Shag Tobacco | ||||
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Released | 1995 | |||
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Length | 55:18 | |||
Label | Island [1] /Polygram | |||
Producer | Tim Simenon | |||
Gavin Friday chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [2] |
Shag Tobacco is the third solo album from Gavin Friday. Once again, Friday teamed up with musician Maurice "The Man" Seezer. Bono and The Edge contribute backing vocals on "Little Black Dress". "The Last Song I'll Ever Sing" was dedicated "in loving memory" of Scottish-Irish street performer Thom McGinty.
This album features a cover of T.Rex's "The Slider".
The second track, "Caruso", is Friday's tribute to Enrico Caruso, the Italian opera singer.
The third track, "Angel", was featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet .
Patrick McCabe wrote the album liner notes. [3]
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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, 16 years after the release of his previous album, Shag Tobacco. catholic deals with concepts of letting go and coming to terms with loss. It was produced by Ken Thomas and recorded in Dublin, Cork and West Yorkshire. Patrick McCabe wrote the novella Requiem for the Dying for the album liner notes. The video for "Able" was directed by Kevin Godley.