Another Son was the second full-length album, and final recording, by Four to the Bar

Four to the Bar

Four to the Bar was an Irish band in New York City during the early to mid 1990s.From its beginnings as one more hard-drinking pub band from the boroughs, it ventured into a neotraditional fusion of pop, rock, and Irish and American folk....

, released in 1995.

The album was a radical departure from their first, 1994's Craic on the Road

Craic on the Road (album)

Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's was the first full-length album by Four to the Bar, released in 1994.- Track listing :#I'll Tell Me Ma #Waxie's Dargle/The Rare Old Mountain Dew #My Love's in Germany...

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The band is listed as producing the album. Engineer Tim Hatfield has also been credited with playing a significant role in the success of the record.

Track listing

1. The Newry Highwayman
   The Newry Highwayman
   "The Newry Highwayman" is a traditional Irish folk song about a criminal's life, deeds, and death. It is also found in England, Scotland, the USA and Canada. The earliest known broadside is from about 1830 . Some versions mention "Mansfield" and this is sometimes taken to be William Murray, first...
   
    (Traditional)
2. Another Son (Kelleher)
3. The Western Shore (Clifford
   Patrick Clifford
   Patrick Clifford is a musician, songwriter, and producer of Irish and folk music, best known as a key member of Four to the Bar--a mainstay of the 1990s New York Irish music scene....
   
   )
4. Shelli Sullivan's/Passing My Time/Marie Harvey's Delight (O'Neill)
5. NY's for Paddy (Yeates)
6. Something's Come In (Kelleher)
7. Catch the Wind (Donovan)
8. World Turned Upside-Down (Rosselson)
9. The Shores of America (Kelleher)
10. The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water (W.B. Yeats (lyrics); Clifford
    Patrick Clifford
    Patrick Clifford is a musician, songwriter, and producer of Irish and folk music, best known as a key member of Four to the Bar--a mainstay of the 1990s New York Irish music scene....
    
     (music))
11. Skibbereen
    Skibbereen
    Skibbereen , is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is the most southerly town in Ireland. It is located on the N71 national secondary road.The name "Skibbereen" means "little boat harbour." The River Ilen which runs through the town reaches the sea at Baltimore.-History:Prior to 1600 most of the...
    
     (Traditional)
12. Getting Medieval (Traditional)
13. No Matter Where You Go (Kelleher)

• "Something's Come In" was covered by the McKrells (from Saratoga Springs, NY) on two separate albums: 1997's Better Days and 1999's The McKrells Live.
• "The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water" is a W.B. Yeats poem set to music.
• "No Matter Where You Go" was rehearsed for weeks as a bluegrass
  Bluegrass music
  Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
  
   number, and only changed to the albums’ "Celto-Calypso" version during the recording sessions.
• The title of "Getting Medieval" was taken from the dialog of the film Pulp Fiction
  Pulp Fiction (film)
  Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who co-wrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references...
  
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• An early version of "Passing My Time" appeared on the band's 1993 EP
  Four to the Bar (EP)
  Four to the Bar was the first commercial release by the band of that name. A four-cut EP, it was released on cassette in 1993.- Track listing :#St. Brendan's Voyage #Raglan Road #Mr...
  
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• "NY's for Paddy" was the first song that David Yeates ever wrote.
• "NY's for Paddy" appears in iTunes' "Essential St. Patrick's Day Music" collection.
• Rossbeigh, referenced in "The Western Shore," is a beach in Glenbeigh
  Glenbeigh
  Glenbeigh or Glenbei is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Many of its visitors are there to tour the Ring of Kerry.-References:...
  
  , Co. Kerry, songwriter Patrick Clifford's ancestral home.
• "Skibbereen" is dedicated to Martin Kelleher's parents.

Personnel

• David Yeates: Vocals, bodhran, flute, tin whistle, percussion
• Martin Kelleher: Guitar, bouzouki, five-string banjo, backing vocals
• Patrick Clifford
  Patrick Clifford
  Patrick Clifford is a musician, songwriter, and producer of Irish and folk music, best known as a key member of Four to the Bar--a mainstay of the 1990s New York Irish music scene....
  
  : Bass guitar, piano, electric guitar
• Keith O'Neill: Fiddle, tenor banjo

Production

• Produced by Four to the Bar
  Four to the Bar
  Four to the Bar was an Irish band in New York City during the early to mid 1990s.From its beginnings as one more hard-drinking pub band from the boroughs, it ventured into a neotraditional fusion of pop, rock, and Irish and American folk....
  
  
• Engineered by Tim Hatfield
• Recorded at O'Neill's Irish Castle, Poughkeepsie, NY
• Mixed at Mastermix Recording, New York, NY
• Mastered at Steller Productions, New York, NY
• Manufactured and printed by Disc Makers, USA