Straight Outta Ireland

Straight Outta Ireland
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 1993
Genre
Length42:44
LabelBMG Rights Management
Producer
  • Aiden Foley
  • Catherine Farley
  • Jimi Zhivago
  • Lir Foley
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Straight Outta Ireland is compilation album featuring the first ever collection of contemporary Irish artists.[1] A play of the 1989 N.W.A album Straight Outta Compton, the project features "the most exceptional new talent to come out of Ireland in the 90's."[2] The album was released by BMG Rights Management on March 9, 1993.[3]

Track listing

Straight Outta Ireland track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."My Radio Sounds Different in the Dark"
  • Eamonn Finnegan
  • Mattie Finnegan
The Would Be's4:03
2."Mama"
Young Dubliners4:58
3."Destiny's Darling"Katell KeinegKatell Keineg3:36
4."Endless Weekend"Simon CarmodyThe Golden Horde3:39
5."Birdland"John RyanSpirit Merchants4:02
6."If I Were You"Susan McKeownSusan McKeown and The Chanting House3:44
7."In a Day"
  • Ronan Byrne
  • David Hopkins
  • Craig Hutchinson
  • Robert Malone
  • David McGuinness
Lir4:59
8."Hand on the Water"
Leslie Dowdall3:52
9."You're the One"
The Men They Couldn't Hang2:49
10."Change of Innocence"Sean SweeneyDiesel Heart3:46
11."Valley of the Dead Cars"Cathal CoughlanThe Fatima Mansions3:16
Total length:42:44

Personnel

  • Aiden Foley - Engineer, Producer
  • Andy Whitmore - Keyboards
  • Ann Norda - Photo Illustration
  • Arnie Acosta - Mastering
  • Bren Holmes - Bass
  • Brian Johnson - Design
  • Catherine Farley - Compilation Producer, Producer
  • Doug Haverty - Art Direction
  • Jimi Zhivago - Producer
  • Liam Murphy - Programming
  • Lir Foley - Producer
  • Michelle Meena - Project Consultant
  • Oliver Strauss - Engineer

References

  1. ^ a b Various Artists. Straight Outta Ireland, AllMusic. 1993. Accessed November 19, 2025.
  2. ^ Various Artists, Straight Outta Ireland, CD. Orphans Productions (1993). Discogs. Accessed November 19, 2025.
  3. ^ "Rock Me, I'm Irish.". Time. April 5, 1993. Google Books. Accessed November 19, 2025.


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