Irish Son

Irish Son
Studio album by
Brian McFadden
Released29 November 2004
Genre
Length42:05
LabelSony
Producer
Brian McFadden chronology
Irish Son
(2004) 		Set in Stone
(2008)
Singles from Irish Son
  1. "Real to Me"
    Released: 6 September 2004
  2. "Irish Son"
    Released: 22 November 2004
  3. "Almost Here"
    Released: 31 January 2005
  4. "Demons"
    Released: 23 May 2005

Irish Son is the debut solo album by Irish singer Brian McFadden. It was released on 29 November 2004. McFadden signed with Sony Music following his departure from boy band Westlife in 2004.[1] The singer mainly co-wrote the album with English songwriter Guy Chambers, who produced the album along Paul Stacey, Richard Flack, Mark Taylor, and Phil Thornalley.

The album was preceded by the lead single "Real to Me" on 6 September 2004, which peaked at number one in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Irish Son was highly successful on the charts in Denmark and Ireland. Elsewhere the album charted within the lower regions of the charts in Austria, Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[2]
The Independent[3]
The Irish Times[4]
Yahoo! Music UK4/10[5]

David Peschek, writing for The Guardian remarked that Irish Son was "markedly less cynical and clinical than Ronan Keating's solo debut and less messy and pretentious than Robbie's. Still, while it's heartening to see anyone survive the cultural apocalypse that is Westlife svengali Simon Cowell, what we are talking about here isn't an artist, but a former boy-band hoofer struggling towards self-expression."[2] Tony Clayton-Lea from The Irish Times wrote: "Teaming up with erstwhile Robbie Williams co-songwriter Guy Chambers, McFadden is clearly trying for the kind of commercial credibility Williams has enjoyed for some years. The results are patchy, and only some songs work."[4] Yahoo! Music UK's Adam Webb concluded: "We'll have to wait for album number two to know quite where he falls, but there's certainly no "Angels" on Irish Son. Until then, the world belongs to Heat magazine. We'll just have to live in it."[5]

Track listing

Irish Son track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Irish Son"
4:20
2."Real to Me"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
3:45
3."Demons"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
  • Chambers
  • Flack
3:55
4."Lose, Lose Situation"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
  • Chambers
  • Stacey
3:25
5."He's No Hero"
Taylor3:50
6."Sorry, Love Daddy"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
Chambers3:54
7."Pull Myself Away"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
  • Chambers
  • Flack
3:24
8."Be True to Your Woman"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
  • Chambers
  • Flack
3:46
9."Walking Disaster"
Thornalley3:21
10."Walking Into Walls"
  • McFadden
  • Barry
Taylor3:45
11."Almost Here" (featuring Delta Goodrem)
  • McFadden
  • Barry
  • Taylor
Taylor3:46
Total length:42:05
Extended Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Uncomplicated"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
  • Chambers
  • Flack
3:42
13."Oblivious"
  • McFadden
  • Barry
Taylor3:11
14."Optimystik"
  • McFadden
  • Barry
  • Taylor
Taylor4:13
15."Three Babies and a Man"
Stack3:42
16."Hollow no More" (featuring Delta Goodrem)
  • McFadden
  • Goodrem
  • Steve Mackay
Mackay4:00
17."Turn You Away" (featuring Delta Goodrem)
  • McFadden
  • Goodrem
  • Chambers
Chambers3:38
18."Hole in the Sky"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
  • Chambers
  • Flack
3:32
19."Auf Wiedersehen Bitch"
  • McFadden
  • Chambers
  • Chambers
  • Flack
4:08
20."Everybody's Someone" (with LeAnn Rimes)
  • Martin Sutton
  • Chris Neil
Dan Huff3:39

Personnel

Adapted from the Irish Son booklet.[6]

  • Mark Taylor – mixing (tracks 5, 10 11)
  • Ren Swan – mixing (tracks 5, 10, 11)
  • Nicole Nodland – front cover portrait
  • Halfnight Productions, Art + Commerce – inside portraits

Charts

Chart performance for Irish Son
Chart (2004–2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 54
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 57
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9] 5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 60
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 33
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 56
Irish Albums (IRMA)[13] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 24

Certifications

Certifications for Irish Son
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[17] Gold 20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Cameron Adams (27 March 2008) Brian McFadden discovered real life after Westlife Herald Sun. (Herald and Weekly Times). Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b Peschek, David (26 November 2004). "review: Brian McFadden, Irish Son". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  3. ^ Roussoulis, Henrietta (28 November 2004). "Discs". The Independent. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b Clayton-Lea, Tony (26 November 2004). "Pop/Rock: Latest releases reviewed". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b Webb, Adam (30 November 2004). "Brian McFadden - 'Irish Son'". Yahoo! Music UK. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  6. ^ Irish Son (booklet). Brian McFadden. Modest! Sony Music UK. 2004. 519002 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 182.
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Brian McFadden – Irish Son" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Brian McFadden – Irish Son". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Brian McFadden – Irish Son" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Brian McFadden: Irish Son" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Brian McFadden – Irish Son" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  13. ^ a b "Swisscharts.com – Brian McFadden – Irish Son". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Charts.nz – Brian McFadden – Irish Son". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Brian McFadden – Irish Son". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  16. ^ "Brian McFadden Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "Guld og platin i 2005". IFPI Denmark (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2022.


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