The MacDonald Brothers is a self-titled album by Scottish

Scotland

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 band The MacDonald Brothers

The MacDonald Brothers

The MacDonald Brothers are a Scottish pop rock duo from Ayrshire in Scotland, consisting of brothers Brian and Craig MacDonald. They first rose to prominence in the third UK series of television talent show The X Factor in 2006, and have since gone on to release four albums.The brothers are...

. It was recorded in 2007 and released on 2 April 2007. It entered the UK Album Chart at number 18 with first week sales of 11,596.

Background

The bands self titled debut album was released on April 2, 2007, around five months after the band had finished fourth place on the UK TV talent show, The X Factor (UK Series 3), with Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis

Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis first came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor....

 finishing as the shows winner. The album was recorded from January 2007 until it was released in April 2007, and was released under Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...

's Syco Records and Sony Music Entertainment

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.

Album Recording

The album was recorded from approximately January until March 2007, and was released on April 2, 2007. The album was released through Syco Records along with Sony BMG.

Album reviews

Commented on in March 2007, HMV

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 said:

• After their success on the X Factor, the MacDonald Brothers release their debut eponymous album, a collection of feel good classic and Scottish/Celtic pop, along with two self-penned numbers. The album was produced by former Bay City Rollers star Stuart "Woody" Woods.

Track listing

1. 500 Miles
   500 Miles
   "500 Miles" is a folk song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return...
   
   
2. Shang-A-Lang
3. Love Is All Around
4. Young at Heart
   Young at Heart
   Young at Heart may refer to:In music:* Young at Heart , a soundtrack album from the 1954 film, named after the song by Johnny Richards and Carolyn Leigh...
   
   
5. When You Say Nothing at All
6. Real Gone Kid
   Real Gone Kid
   "Real Gone Kid" is a song by the Scottish rock/pop band Deacon Blue. Rleased in 1988, it was the first single to from the band's second album When the World Knows Your Name which was released six months later. The single was the band's first top ten hit, reaching #8 in the UK Singles Chart...
   
   
7. Magic
8. Bye Bye Baby
9. Fields of Gold
   Fields of Gold
   "Fields of Gold" is a 1993 song by Sting from his album Ten Summoner's Tales. "Fields of Gold" and all the other album tracks were recorded at Lake House, Wiltshire, mixed at The Townhouse Studio, London, England and mastered at Masterdisk, New York. The harmonica solo is played by Brendan Power...
   
   
10. Perfect
11. Love Is Blind
12. Now It's Time
13. With a Woman Like You