Initiate (Mervyn Spence album)

Initiate is the second solo album by the Northern Irish singer Mervyn Spence, once again released under the pseudonym "O'Ryan", in 1995.

Initiate
Studio album by
Released1995
RecordedParachute Studio Complex, The Music Station UK
GenrePop rock, hard rock
Length60:12
LanguageEnglish
LabelEast Bell
ProducerMervyn Spence, Jason Fillingham
O'Ryan chronology
Something Strong
(1993)
Initiate
(1995)

Initiate contains no original material, instead solely consisting of ten covers of various tracks from Tom Galley's Phenomena project (which Spence was involved with during its initial stages, and held the rights to at the time), and three re-recorded songs from Spence's debut album, Something Strong.[1]

The recordings of "Still the Night", "Did It All for Love" and "No Retreat - No Surrender" found on Initiate would later be included on the Phenomena compilation boxset released in 2006, 'The Complete Works'.

In 2023, Cherry Red Records released a new version of the album, 'Phenomena Recovered', with 2 new covers of Phenomena songs, "Dance with the devil" and "Rock my soul".

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Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No Retreat - No Surrender" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)Tom Galley, Mel Galley4:15
2."Still the Night" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)Glenn Hughes, Pat Thrall, Paul Delph3:40
3."A Whole Lot of Love" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)T. Galley, Leif Johansen5:29
4."Believe" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)T. Galley, Richard Bailey5:38
5."Emer May"Mervyn Spence, Dieter Petereit6:01
6."Did It All for Love" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)T. Galley, M. Galley4:31
7."Something Strong"Spence, Petereit4:33
8."Shape It Up" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)T. Galley, Johansen3:59
9."What About Love" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)T. Galley, Johansen5:03
10."Phoenix Rising" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)T. Galley, Bailey, M. Galley4:43
11."Don't Let It Slip Away"Spence, Petereit4:54
12."It Must Be Love" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)T. Galley, M. Galley3:25
13."Stop!" (Originally recorded by Phenomena)T. Galley, Bailey3:56
Total length:60:12

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References

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  1. ^ "Review of O'Ryan INITIATE CD" (PDF). Coast to Coast: The Electronic Glenn Hughes Fanzine; Issue #15. Retrieved 19 March 2013.