GILBERT O’SULLIVAN ‘DRIVEN’ LP – COLOR

Description

LABEL: Union Square
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 7/22/2022
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 2022
VARIANT: Limited Color Vinyl LP

Gilberts twentieth studio album finds him working with a new producer, the revered Andy Wright (Simple Minds, Simply Red, Eurythmics and Jeff Beck) recording with a full band at Londons famous RAK Studios. The direction of the album is an organic and raw affair, featuring a mix of ballads as well as upbeat songs, all written by an inimitable master craftsman. In a unique addition to this new album, Gilbert OSullivan has collaborated on duets with Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) and KT Tunstall.

Gilbert OSullivans unique blend of melodic craftsmanship, witty wordplay, topical acuity and surrealist humour has given him an enduring and endearing career. His song writing knack has outlived and transcended fashion, global million-sellers, critical acclaim, and an occasional tendency to reclusiveness. Now recognised as one of our great singer-songwriters, hes been championed in recent years by everyone from Paul Weller, Nina Simone, Mick Hucknall, Squeezes Difford & Tilbrook, Neil Diamond to Gary Barlow (whose Crooner Sessions Gilbert duetted on earlier this year), Empire Of The Sun, Boy George and The Charlatans Tim Burgess whose acclaimed The Listening Party recently featured Gilberts Himself and Back To Front albums.