Dark End of the Street (Moving Hearts album)

For other uses, see The Dark End of the Street (disambiguation).

Dark End of the Street
Cover of the studio album (vinyl LP)
Studio album by Moving Hearts
Released	1982
Recorded	Ridge Farm Studio
Genre	Irish folk
Length	36:33
Label	WEA
Producer	Dónal Lunny
Moving Hearts chronology
Moving Hearts (1981) Dark End of the Street (1982) Live Hearts (1983)

Dark End of the Street is the second studio album recorded by Irish Celtic rock band Moving Hearts. The album features folk singer Christy Moore on most of the songs, except "Let Somebody Know", written and sung by Declan Sinnott.

Two versions of Dark End of the Street, with identical front covers, were released simultaneously as vinyl LPs in 1982: one was a studio album and the other was released in some countries as a compilation album, with a different track listing. The original studio album was re-released on CD in 1995.

Studio album

The studio album was released as a vinyl LP in 1982.[1][2]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Remember The Brave Ones"	Barry Moore	4:34
2.	"Dark End Of The Street"	Chips Moman, Dan Penn	4:59
3.	"All I Remember"	Mick Hanly	4:00
4.	"Let Somebody Know"	Declan Sinnott	6:01

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"What Will You Do About Me"	Jesse Oris Farrow	5:53
6.	"Downtown"	Davy Spillane	2:30
7.	"Allende"	Don Lange	3:29
8.	"Half-Moon"	Eoghan O'Neill	5:07

Compilation album

Dark End of the Street
Cover of the compilation album (vinyl LP)
Compilation album by Moving Hearts
Released	1982
Recorded	Keystone Studios, Dublin Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin Ridge Farm Studio, England
Genre	Irish folk
Length	52:05
Label	WEA
Producer	Dónal Lunny
Moving Hearts chronology
Moving Hearts (1981) Dark End of the Street (1982) Live Hearts (1983)

In some countries (US and Canada), a vinyl LP was also released in 1982 with the same title and front cover, but a different track listing,[3][4][5] as a compilation of tracks selected from the following studio albums:[3]

• Moving Hearts (1981) – (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
• Dark End of the Street (1982) – (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 10).

The catalogue number for this compilation album was: 'WEA 1802' in the US and 'WEA MH15' in Canada.[5]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette"		4:25
2.	"Before the Deluge"		5:40
3.	"Let Somebody Know"	Declan Sinnott	5:54
4.	"McBrides"		3:10
5.	"What Will You Do About Me"	Jesse Oris Farrow	5:07

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"No Time for Love"		7:20
7.	"Downtown"	Davy Spillane	2:25
8.	"Dark End of the Street"	Moman-Penn	4:53
9.	"Half-Moon"	Eoghan O'Neill	5:02
10.	"Remember the Brave Ones"	Barry Moore	4:27

Re-release of the studio album on CD

Dark End of the Street
Cover of the re-released studio album (CD)
Studio album by Moving Hearts
Released	1995
Recorded	Ridge Farm Studio
Genre	Irish folk
Length	36:33
Label	WEA
Producer	Dónal Lunny
Moving Hearts chronology
Moving Hearts (1981) Dark End of the Street (1995) Live Hearts (1983)

The studio album was re-released on CD in 1995, with the original track list.[6][7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Remember The Brave Ones"	Barry Moore	4:34
2.	"Dark End Of The Street"	Moman-Penn	4:59
3.	"All I Remember"	Mick Hanly	4:00
4.	"Let Somebody Know"	Declan Sinnott	6:01
5.	"What Will You Do About Me"	Jesse Oris Farrow	5:53
6.	"Downtown"	Davy Spillane	2:30
7.	"Allende"	Don Lange	3:29
8.	"Half-Moon"	Eoghan O'Neill	5:07

Personnel

The two versions of the 1982 album featured the following musicians:

• Christy Moore – vocals, guitar, bodhrán[1][3][6]
• Dónal Lunny – vocals, bouzouki, synthesiser[1][3][6]
• Declan Sinnott – lead guitar, acoustic, vocals[1][3][6]
• Tony Davis – backing vocals[3]
• Eoghan O'Neill – bass guitar, vocals[1][3][6]
• Matt Kellaghan – drums[1][3][6]
• Brian Calnan – drums, percussion[3]
• Davy Spillane – Uilleann pipes, low whistle[1][3][6]
• Keith Donald – Tenor and Soprano saxophone[1][3][6]
• Nollaig Casey (credited as Nollaig Ni Cathasaigh) – violin[3]

References

1. Sleeve notes from Dark End of the Street (studio LP), WEA IR 58718 LP, 1982.
2. "Dark End of the Street (studio LP) – Track listing (1982)". discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
3. Sleeve notes from Dark End of the Street (compilation LP), WEA 1802, 1982.
4. "Dark End of the Street (compilation LP) – Track listing (1982)". progarchives.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
5. "Dark End of the Street (compilation LP) – Track listing (1982)". discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
6. Sleeve notes from Dark End of the Street (studio CD), WEA 2292–50144–2, 1995.
7. "Dark End of the Street (studio CD) – Track listing (1995)". theballadeers.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

External links

• movingheartsmusic.com Official website.