MICHAEL OAKLEY – Odyssey (2021)

The songwriting, production and musicianship is fantastic for an album recorded 2021 trying to emulate that big budget 1986-1992 major production. And Oakley succeeds.

01 – Odyssey
02 – Wake Up! [lead vocals Ollie Wride]
03 – Is There Anybody out There (Jon Campbell Radio Edit)
04 – Babylon
05 – Glasgow Song [lead vocals Dana Jean Phoenix]
06 – Real Life
07 – Queen of Hearts
08 – When Stars Collide
09 – Now I’m Alive [vocal duet with Dana Jean Phoenix]
10 – Control
11 – Is There Anybody out There (It Was the 90s Mix)

Michael Oakley: lead vocals, synths, drum programming
Ollie Wride: lead vocal (track 2), background vocals
Dana Jean Phoenix: lead vocal (track 5), background vocals
Hayley Stewart: background vocals
John Jagos: guitar, synths, percussion, additional vocals
Derek Elliotson, Chris Huggett: guitars
John Kunkel: guitars (track 2, 7)
Tommy Phillips: guitars (track 1)
Jesse Molloy: saxophone (track 4, 6)
Lorne MacDougall: bagpipes (track 5)

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