TRACK LISTING:

All songs written and composed by Luka Bloom
© 1992 WB Music Corp./Luka Bloom Music (ASCAP)
Except:
I Need Love, written by Smith, Ervin, Ettinger, Simon & Pierce
Can't Help Falling In Love, written by Creatore, Weiss & Peretti

Musicians
Luka Bloom - Lead and Backing Vocals, Electro-Acoustic Guitars
Paul Barrett - Keyboards, Bass, Organ, Tr 808, Backing Vocals
Bob Riley - Bodhran, Drums, Tambourine, Percussion
Paul Byrne and Gerry Fehily - Drums
Ed Tomney - Electric Guitars, Bouzouki
Fiachna O'Braonain - Electric Guitar
Gerry O'Connor - Banjo and Fiddle
Garvan Gallagher - Double Bass
Gerry O'Beirne - National Steel Guitar
Peter O'Toole - Bass
Frankie Kennedy - Flute
Mairead Ni Mhaoniagh - Fiddle
Christy Moore - Bodhran and Backing Vocals
Liam O'Maonlai - Bodhran, Harmonica, Didgeridoo

Produced by Paul Barrett
Engineered by Paul Barrett, Sean Devitt and Louise McCormick
Assisted by Meabh Flynn
Recorded and mixed at S.T.S. Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Mastered at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi
Designed by Work Associates, Dublin
Photography by Amelia Stein

For the best part of four years I had worked in the U.S., Canada and Europe. So, in 1991 I wanted to spend as much time in Ireland as possible. In January and February I visited Spanish Point in County Clare and wrote songs in Johnny Burke's cottage and the People's Hostel. I cycled in Kerry and wrote "The Acoustic Motorbike".

Dublin is hopping in 1991. Tucked away in Temple Bar, Dublin, Paul Barrett is producing great music in S.T.S. Studios, above Claddagh Records. The constant presence of bands writing and rehearsing in Temple Bar "Village" provided the perfect setting to get stuck in. With Paul, Meabh, Louise and Sean at S.T.S. keeping an eye on me, I sang away to my heart's content. Various Irish friends joined in with two American friends (Bob and Ed) and we had a great time.

Gary Murphy watched quietly over us in the studio. Fiona Belton's great food filled and thrilled us. Let me also thank Poll Moussilides, who taught me how to breathe. Muddy Fox provided the Acoustic Motorbike. Sandycove Cycles maintain it. The list of people helping these wheels turn is literally endless. God Bless you all. Pedal On.

Love,
Luka

Music Video: I Need Love
1992 Reprise Records

Reprise Media Information
and Interview

Album Reviews

Tour Dates 1992 & 1993