Boy on Bridge is an album by Alan Doyle, released in 2012. It was his first solo album.[1] Until then, he had not released a solo album in the 19 years he had been in Great Big Sea.

Boy on Bridge
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 15, 2012
Recorded2011
GenreFolk, rock
Length47:01
LabelUniversal Music Canada, Skinner's Hill Music Ltd.
Alan Doyle chronology
Boy on Bridge
(2012)
So Let's Go
(2015)

The album title is a reference to Doyle's IMDb page[2] in which he is credited as an actor in the 1981 TV movie A Whale for the Killing.[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sorry"Alan Doyle, Hawksley Workman3:21
2."I've Seen a Little"Doyle, Gordie Sampson, Troy Verges3:31
3."My Day"Doyle, Ryan Tyndall3:07
4."Where the Nightingales Sing"Doyle, Sampson, Kelly Archer3:29
5."Testify" (feat. Colin James)Russell Crowe, Doyle4:13
6."Break It Slow"Doyle3:49
7."Love While Love's Awake"Doyle, Workman3:25
8."Light the Way"Doyle, Sean Panting3:38
9."Northern Plains" (feat. Jim Cuddy)Doyle, Workman4:02
10."Lover's Hands"Crowe, Doyle3:55
11."Perfect Excuse"Doyle, Panting3:17
12."The Rules Will All Be Broken"Doyle, Mike Post3:34
13."Where I Belong"Crowe, Doyle3:40
Total length:47:01

Chart performance

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Chart (2012) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart[4] 11
US Folk Albums[4] 20
US Heatseekers Albums[4] 37

Singles

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The lead single off the album, "I've Seen a Little", was released March 26, 2012, by Universal Music Canada in Canada and Skinner's Hill Music Ltd. in the United States. It is a digital-only release for sale at digital music outlets.[5] The single version of the song is the same version that appears on Boy on Bridge.

References

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  1. ^ "Alan Doyle "Boy On Bridge"". CBC The Performance Hour. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ^ Alan Doyle at IMDb
  3. ^ "Alan Doyle interview with Jian Ghomeshi on Q". www.cbc.ca. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  4. ^ a b c "Chart listing for Boy on Bridge". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "iTunes - Music - I've Seen a Little - Single by Alan Doyle". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-05-17.