Boy on Bridge
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Boy on Bridge |
| type | studio |
| artist | Alan Doyle |
| cover | Boy_on_Bridge_Artwork.png |
| released | May 15, 2012 |
| recorded | 2011 |
| genre | Folk, rock |
| length | 47:01 |
| label | Universal Music Canada, Skinner's Hill Music Ltd. |
| next_title | So Let's Go |
| next_year | 2015 |
| :: |
| name = Boy on Bridge | type = studio | artist = Alan Doyle | cover = Boy_on_Bridge_Artwork.png | alt = | released = May 15, 2012 | recorded = 2011 | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk, rock | length = 47:01 | label = Universal Music Canada, Skinner's Hill Music Ltd. | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = So Let's Go | next_year = 2015
Boy on Bridge is an album by Alan Doyle, released in 2012. It was his first solo album. Until then, he had not released a solo album in the 19 years he had been in Great Big Sea.
The album title is a reference to Doyle's IMDb page in which he is credited as an actor in the 1981 TV movie A Whale for the Killing.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2012/05/11/alan-doyle-on-q/ |title=Alan Doyle interview with Jian Ghomeshi on Q |publisher=www.cbc.ca |date=2012-05-11 |accessdate=2012-07-16}}
Track listing
| total_length = 47:01 | right-padding = 15 | title1 = Sorry | note1 = | writer1 = Alan Doyle, Hawksley Workman | length1 = 3:21 | title2 = I've Seen a Little | note2 = | writer2 = Doyle, Gordie Sampson, Troy Verges | length2 = 3:31 | title3 = My Day | note3 = | writer3 = Doyle, Ryan Tyndall | length3 = 3:07 | title4 = Where the Nightingales Sing | note4 = | writer4 = Doyle, Sampson, Kelly Archer | length4 = 3:29 | title5 = Testify | note5 = feat. Colin James | writer5 = Russell Crowe, Doyle | length5 = 4:13 | title6 = Break It Slow | note6 = | writer6 = Doyle | length6 = 3:49 | title7 = Love While Love's Awake | note7 = | writer7 = Doyle, Workman | length7 = 3:25 | title8 = Light the Way | note8 = | writer8 = Doyle, Sean Panting | length8 = 3:38 | title9 = Northern Plains | note9 = feat. Jim Cuddy | writer9 = Doyle, Workman | length9 = 4:02 | title10 = Lover's Hands | note10 = | writer10 = Crowe, Doyle | length10 = 3:55 | title11 = Perfect Excuse | note11 = | writer11 = Doyle, Panting | length11 = 3:17 | title12 = The Rules Will All Be Broken | note12 = | writer12 = Doyle, Mike Post | length12 = 3:34 | title13 = Where I Belong | note13 = | writer13 = Crowe, Doyle | length13 = 3:40
Chart performance
::data[format=table] | Chart (2012) | Peak position | |---|---| | url=http://www.billboard.com#/album/alan-doyle/boy-on-bridge/1645892|title=Chart listing for Boy on Bridge|work=Billboard|accessdate=May 24, 2012}} | 11 | | US Folk Albums | 20 | | US Heatseekers Albums | 37 | ::
Singles
The lead single off the album, "I've Seen a Little", was released March 26, 2012, by Universal Music Canada in Canada and Skinner's Hill Music Ltd. in the United States. It is a digital-only release for sale at digital music outlets. The single version of the song is the same version that appears on Boy on Bridge.
References
References
- (21 August 2013). "Alan Doyle "Boy On Bridge"".
- {{imdb name. 0236269. Alan Doyle
- "Chart listing for ''Boy on Bridge''". [[Billboard (magazine).
- (2012-03-26). "iTunes - Music - I've Seen a Little - Single by Alan Doyle". [[iTunes]].
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