1. High Fashion Queen
2. A Tender Lie
3. Strength Of A Woman
4. You Close The Door & I'll Get The Lights
(Original track, written by John McCane)
5. Wrap My Arms Around The World
6. Mr Blue
(Original track, written by John McCane)
7. 'Scuse Moi My Heart
8. Heart Full Of Rain
9. Fall Down A Tramp, Stand Up A Lady
(Original track written by John McCane)
10. One Night At A Time
11. Perfect Picture To Fit My Frame Of Mind
12. Winds Of Change

A Review By Metro Country.........

About a decade ago John brought out a demo recording of a couple of his own songs which created interest within country music circles. "Only A Fool" and "Know The Dance" saw him and his five piece band touring the country music circuit winning gigs on the Pontins festival stages and the likes of The Mill At The Pier in Wigan. Of the original's, the title track, "You Close The Door & I'll Get The Lights" is undoubtedly the strongest. Just listen to the inspired piano glissando on the second verse, it makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck!

Probably, less well known songs on the album include the opener "High Fashion Queen" a Gram Parsons Chris Hillman co-write when they were members of the Country/Rock outfit, The Flying Burrito Brothers and "Wrap My Arms Around The World" a song that marked the 60th International hit record for Narvel Felts when he had success with it in the early 90s.

John McCane possesses one of the best voices I have heard on the British Country Music scene and with the self penned material on here, proves he is up there with the best of the writers too!

A Review By Metro Country.........

"Area Code 0161".........named after the telephone code for the area he lives in........ is the sophomore CD from Salford born Singer/Songwriter John McCane, following on from the highly successful, "You Get The Lights".

The tracks are made up of 5 original's, 2 co-write's, 2 from John himself, an absolute cracker from the pen of Liverpool artist Tony Ainscough, and 8 covers. When it comes to covers, John doesn't follow the trend of covering the most popular songs of the moment. Instead, he goes for good songs, that are rarely picked up on. On this occasion, John does an excellent reading of Southern Pacific's, "New Shade Of Blue", a terrific song that was a top 5 hit for the band in the late 80s. Surprisingly, I haven't heard a cover of the song in the 15 or so years since. Until now that is! "Familiar Pain" is a song that...... I must admit......... I hadn't heard before, but research tells me that it was recorded by Restless Heart, and there again, although it's a good song, I don't believe any other band have picked up on it, thus it retains it's freshness and appears on the album as a new song.

Speaking to John, he told me that "Area Code 0161" took many months and many trips across the water to Ireland to complete. Well, in my opinion, after listening to these 13 tracks, the trips were well worth it! more...

A Review By Metro Country.........

Third album from John and once again, along with band members, Peter McDonald(Keyboards) and John Cosgrove(Drummer) they made the trip across the water to Northern Ireland, to team up with top producer and musician, Stephen Smyth.

John has, once again, stuck to his winning formulae of mixing rarely covered songs with his own originals, a mix that is always well received by his legion of fans. 4 original tracks this time out, which include a co-write with Keyboard player Pete McDonald, 2 penned by John himself, and the excellent "Who's Gonna Hold Me" a song written by Manchester and Nashville songwriter, Lorna Flowers. Once again, some careful thought has gone into the selection of cover songs and I am pleased to see some of my own all time favourite songs on here.