Six Months, No Sun

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Six Months, No Sun
Kieran Kane - Six Months, No Sun Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Kieran Kane
ReleasedApril 7, 1998 (1998-04-07)
Genre Country
Length43:57
Label Dead Reckoning Records
Producer Kieran Kane, Harry Stinson and Andy White
Kieran Kane chronology
Dead Rekoning
(1995)
Six Months, No Sun
(1998)
11/12/13: Live in Melbourne
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A− [2]

Six Months, No Sun is the fourth studio album by Kieran Kane. It's the second album on Dead Reckoning Records, which is the label he established in 1994 with musicians Kevin Welch, Mike Henderson, Tammy Rogers, and Harry Stinson. He wrote all the songs in the album apart from two songs, which are his covers of "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" and "What a Wonderful World". [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kieran Kane, unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Table Top Dancer" 3:10
2."Kill The Demon" 4:12
3."(You're Just) Takin' Up Space" 2:47
4."In A Town This Size" 3:40
5."PhysicalThing" 3:37
6."Foolish As That May Be" 4:25
7."48 And Goal" 0:50
8."What A Wonderful World" George David Weiss; George Douglas 2:47
9."I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" Johnny Bond 2:40
10."Hysteria" 3:29
11."Six Months, No Sun" 3:12
12."To Whom It May Concern" 4:50
13."J'Aime Faire L'Amour" 4:18
Total length:43:57

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. Monkman, Martin. Six Months, No Sun at AllMusic
  2. Nash, Alanna (April 17, 1998). "Six Months, No Sun". Entertainment Weekly.
  3. Flippo, Chet (21 March 1998). "Nashville Scene". Billboard. p. 39.
  4. Six Months, No Sun (liner notes). Kane, Kieran. Dead Reckoning. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)