Night on My Side

Night on my Side
Studio album by Gemma Hayes
Released 24 May 2002 (Ireland)
27 May 2002 (UK)
28 May 2002 (France)
23 April 2003 (US)
Recorded Tarbox Road Studios, Buffalo, New York
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock, folk
Label Source Records (Europe)
Astralwerks (US)
Toshiba (Japan)
Producer Gemma Hayes, Dave Fridmann
Gemma Hayes chronology
Work to a Calm EP
(2001)		 Night on My Side
(2002)		 The Roads Don't Love You
(2005)
Alternative cover
US cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic (US version) link
Allmusic (European version) link
NME (6/10) (European Version) link

Night on my Side is the debut album by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes, released in 2002 with success in the Republic of Ireland, France and the UK.

The album was nominated for that year's Mercury Music Prize but lost out to Ms. Dynamite's A Little Deeper.

Contents

Track listing

European version

All songs written by Gemma Hayes.

  1. "Day One"
  2. "Hanging Around"
  3. "Back of My Hand"
  4. "Over & Over"
  5. "Let a Good Thing Go"
  6. "Ran For Miles"
  7. "What A Day"
  8. "Tear In My Side"
  9. "I Wanna Stay"
    • The hidden track "Dartmouth Square" appears at the end of "I Wanna Stay"
  10. "Lucky One (Bird Of Cassadaga)"
  11. "My God"
  12. "Night On My Side"
    • "Pieces Of Glass" (hidden track)

LP version

All songs written by Gemma Hayes.

  1. "Day One"
  2. "Hanging Around"
  3. "Back of My Hand"
  4. "Over & Over"
  5. "Let a Good Thing Go"
  6. "Ran For Miles"
  7. "What A Day"
  8. "Tear In My Side"
  9. "I Wanna Stay"
    • The hidden track "Dartmouth Square" appears at the end of "I Wanna Stay"
  10. "Lucky One (Bird Of Cassadaga)"
  11. "My God"
  12. "Night On My Side"
    • "Pieces Of Glass" (hidden track)

French version

A special edition of Night on My Side was released in France by Source Records France it contains the original album plus an additional bonus CD.

  1. "Day One"
  2. "Hanging Around"
  3. "Back of My Hand"
  4. "Over & Over"
  5. "Let a Good Thing Go"
  6. "Ran For Miles"
  7. "What A Day"
  8. "Tear In My Side"
  9. "I Wanna Stay"
    • The hidden track "Dartmouth Square" appears at the end of "I Wanna Stay"
  10. "Lucky One (Bird Of Cassadaga)"
  11. "My God"
  12. "Night On My Side"
    • "Pieces Of Glass" (hidden track)
  1. "Brightness"
  2. "Hanging Around (acoustic version)"
  3. "Summers in Doubt"
  4. "Pieces of Glass (radio session version)"
  5. "Let a Good Thing Go (video)"

Japanese version

The tracklisting for the Japanese release is different from the original European version.

  1. "Day One"
  2. "Hanging Around"
  3. "Making Waves"
  4. "Let a Good Thing Go"
  5. "Back of My Hand"
  6. "4:35AM"
  7. "I worked myself into a calm"
  8. "Ran For Miles"
  9. "Tear In My Side"
  10. "What A Day"
  11. "I Wanna Stay"
    • The hidden track "Dartmouth Square" appears at the end of "I Wanna Stay"
  12. "Lucky One (Bird Of Cassadaga)"
  13. "My God"
  14. "Night On My Side"
    • "Pieces Of Glass" (hidden track)

American version

The American release features a different cover and tracklisting, including songs from the 4.35am EP but omitting songs featured on the European release of the album:

  1. "Hanging Around"
  2. "Back of My Hand"
  3. "Let a Good Thing Go"
  4. "Tear in My Side"
  5. "Work to a Calm"
  6. "Lucky One"
  7. "Making Waves"
  8. "Ran for Miles"
  9. "My God"
  10. "4.35am"
  11. "I Wanna Stay"
  12. "Evening Sun"
  13. Extras
  14. "Let A Good Thing Go" (Video)

Charts

Chart (2002)
Irish Album Chart 8
French Album Chart -
UK Album Chart 52
US Album Chart -
Swedish Album Chart -
Gemma Hayes
Albums
Night on My Side (2002) · The Roads Don't Love You (2005) · The Hollow of Morning (2008) · Let It Break (2011)
EPs
4.35am (2001) · Work to a Calm (2001) · Oliver (2009)
Singles
Hanging Around (2002)  · Let a Good Thing Go (2002)  · Back of My Hand (2002)  · Happy Sad (2005)  · Undercover (2006)  · Out of Our Hands (2008)  · Home (2008)  · Shock to The System (2011)