Catholic (album)
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| Studio album by Gavin Friday | ||||
| Released | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Rock / Alternative | |||
| Length | 51:06 | |||
| Label | Rubyworks | |||
| Producer | Ken Thomas | |||
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| Q | [2] |
| Mojo | [3] |
| Uncut | [4] |
catholic is the fourth solo album from Gavin Friday, written and recorded with musician Herbie Macken and released in 2011. It was released in Ireland on Good Friday (22 April),[5] 16 years after the release of his previous album, Shag Tobacco.[6] catholic deals with concepts of letting go and coming to terms with loss.[7] It was produced by Ken Thomas (Throbbing Gristle, Cocteau Twins, Sigur Rós)[8] and recorded in Dublin, Cork and West Yorkshire.[9] Patrick McCabe wrote the novella Requiem for the Dying for the album liner notes.[10][7] The video for "Able" was directed by Kevin Godley.[11]
Track listing
- "Able" – 4:47
- "Land on the Moon" – 5:07
- "A Song that Hurts" – 5:33
- "The Only One" – 4:16
- "Blame" – 4:54
- "The Sun and the Moon and the Stars" – 4:17
- "It's All Ahead of You" – 4:34
- "Perfume" – 3:34
- "Epilogue" – 3:09
- "Where'd Ya Go? Gone" – 4:41
- "Lord I'm Comin'" – 6:52
Personnel
- Gavin Friday – vocals, backing vocals
- Herbie Macken – keyboards, piano, guitars, backing vocals, piano, programming
- Kate Ellis – cello
- Andre Antunes – drums, percussion
- Gareth Hughes – bass guitars
- Anthony Drennan – electric guitar
- Jolyon Vaughan Thomas – programming, electric guitars, bass, keyboards
- Moya Brennan – backing vocals
- Amy Odell – vocals, backing vocals
- John Kelly – harmonica
Album title
The album's title is deliberately spelled with a lower case c to emphasise the word's original meaning: universal, for every man, with wide sympathies.[6][12] Friday stated he wanted to claim back the word from the Roman Catholic church.[13]
Album cover
The album's cover photo is based on and pays homage to the painting Michael Collins, Love of Ireland [14] by Sir John Lavery which depicts Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins lying in state. Friday had seen the painting at the Sir John Lavery “Passion and Politics” exhibit[15] in Dublin at the Hugh Lane Gallery in September 2010.[13] The photo was taken by Perry Ogden.[16] Although the image sets up parallels between the turmoil of the birth years of the Ireland and the mid-2000s state of upheaval and political chaos, Friday has stated that this is “an emotional, not a political, album”.[17]
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