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]
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Released | 2011 | |||
Genre | Rock / Alternative | |||
Length | 51:06 | |||
Label | Rubyworks | |||
Producer | Ken Thomas | |||
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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]
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 an independent 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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