Off Centre (album)

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Field	Value
name	Off Centre
type	Studio
artist	Gilbert O'Sullivan
cover	Off centre Gilbert O'Sullivan.png
released	October 1980
recorded	Moonlight Studios, Cookham, England
genre	Pop
length	46:31 (49:08 with the bonus track)
label	CBS
producer	Gus Dudgeon
prev_title	Southpaw
prev_year	1977
next_title	Life & Rhymes
next_year	1982
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| name = Off Centre | type = Studio | artist = Gilbert O'Sullivan | cover = Off centre Gilbert O'Sullivan.png | alt = | released = October 1980 | recorded = Moonlight Studios, Cookham, England | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop | length = 46:31 (49:08 with the bonus track) | label = CBS | producer = Gus Dudgeon | prev_title = Southpaw | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Life & Rhymes | next_year = 1982

Off Centre is the sixth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was produced by Gus Dudgeon and originally released in October 1980. Union Square Music re-released it August 2012 on Salvo label in part of the Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Singer & His Songs collection.

The lead single from the album, "What's In a Kiss", was O'Sullivan's first top 20 hit in the UK in over five years, peaking at number 19. The song proved to be his final top 20 single in the UK.

Track listing

All songs written by Gilbert O'Sullivan.

1. "I Love It But" - 3:33
2. "What's In a Kiss" - 2:36
3. "Hello It's Goodbye" - 3:08
4. "Why Pretend" - 3:58
5. "I'm Not Getting Any Younger" - 4:32
6. "Things That Go Bump in the Night" - 4:51
7. "Help Is On the Way" - 3:43
8. "For What It's Worth" - 4:05
9. "The Niceness of It All" - 5:26
10. "Can't Get Enough of You" - 3:27
11. "Break It To Me Gently" - 3:20
12. "Or So They Say" - 3:50

Bonus track on the 2012 remaster

1. "Down, Down, Down" (b-side of "What's In a Kiss", August 1980) - 2:38

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1981) | Peak position | |---|---| | last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=227}} | 98 | ::

Personnel

• Gilbert O'Sullivan - vocals, piano

Additional personnel

• Phil Curtis - bass
• Chris Laurence - bass on "I'm Not Getting Any Younger"
• Paul Westwood - bass on "Can't Get Enough Of You"
• Steve Holley - drums
• Dave Mattacks - drums on "Can't Get Enough Of You"
• Terry Cox - drums on "What's In a Kiss"
• Martin Jenner - acoustic and lead guitars; steel guitar on "For What It's Worth"
• Tim Renwick - acoustic and lead guitars
• Ray Russell - acoustic guitar on "Can't Get Enough Of You"
• Pete Wingfield - electric piano on "The Niceness Of It All", second piano on "Why Pretend", organ on "Hello It's Goodbye" and synthesizer on "Or So They Say"
• Howie Casey - saxophone on "I'm Not Getting Any Younger" and "Why Pretend"
• Jeff Daley - saxophone on "Help Is On the Way"
• Chris Rea - accordion on "I Love It But"
• Stuart Epps - harmony and backing vocals
• Alan Carvell - harmony and backing vocals on "I'm Not Getting Any Younger"
• English Chorale - choir on "Or So They Say"

References

Sources

• Off Centre, CD booklet, 2012

References

1. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.

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