Country Cork (12/1979-03/1999); Home, Dublin, Ireland (12/1979-03/1999); Jam Studios, London, England (12/1979-03/1999); Keystone Studios, Dublin, Ireland (12/1979-03/1999); Kinine, Dublin, Ireland (12/1979-03/1999); Mountebanke Studios, London, England (12/1979-03/1999); Ridge Farm, Surrey, England (12/1979-03/1999); Sulan Studios, Ballyvourney (12/1979-03/1999); the Hit Factory, NY (12/1979-03/1999); The Village Recorder, Santa Monica, CA (12/1979-03/1999); Utopia Studios, London, England (12/1979-03/1999); Westland Studios, Dublin, Ireland (12/1979-03/1999); Windmill Lane Studios, Dubin (12/1979-03/1999). Photographer: Perry Odgen. Arranger: Paul Brady. Although Paul Brady has spent time playing traditional Irish music (notably, if briefly, as a member of Planxty), it's his songs that have brought him the most fame and at least some degree of fortune. No doubt about it, these are big songs; if they don't always give you a lot to hold onto, melodically speaking, they rarely fail to grab you and pull you in on their own terms. Brady helped Bonnie Raitt make her comeback by contributing the title track to her album Luck of the Draw; Bela Fleck and Roy and Victor Wooten join him on several songs; "The World Is What You Make It" was the theme song to a successful British sitcom. A few of these numbers bear a distinct whiff of the '80s -- listen to the synth on the singalong chorus of "Paradise Is Here" -- and a few go back even further, but his powerful songwriting is a constant that overrides issues of style. And when he turns his hand to the occasional Irish song, as on "Arthur McBride" and "The Lakes of Pontchartrain," the effect is no less impressive. Highly recommended to fans of folk-rock and great pop music of any kind. ~ Rick Anderson