Album / Title
Hyperdramatic
By: Damhnait Doyle
Origin: Labrador City, Labrador, → St. John's, Newfoundland → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Insight
Newfoundland-bred Damhnait Doyle's 2000 release, Hyperdramatic, finds the classically trained adult contemporary singer toying with various styles, with mixed results. The disc starts off with the mid-tempo rocker "Maybe It's You" before easing into the soulful, lightly rocking "So Well." Elsewhere, Doyle takes a run at hip-hop breakbeats ("Learn to Crawl") while strings colour "Maybe a Son." All but one of these 11 tracks find Doyle opposite a collaborator--among them Odds singer-guitarist Craig Northey and one-time MuchMusic VJ and Alannah Myles Svengali Christopher Ward--which, while explaining the breadth of the disc, doesn't make enduring its low points any easier.
-Chuck Molgat
Gallery
Images
6 images
Damhnait Doyle - 2000 - Hyperdramatic 1
Damhnait Doyle - 2000 - Hyperdramatic 2
Damhnait Doyle - 2000 - Hyperdramatic b1
Damhnait Doyle - 2000 - Hyperdramatic b2
Damhnait Doyle - 2000 - Hyperdramatic cd
Hyperdramatic
Media
Videos
1 video
Credits
Musicians
Damhnait Doyle: vocals, background vocals
Steve Webster: bass
Randy Cooke: drums
Mike Borkosky: guitar
Nick Hynes: guitar
Tim Welch: guitar
Brian West: guitar
Basil Chaisson: guitar
Kurt Swinghammer: guitar
Dave Hodge: piano, programming, trombone
Erin Donovan: piano
Paul Brundtland: percussion, congas
Kevin Fox: cello
Tim Fox: viola, violin
Sarah McElcheran: trumpet
Dave Bennett: additional programming
Eric Anest: programming
Tuku: background vocals
Saliba Ba Talibu: background vocals
Dayna Manning: background vocals
Songwriting
All lyrics by Damhnait Doyle except ‘So Well’ by Damhnait Doyle and Craig Northey, and ‘Tattooed’ by Damhnait Doyle and Chris Ward
‘Maybe It’s You’ written by Damhnait Doyle and Dave Hodge
‘So Well’ written by Damhnait Doyle and Craig Northey
‘Hyperdramatic’ written by Damhnait Doyle and Chad Richardson
‘Tattooed’ written by Damhnait Doyle and Chris Ward
‘Learn To Crawl’ written by Damhnait Doyle, Simeon Ross, and Dave Ricketts
‘Lie To You’ written by Damhnait Doyle and Creighton Doane
‘Never Too Late’ written by Damhnait Doyle and Creighton Doane
‘Elusive Drug’ written by Damhnait Doyle, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro, and Dave Hodge
‘(Because I) Love Myself’ written by Damhnait Doyle and Creighton Doane
‘Sleep Past You’ written by Damhnait Doyle
‘Maybe a Son’ written by Damhnait Doyle and Creighton Doane
Production
Produced and arranged by Dave Hodge
Engineered and mixed by Jeff McCulloch
‘So Well’ mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
Assisted by Greg Wilkinson
Recorded and mixed at Wellesley Sound, Toronto, Ontario
Additional vocals on ‘Tattooed’ engineered by David Thoener at New Reflections, Nashville, Tennessee
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
Digital editing by Steve Webster and Jeff McCulloch
‘Maybe a Son’ arranged by Kevin Fox
‘Never Too Late’ arranged by Creighton Doane
Brian West appears courtesy of Sony Music Canada
Randy Cooke uses Yamaha Drums, Sabian Cymbals, and Regal Tip Sticks
Artwork
Photography by Margaret Malandruccolo
Photography of Damhnait Doyle and Dave Hodge by Barry Roden
Design by Zeero
Management
Managed by Graham Stairs for popguru sound & vision ltd.
E-mail address: popguru@idirect.com
Notes
Damhnait’s band is listed as Kevin Fox, Peter Murray, Chris Lamont, and Justin Abedin.
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