{{other uses|If You Leave (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = If You Leave... | type = Album | artist = Eleanor McEvoy | cover = Eleanor McEvoy - 'If You Leave. .' - album sleeve artwork.jpg | alt = | released = 8 March 2013 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock / folk rock | length = | label = Moscodisc | producer = Mick O'Gorman, Eleanor McEvoy | prev_title = Alone | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = | next_year = }}

'''''If You Leave...''''' is Eleanor McEvoy's tenth studio album. It features eight new songs and four interpretations including ''God Only Knows'', ''True Colors'', and ''Lift the Wings'' from Riverdance. Recorded live in the studio with some of Ireland’s finest players this album of soulful performances shows McEvoy in a bluesier neo-retro style. The overall feel is retro. Said McEvoy, "I'd been listening to a lot of 60s albums, Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys stuff like that and it was with the spirit of those albums in my musical soul that I entered the studio."

On 18 March 2013 ''If You Leave...'' was named Album of the Week by RTÉ Radio 1.<ref name="RTÉ Radio 1">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/playlist/|title= RTÉ Radio 1 Album of the Week|date=March 18, 2013|work=RTÉ News}}</ref>

For the recording sessions, McEvoy recruited the talents of Grammy award-winning songwriter Jimmy Smyth on guitar, keyboard player James Delaney, bassists Paul Moore, Eoghan O’Neill, and drummer Des Lacey, with special guests Brian Connor on piano and David Agnew on oboe.

==Critical reception==

''RTÉ Radio 1'' wrote "Her performances are intimate, emotional, uplifting affairs in which she explores soul, love and humour, using own compositions and interpretations from other songbooks, with her unique voice and beautiful playing."<ref name="RTÉ Radio 1"/>

''Irish Music Magazine'' said "From the initial song creation, to the musical arrangement, to the delivery, Eleanor has a flair for every aspect of musicianship and it speaks volumes on ''If You Leave..''."<ref name="Irish Music Magazine ">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishmusicmagazine.com|title=Eleanor McEvoy: The Bra With The Car| author=Ellen McCabe |publisher=Irish Music Magazine|date=March 2013}}</ref>

''Hot Press'' stated "''If You Leave'', her tenth solo album, is replete with accessible, often quirky melodies, intelligent lyrics and features a stellar, full-band backing with lush, analog production... ''If You Leave'' is a very fine record."<ref name="Hot Press">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/Eleanor-McEvoy/music/reviews/albums/Eleanor-McEvoy-If-You-Leave/9674287.html?new_layout=1|title=Eleanor McEvoy: If You Leave| author=Colm O Here |publisher=Hot Press|date=March 2013}}</ref>

Pete Whalley from ''Get Ready To Rock'' reviewed "I'd be happy to listen to Eleanor McEvoy sing the telephone directory – her soft lilting brogue is simply that addictive. The vocals and audiophile quality throughout never falls short of the exacting standards that Eleanor has contrived to set since she broke free of record company chains and went ‘DIY’ with ‘Yola’ almost 10 years ago."<ref name="Get Ready To Rock">{{cite web|url=http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/03/album-review-eleanor-mcevoy-if-you-leave/|title=Eleanor McEvoy: If You Leave| author=Pete Whalley |publisher=Get Ready To Rock|date=March 2013}}</ref>

==Track listings== {{track listing | headline = | all_writing = | title1 = Land In The Water | note1 = | writer1 = D. Rotheray, N. Johnson, E. McEvoy | length1 = 3:31 | title2 = Don't Blame The Tune | note2 = | writer2 = E. McEvoy | length2 = 4:16 | title3 = God Only Knows | note3 = | writer3 = B. Wilson, T. Asher | length3 = 2:34 | title4 = Listen To Me | note4 = | writer4 = E. McEvoy | length4 = 4:02 | title5 = Ache In My Heart | note5 = | writer5 = E. McEvoy | length5 = 3:25 | title6 = Heaven Help Us | note6 = | writer6 = E. McEvoy | length6 = 3:26 | title7 = If You Leave | note7 = | writer7 = E. McEvoy | length7 = 3:25 | title8 = Lift The Wings | note8 = | writer8 = B. Whelan | length8 = 4:10 | title9 = Secret Of Living | note9 = | writer9 = E. McEvoy | length9 = 3:00 | title10 = I Wish You The Best | note10 = | writer10 = E. McEvoy | length10 = 4:09 | title11 = True Colors | note11 = | writer11 = B. Steinberg, T. Kelly | length11 = 3:02 | title12 = Dust My Broom | note12 = | writer12 = E. James, R. Johnson | length12 = 3:17

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