Mary Queen of Scots (album)

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Mary Queen of Scots
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Studio album by
Released13 January 1994
Recorded1993, Britannia Row Studios and Chipping Norton Recording Studios
Genre Alternative rock
Length51:20
Label Atlantic, August Records
Producer Craig Leon [1]
Eugenius chronology
Oomalama
(1992)
Mary Queen of Scots
(1994)
Womb Boy Returns EP
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Mary Queen of Scots is the second and final album by Eugenius, released in 1994. [1]

Contents

Several songs on the album were released on singles in 1993. The title track was featured as a B-side to the non-LP single "Caesar's Vein", with "Easter Bunny" being released as the follow-up single. The track "Blue Above the Rooftops" was released as a single to support the album in 1994. The track "Home Sick" is only featured on the American release of the album and elsewhere was used as a B-side. The B-side "Green Bed" from the "Caesar's Vein" EP also likely comes from the album sessions.

Critical reception

Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, called the album "stronger, more focussed, certainly brighter and cleaner" than the debut. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Eugene Kelly.

  1. "Pebble/Shoe" - 3:23
  2. "On the Breeze" - 3:15
  3. "Blue Above the Rooftops" - 3:00
  4. "The Moon's a Balloon" - 4:53
  5. "Mary Queen of Scots" - 4:59
  6. "Easter Bunny" - 5:27
  7. "Let's Hibernate" - 3:40
  8. "Friendly High" - 4:48
  9. "River Clyde Song" - 3:10
  10. "Tongue Rock" - 2:38
  11. "Home Sick" (extra track on US Edition) - 4:34
  12. "Fake Digit" - 4:17
  13. "Love, Bread and Beers" - 3:07

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eugenius". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. Mary Queen of Scots at AllMusic
  3. "Robert Christgau: CG: eugenius". robertchristgau.com.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 320.
  5. Thompson, Dave (31 July 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 via Google Books.