''Eleanor McEvoy'' is the 1993 studio album debut of

Eleanor McEvoy Eleanor McEvoy (born 22 January 1967) is an Irish singer-songwriter. She composed the song "Only a Woman's Heart", title track of '' A Woman's Heart'', the best-selling Irish album in Irish history. Early life and beginnings McEvoy's life as ...

, released on

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. International radio hits followed with the release of the two main singles "A Woman's Heart" and "Apologize." The former track had originally gained fame (in a different recording with

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) as the title track for '' A Woman's Heart'', the biggest-selling Irish album in Irish history. McEvoy toured the United States,

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and the

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in support of the album and racked up international sales of over 250,000 copies.

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, Ireland's premier music magazine, named her Best Solo Performer in 1992 and Best Songwriter in 1993 and placed the album amongst the top debuts of that year. In June 2003,

followed up the release of her award-winning fourth album, '' Yola'', with the relaunch of her debut album. The remastered album appears under the title ''Eleanor McEvoy 'Special Edition on

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(MSMCD127). In its new guise it is presented with an additional four tracks, two of which although from the same recording period, have never been released before. The album contains both English- and Spanish-language versions of "Only A Woman's Heart." However, the English-language version of "Only A Woman's Heart" on the remastered album is a different mix than that found on the original 1993 Geffen release.

Critical reception

The album was praised in ''The New York Times'' with reviewer Jon Pareles writing, "Ms. McEvoy has the skills of a first-rate songwriter and she sings with a voice that is forthright and welcoming, from a breathy low register up to a clear mezzo-soprano."

Track listings

Singles

*Apologise *Only A Woman's Heart *It's Mine

Personnel

*Eleanor McEvoy: Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, violin, piano, organ, harmonium *Bill Shanley: Acoustic and electric guitars, dobro, harmonica, organ *Jim Tate: Bass *Noel Eccles: Drums, percussion, drum programming

Additional Personnel

*Declan Masterson: Bagpipes on tracks 8 and 13 *David James: Cello on tracks 5, 6 and 12 *String arrangements by Eleanor McEvoy

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eleanor Mcevoy (Album) 1993 debut albums Eleanor McEvoy albums Albums produced by Pat Moran