| 39 Minutes | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Microdisney |
| Cover: | Microdisney-39minutes-lp-cover.jpeg |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | (Vinyl) |
| Producer: | Jamie Lane |
| Prev Title: | Crooked Mile |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
39 Minutes is the fourth and final studio album by the Irish pop group Microdisney, released in 1988.[1] [2] It was a commercial disappointment.[3] The first single was "Singer's Hampstead Home", allegedly a criticism of Boy George's celebrity persona.[4] It was followed by the release, from this album, of Microdisney's final single, "Gale Force Wind",[5] which reached number 98 on the UK singles chart.[6]
The album attracted divisive reviews at the time, with singer Cathal Coughlan saying in 2022, "The press on 39 Minutes, as I recall, was pretty bad."[7] David Stubbs, in a review for Melody Maker, described the album as "horrible, frankly".[8] The album was acclaimed by Hot Press as "some of the best and most provocative pop music ever to have emanated from this country".[9]
Trouser Press later opined that 39 Minutes "restores the group's sense of purpose, balancing the slick production of recent efforts with a slightly more aggressive attack and Coughlan's sharpest lyrics in ages."[10]
All tracks composed by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan.
Side one
Side two