The 4 Of Us

The 4 Of Us are a rock band from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. Of the four founding members, only brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy have remained continuously part of the group; the occupants of the other positions have varied. The 4 of Us released their first album, Songs for the Tempted, with CBS Records in 1989, with the single "Mary" becoming one of the most played songs on Irish radio that year. Consequently, the album went double platinum in Ireland and won Best Album of the Year at the Irish Music Awards, defeating the internationally-known act U2.

The album Man Alive followed on Sony/Columbia Records in 1992, and saw the group trouble the UK charts for the first time, with the album entering the chart at #64, and a single, "She Hits Me" spending four weeks on the chart, and peaking at #35. However the band then lost momentum and disappeared from the public eye for some years, scrapping the release of Amplifier, their proposed third long player. They did not separate, however, and eventually returned to recording albums, releasing the largely acoustic-based Classified Personal on a private label in 1999. Off the Record, an album of rerecordings of the band's best known songs appeared on EMI in 2000 and included unreleased songs "The Girl Next Door" and "She's So Real". In 2003 the single "Sunlight", which would appear on the 2004 album Heaven and Earth, began to receive airplay. In November 2006 the band released their most recent studio album, Fingerprints and followed this with a live album Live At Vicar Street in 2009. All studio albums have reached the Top 20 in the Ireland.

In 2010 Brendan Murphy is releasing his first solo album 'Walk With Me', with brother Declan playing on several tracks.

Albums discography

Songs for the Tempted (1989)
Man Alive (1992) - UK #64[1]
Classified Personal (1999)
Off the Record (2000)
Heaven and Earth (2004)
Fingerprints (2006)
Live At Vicar Street (2009)