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 (22 April),[5] 16 years after the release of his previous album, Shag Tobacco.[6] catholic deals with concepts of letting go and coming to terms with loss.[7] It was produced by Ken Thomas (Throbbing Gristle, Cocteau Twins, Sigur Rós)[8] and recorded in Dublin, Cork and West Yorkshire.[9] Patrick McCabe wrote the novella Requiem for the Dying for the album liner notes.[10][7] The video for "Able" was directed by Kevin Godley.[11]
| Catholic | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Rock / Alternative | |||
| Length | 51:06 | |||
| Label | Rubyworks | |||
| Producer | Ken Thomas | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Hot Press |   [1] |
| Q | [2] |
| Mojo | [3] |
| Uncut | [4] |
Track listing
edit- "Able" – 4:47
- "Land on the Moon" – 5:07
- "A Song that Hurts" – 5:33
- "The Only One" – 4:16
- "Blame" – 4:54
- "The Sun and the Moon and the Stars" – 4:17
- "It's All Ahead of You" – 4:34
- "Perfume" – 3:34
- "Epilogue" – 3:09
- "Where'd Ya Go? Gone" – 4:41
- "Lord I'm Comin'" – 6:52
Personnel
edit- Gavin Friday – vocals, backing vocals
- Herbie Macken – keyboards, piano, guitars, backing vocals, piano, programming
- Kate Ellis – cello
- Andre Antunes – drums, percussion
- Gareth Hughes – bass guitars
- Anthony Drennan – electric guitar
- Jolyon Vaughan Thomas – programming, electric guitars, bass, keyboards
- Matthew Allsop – euphonium
- Moya Brennan – backing vocals
- Amy Odell – vocals, backing vocals
- John Kelly – harmonica
Album title
editThe album's title is deliberately spelled with a lower case c to emphasise the word's original meaning: universal, for every man, with wide sympathies.[6][12] Friday stated he wanted to claim back the word from the Roman Catholic church.[13]
Album cover
editThe album's cover photo is based on and pays homage to the painting Michael Collins, Love of Ireland[14] by Sir John Lavery which depicts Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins lying in state. Friday had seen the painting at the Sir John Lavery "Passion and Politics" exhibit[15] in Dublin at the Hugh Lane Gallery in September 2010.[13] The photo was taken by Perry Ogden.[16] Although the image sets up parallels between the turmoil of the birth years of an independent Ireland and the mid-2000s state of upheaval and political chaos, Friday has stated that this is "an emotional, not a political, album".[17]
References
edit- ^ Murphy, Peter. "Review: A haunting contemplation of the aging process". Hot Press. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Moody, Paul. "Review: catholic – Gavin Friday". Q. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Aston, Martin. "Review: catholic – Gavin Friday". Mojo. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Trousse, Stephen. "Review: catholic – Gavin Friday". Uncut. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Gavin Friday – catholic – the forthcoming album". GavinFriday.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ a b Ian Maleney (ed.). "So, do you still think I'm a punk?". state.ie. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ a b Caroline van Oosten de Boer (ed.). "catholic – the new album by Gavin Friday". gavinfriday.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Rubyworks (ed.). "Gavin Friday". Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Barry Egan, ed. (24 April 2011). "The Singing Flame: Gavin Friday and his fight for Irish freedom". state.ie. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Gavin and Me by Pat McCabe". Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ Gavin Friday (8 July 2011). "Gavin Friday – Able – HD". YouTube. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "Catholic | Define Catholic at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ a b Mike Farragher (ed.). "Thank God It's Friday – Gavin Friday's first album in 16 years". irishcentral.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "John Lavery: Passion and Politics". IrishAnnals.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Sir John Lavery: Passion and Politics". Hugh Lane Gallery. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Brian Boyd, ed. (18 February 2011). "catholic – Gavin Friday cover art plays patriot's game with catholic tastes". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "'catholic' – An Exposition". Gallery of Photography. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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