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Yola (album)

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Released
  
2001

Release date
  
2001

Label
  
Mosco Disc

Artist
  
Eleanor McEvoy

Producer
  
Eleanor McEvoy

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Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll, Folk rock

Similar
  
Alone, Love Must Be Tough, Singled Out, Early Hours, Snapshots

Yola is Eleanor McEvoy's fourth studio album, and her first album on her own label, Moscodisc. Yola proved to be a turning point in McEvoy's musical direction. Stripped-back, acoustic tracks reflect McEvoy's new approach to recording and performing. McEvoy produced Yola with pianist Brian Connor.

Contents

Critical reception

Colin Harper described the album in Mojo in 2002, "...the glorious simplicity of this release feels like a homecoming in every sense. Backed by three superb musicians, the live-in-home-studio performances are beautifully restrained, and the vibe of both writing and sound has a warmth and contentedness redolent of gazing through rain-lashed stone-cottage windows in Wexford - which is, as it happens, pretty much how it was. (pg. 101) In its review, Allmusic suggests that McEvoy's range as a lyric-writer is limited, stating that she "seems to write about only two subjects, lost love and found love, and she tends to rely on well-worn clichés" but notes that her "melodies are easily strong enough to stand on their own", stating overall that "[t]he purity of the arrangements" of the music on this album "is indeed wonderful."

Track listing

All tracks written by Eleanor McEvoy, except where noted.

Singles

  • Did I Hurt You/Isn't It A Little Late (MSM SACD114)
  • This double A-side single was the world's first single to be released on the on Super Audio Compact Disc SACD format.

    Super Audio

    Yola was released in Super Audio Compact Disc format on February 2002 by Market Square Records.

    Vinyl

    Yola was released on vinyl in 2001 by Market Square Records and re-released in 2002 by Vivante.

    Cover

    The cover features a shot of Bridgetown railway station, at the time still open but closed in 2010. McEvoy took out ads protesting against the closure of the railway line in Wexford newspapers in 2010.

    Awards

    In 2002 Yola was named "Record of the Year" by Hi-Fi+ Magazine

    Songs

    1I Got You to See Me Through4:35
    2Isn't It a Little Late?2:28
    3Did I Hurt You?4:41

    References

    Yola (album) Wikipedia