King Puck (album)

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King Puck
ChristyMoore KingPuck.jpg
Studio album by
Released1993
StudioSulán Studios, Ballyvourney, Co. Cork
Genre Folk
Label Equator
Producer Christy Moore, Roger Askew, Walter Samuel
Christy Moore chronology
Smoke & Strong Whiskey
(1991)
King Puck
(1993)
Live at the Point
(1994)

King Puck is an Irish folk music album by Christy Moore. [1] It was dedicated to Neans De Paor (1919-1992).

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Christy Moore and Wally Page; except where indicated

  1. "Before The Deluge" (Jackson Browne)
  2. "The Two Conneeleys"
  3. "Lawless" (M. Curry)
  4. "Yellow Furze Woman"
  5. "Giuseppe" (Moore, Jimmy Faulkner)
  6. "Sodom & Begorra" (Moore)
  7. "Johnny Connors"
  8. "King Puck"
  9. "Away Ye Broken Heart" (P. Stewart)
  10. "Me and the Rose" (Moore)

Personnel

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References

  1. "King Puck". 10 June 2012.