Will (album)

Will
Original cover designed by David O'Toole. Photo by Peter Mirolo.
Studio album by Leo O'Kelly
Released	17 March 2011
Recorded	22 August 2009 – 2010 Sirius Art Centre (Cobh, Ireland), Glasthule
Genre	folk, folk rock
Length	36:52
Language	English
Label	Life & Living Records
Producer	Leo O'Kelly
Leo O'Kelly chronology
Proto (2003) Will (2011)

Will is the third album by Irish musician Leo O'Kelly. It was released on 18 March 2011 by Life and Living Records^[1] and consists of a collaboration with Liverpool writer John McKeown, who wrote poems that constitute album's lyrics, then adapted in music by O'Kelly.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by John McKeown, all music composed by Leo O'Kelly.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Will"	3:55
2.	"Torch Song"	3:12
3.	"The Day You Love Me"	3:07
4.	"I Prayed To the Devil"	2:20
5.	"Alcohol"	2:33
6.	"Kiki of Montparnasse"	2:35
7.	"A Star in My Palm"	3:54
8.	"Old Testament"	2:58
9.	"She Dances"	4:18
10.	"The End of Love"	4:03
11.	"Grave Light"	3:05
12.	"Will Reprise"	0:53
Total length:		36:52

Personnel

• Leo O'Kelly – vocals, guitars, violin, synthesizer, bongos, drum programming
• Hetty Lane – vocals on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8, harmonica on "The End of Love"
• Garvan Gallagher – bass guitar & Clevinger double bass
• Sonny Condell – Moroccan pottery drums on "Alcohol"
• Holly Cooper (credited as Barry Whiteside) – ukulele on "Will"

Production

• John McKeown – lyrics
• Leo O'Kelly – production, recording & mixing
• Louise McCormick – recording at Sirius Art Centre & mixing at Manor Studio, Cobh on "Alcohol"
• John Crone – recording at Sirius Art Centre on "Alcohol"
• Andy le Wien – mastering at RMS
• David O'Toole – cover design, insert photo
• Peter Mirolo – front sleeve photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom, Ireland	17 March 2011	Life & Living Records	stereo CD	LALR 09

References

1. Leo O'Kelly: "Expecting the new CD to arrive from London around 10 o'clock" (17 March 2011). Retrieved on 28 April 2011.
2. Will purchase page on Life & Living Records website: "The 11 songs on Will are written around the poems of John McKeown, a Liverpool poet who now lives in Dublin."