Southpaw (album)

Southpaw is the fifth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, originally released in November 1977. This was the first album produced by Gilbert O'Sullivan. Union Square Music re-released it in June 2012 on Salvo label in part of the Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Singer & His Songs collection.

This was the first of O'Sullivan's albums not to contain a UK top 40 single. However, "I'll Believe It When I See It" and "To Each His Own" (not included on the original album) did chart in the Irish top 20.

Critical reception
The Globe and Mail wrote: "O'Sullivan is still writing his cloying little songs that start infectiously and end infectiously. In between is zero, or less than."

Track listing
All songs written by Gilbert O'Sullivan.
 * 1) "Intro" - 0:46
 * 2) "You Got Me Going" - 2:40
 * 3) "No Telling Why" - 3:36
 * 4) "Tomorrow Today" - 3:12
 * 5) "The Best Fun I Ever Had" - 3:33
 * 6) "I Remember Once" - 5:15
 * 7) "Intro 2" - 0:23
 * 8) "I Of Course Replied" - 2:42
 * 9) "That's Where I Belong" - 3:33
 * 10) "My Love and I" - 3:22
 * 11) "If I Can't Have You All To Myself" - 3:04
 * 12) "Miss My Love Today" - 3:56

Bonus tracks on the 2012 remaster

 * 1) "I'll Believe It When I See It" (single, August 1975) - 5:20
 * 2) "Just As You Are" (b-side of "I'll Believe It When I See It") - 2:38
 * 3) "You Never Listen To Reason" (single, October 1975) - 3:20
 * 4) "Call On Me" (b-side of "You Never Listen To Reason") - 3:14
 * 5) "Doing What I Know" (single, August 1976) - 4:45
 * 6) "To Each His Own" (single, October 1976) - 3:08
 * 7) "Can't Get You Out of My Mind" (b-side of "To Each His Own") - 3:24
 * 8) "As Long As I Can" (b-side of "You Got Me Going", July 1977) - 2:21
 * 9) "Our Own Baby" (b-side of "Miss My Love Today", February 1978) - 3:10

Personnel

 * Gilbert O'Sullivan - vocals, piano


 * Additional personnel
 * Chris Spedding - guitars
 * Lee Fothergill - guitars
 * Ritchie Cunningham - guitars
 * Colin Green - guitars
 * Alan Jones - bass
 * Barry De Souza - drums
 * Pete Kircher - drums
 * Terry Cox - drums
 * Tony Hymas - keyboards, Moog
 * Robert Hook - keyboards, Moog
 * Frank Ricotti - percussion
 * Francisco Yglesias - Paraguayan Harp
 * The Mike Sammes Singers, The Chanter Sisters - backing vocals
 * Johnnie Spence - arranger, conductor
 * Technical
 * John Haeny, Phil Ramone - engineers