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''Night on my Side'' is the debut album by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes, released in 2002〔http://www.cluas.com/music/albums/gemmahayes.htm〕 with success in the Republic of Ireland, France and the UK. Special editions of the album were released in France, Japan, Canada and the US. The album's release was delayed until 2003 in North America. The album was nominated for that year's Mercury Music Prize but lost out to Ms. Dynamite's ''A Little Deeper''.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2262195.stm〕 ==Background== Following the release of two acclaimed EPs in 2001 ''4:35AM'' and ''Work Myself Into A Calm'', Hayes returned to record her debut album at Tarbox Road Studios in New York and Black Box Studios in France. With some of these original demos previously recorded in Dublin. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann and David Odlum.〔http://www.discogs.com/Gemma-Hayes-Night-On-My-Side/release/1230473〕 Hayes would later go onto forge a unique relationship with Odlum who continues to work with her to this day. In early 2002〔http://www.hotpress.com/archive/1664345.html〕 it was confirmed her debut album would receive a May release in Europe. Upon release Hayes was compared to Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2161086.stm〕 To coincide with the album's release Hayes confirmed an extensive European tour with dates across Ireland, the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands. She would later go onto support Marianne Faithfull〔http://web.archive.org/web/20020528033940/http://gemmahayes.com/〕 and The Counting Crows〔http://web.archive.org/web/20021127003050/http://gemmahayes.com/〕 on their European tours. The album received positive reviews upon release.〔http://www.rte.ie/ten/reviews/music/2002/0517/448700-hayesg/〕 A special version of the LP was released in France, Japan and the US. Hayes continued to appear on European radio performing live for RTÉ Radio, France Inter and BBC Radio. She made appearances on radio and television in Ireland〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeBrKqsxn2g〕 and also made appearances on French radio to perform on The Black Sessions for France Inter and BBC Radio 1 Live Sessions in the UK. By summer 2002〔http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2002/0730/397264-hayesg/〕 at the tender age of 24 her debut album was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize 2002.〔http://www.mercuryprize.com/aoty/shortlist.php?Year=2002〕〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2161086.stm〕 Apparently she narrowly missed out on winning the award. Hayes would later confirm a live tour of the US with Josh Ritter supporting her.〔http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2003/0529/399363-ritterj/〕 The album received a much later release in the US & Canada in April 2003, the artwork and tracklisting on the North American version differs from the European and Japanese editions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Night on My Side」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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