music.wikisort.org - CompositionSongs from the Mardi Gras is the third and last solo album of former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey and was released in early 1991 on Virgin Records.[1] Despite the somewhat non-commercial character of the music, the single "I've Got News for You" did make it into the UK Top 20.[2]
1991 studio album by Feargal Sharkey
Songs from the Mardi Gras |
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Released | 1991 |
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Studio | Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee |
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Genre | Pop |
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Label | Virgin |
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Producer | Barry Beckett |
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Wish (1988) |
Songs from the Mardi Gras (1991) |
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Speaking of the album and decision to finish his solo career afterwards, Sharkey told The Telegraph in 2013: "It's gonna sound quite kind of pathetic in many ways, but it was what I was feeling at the time; the last album I made emotionally I put a colossal amount into it, and I just felt I could not go on making that kind of intellectual and emotional investment anymore."[3]
Critical reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Select |     [4] |
Smash Hits |          [5] |
Q |     [1] |
Upon release, Adam Sweeting of The Guardian wrote: "Despite the nostril-assailing whiff of career-calculation, Songs from the Mardi Gras is at least a good deal better than its predecessor, the deplorable Wish."[6] Hi-Fi News & Record Review considered the album to "prove that the days of The Undertones are wiped from [Sharkey's] memory and he is definitely a man of the world - money-minded, star-struck and shallow." They concluded: "Songs from the Mardi Gras is about as intelligent a title as the lyrics on this album deserve."[7] Barry McIlheney of Q described it as "determinedly grown-up and quite frantic in its attempt to be easy listening".[1]
Track listing
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1. | "After the Mardi Gras" | Feargal Sharkey, Greg Barnhill | 4:47 |
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2. | "One Night in Hollywood" | Sharkey, Dennis Morgan | 5:32 |
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3. | "Miss You Fever" | Sharkey, Morgan | 4:12 |
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4. | "Women and I" | Sharkey, Mick Kitson | 4:44 |
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5. | "Love Like Blood" | John Hiatt | 4:18 |
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6. | "I've Got News for You" | Sharkey, Morgan | 4:52 |
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7. | "To Miss Someone" | Maria McKee | 3:41 |
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8. | "Sister Rosa" | Sharkey, Phil Ramacon | 4:09 |
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9. | "I'll Take It Back" | Sharkey, Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill | 4:15 |
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10. | "Cry Like a Rainy Day" | Barnhill, Kenny Greenberg | 5:40 |
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11. | "She Moved Through the Fair" | Traditional; arranged by Sharkey | 3:09 |
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Personnel
- Feargal Sharkey - vocals
- Dann Huff, Dennis Morgan, Kenny Greenberg, Kevin Armstrong, Reggie Young - guitar
- Don Potter - acoustic guitar
- Michael Rhodes - bass
- Barry Beckett, Mike Lawler - keyboards
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Charles Rose, Jim Horn, Mike Haynes, Quitman Dennis - horns
- Beverley Skeete, Bob DiPiero, Greg Barnhill, Janice Hoyte, John Scott Sherrill, Johnny Cobb, Jonell Mosser, Kathy Burdick, Lisa Silver, Vicki Hampton - background vocals
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- Alan Beukers - front cover photography
Charts
Chart (1991) |
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Swedish Albums Chart[8] |
41 |
UK Albums Chart[2] |
27 |
References
Feargal Sharkey |
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Studio albums | |
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Singles | |
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