Off Centre (album)

Off Centre is the sixth studio album by is Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, 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.

Off Centre
Studio album by
Gilbert O'Sullivan
ReleasedOctober 1980
RecordedMoonlight Studios, Cookham, England
GenrePop
Length46:31 (49:08 with the bonus track)
LabelCBS
ProducerGus Dudgeon
Gilbert O'Sullivan chronology
Southpaw
(1977)		 Off Centre
(1980)		 Life & Rhymes
(1982)

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
Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 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
  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 227. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

Sources
  • Off Centre, CD booklet, 2012
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