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{{Infobox album
| name       = Restless Night
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Ray Dolan]]
| cover      = album restless night front cover.png
| alt        =
| caption    = Original cover designed by Ronnie Norton.
| released   = {{Start date|1975}}
| recorded   = April–May 1975,<br />Aisling Studios, [[Dublin]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=32|s=28}}
| language   = English
| label      = [[EMI|EMI Ireland]]
| producer   = [[Leo O'Kelly]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Restless Night
| type        = studio
| single1     = When I Look at You" / "Paris Song
| single1date = 1975
}}
}}
'''''Restless Night''''' is the debut album by Irish musician [[Ray Dolan]]. It was released in Summer 1975 in Ireland by [[EMI|EMI Ireland]] and produced by [[Leo O'Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tír na nÓg – Looking Up |url=https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/interviews/tir-na-nog-looking-up/ |archive-date=November 16, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116101339/https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/interviews/tir-na-nog-looking-up/|last=Barnard|first=Jason |date=May 31, 2014 |website=The Strange Brew |access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="musicweek75">{{cite news |last=Stewart|first=Ken |date=August 23, 1975 |title=Major campaign for EMI summer albums |url= |work=[[Music Week]]|page=14 |location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref name="billboard75">{{cite news |last=|first= |date=July 5, 1975 |title=EMI Ireland 6-LP promo |url= |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=54 |location= |access-date=}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| collapsed       =
| headline        = Side one
| extra_column    =
| total_length    = {{Duration|m=17|s=27}}
| all_writing     = [[Ray Dolan]] except where noted. All arrangements by Paul Barrett
| all_lyrics      =
| all_music       =
| title1          = When I Look at You
| length1         = {{Duration|m=3|s=18}}
| title2          = Paris Song
| length2         = {{Duration|m=3|s=25}}
| title3          = Hey Friend
| length3         = {{Duration|m=2|s=43}}
| title4          = City Almost Gone
| length4         = {{Duration|m=3|s=40}}
| writer4         = Michael Fitzgerald
| title5          = Take What You Want
| length5         = {{Duration|m=4|s=21}}
}}
{{tracklist
| collapsed       =
| headline        = Side two
| extra_column    =
| total_length    = {{Duration|m=15|s=01}}
| all_writing     =
| all_lyrics      =
| all_music       =
| title6          = Restless Night
| length6         = {{Duration|m=3|s=15}}
| title7          = Constantly Changing
| length7         = {{Duration|m=3|s=26}}
| title8          = Mad Elaine
| length8         = {{Duration|m=2|s=26}}
| title9          = The Samaritan
| length9         = {{Duration|m=3|s=29}}
| title10          = Dog Song
| length10         = {{Duration|m=2|s=25}}
}}
==Personnel==
*[[Ray Dolan]] – guitars, vocals
*[[Paul Barrett]] – keyboards, bass guitar, [[trombone]], [[vibraphone]], [[recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]], [[Bongo drum|bongos]]
*[[Sonny Condell]] – guitars, backing vocals
*[[Brian Dunning (flautist)|Brian Dunning]] – [[flute]]s
*[[Leo O'Kelly]] – guitars, [[fiddle]], [[ukulele]], backing vocals
*[[Philip King (musician)|Philip King]] – harmonica on "Restless Night"
*Desi Reynolds – drums, [[conga]]s
*Bridget & Siobhan Hefferman, [[Pat Armstrong]] – backing vocals
;Production
* Leo O'Kelly – production
* Paul Barrett – arrangements
*Walter Samuel, Keith Manfield – [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
*Ronnie Norton – cover [[Graphic design|design]] & photography
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
|-
|rowspan="1"| Ireland
|rowspan="1"| 1975
|rowspan="1"| [[EMI|EMI Ireland]]
| stereo [[gramophone record|LP]]
| IEMC 6004
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:1975 debut albums]]
[[Category:EMI Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Leo O'Kelly]]