Hit singer-songwriter Alan O’Day is preparing to release his first new album in 28 years.
The ‘Undercover Angel’/‘Skinny Girls’ hitmaker is finishing off ‘I Hear Voices’. “All songs on the album are written or co-written by me,” Alan tells Undercover News. “All the "guests" are special to me, but not celebs. Some of Nashville's top players though, and they can handle much more than twang! There are 14 songs on the album, ranging from spiritual to quirky to retro”.O’Day is best known as a singer for ‘Undercover Angel’ which reached no. 9 in Australia in 1977 and ‘Skinny Girls’ which went to no. 11 in 1980 but he also wrote Helen Reddy’s ‘Angie Baby’ and Righteous Brothers ‘Rock and Roll Heaven’.
Being a successful songwriter has given him ammunition for to answer questions from those new to the industry. “I like to offer a variety to my audience,” he says “and I'm excited for the opportunity to once again share my work with my fans, old & new”.
“Being a friend of aspiring songwriters everywhere, I would especially call their attention to one track titled "Your Song Sucks", recorded live at a club in Nashville.”
“Another song honors a real person, a talented painter named Kaziah,” he says, “who, not being able to have children of her own, several years ago took it upon herself to paint a loving portrait of a fallen soldier, from a photo sent her by his grieving family. Now, over 500 portraits later, she's still answering these requests, at no cost to the families. What a labor of love”.
However, it was that hit song he wrote recorded 31 years ago that he would be forever indebted too. “Undercover Angel validated my talent and my dreams,” he says proudly. “It also showed me that what goes up, eventually comes down. And it eventually taught me that we are not just our successes or our failures, we're much more”!
‘I Hear Voices’ will be released later this year.
