Catholic (album) explained

catholic
Type:Studio
Artist:Gavin Friday
Cover:GavinFridayCatholicAlbumSleeve.jpg
Released:2011
Genre:Rock / Alternative
Length:51:06
Label:Rubyworks
Producer:Ken Thomas
Prev Title:Shag Tobacco
Prev Year:1995

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),[1] 16 years after the release of his previous album, Shag Tobacco.[2] catholic deals with concepts of letting go and coming to terms with loss.[3] It was produced by Ken Thomas (Throbbing Gristle, Cocteau Twins, Sigur Rós)[4] and recorded in Dublin, Cork and West Yorkshire.[5] Patrick McCabe wrote the novella Requiem for the Dying for the album liner notes.[6] The video for "Able" was directed by Kevin Godley.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Able" – 4:47
  2. "Land on the Moon" – 5:07
  3. "A Song that Hurts" – 5:33
  4. "The Only One" – 4:16
  5. "Blame" – 4:54
  6. "The Sun and the Moon and the Stars" – 4:17
  7. "It's All Ahead of You" – 4:34
  8. "Perfume" – 3:34
  9. "Epilogue" – 3:09
  10. "Where'd Ya Go? Gone" – 4:41
  11. "Lord I'm Comin'" – 6:52

Personnel

Album title

The 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.[8] Friday stated he wanted to claim back the word from the Roman Catholic church.[9]

Album cover

The album's cover photo is based on and pays homage to the painting Michael Collins, Love of Ireland[10] 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[11] in Dublin at the Hugh Lane Gallery in September 2010. The photo was taken by Perry Ogden.[12] 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".[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gavin Friday – catholic – the forthcoming album . GavinFriday.com . 2011-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110223113712/http://gavinfriday.com/2011/02/18/sign-up-for-news-about-gavin-friday-catholic-the-forthcoming-album/ . 23 February 2011 .
  2. Web site: So, do you still think I’m a punk? . state.ie . Ian Maleney . Ian Maleney . 2011-06-18 .
  3. Web site: catholic – the new album by Gavin Friday . gavinfriday.com . Caroline van Oosten de Boer . Caroline van Oosten de Boer . 2011-06-18 .
  4. Web site: Gavin Friday . Rubyworks . Rubyworks . 2011-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110709130648/http://www.rubyworks.com/gavinfriday.html . 9 July 2011 .
  5. News: The Singing Flame: Gavin Friday and his fight for Irish freedom . state.ie . Barry Egan . 2011-06-18 . 24 April 2011.
  6. Web site: Gavin and Me by Pat McCabe . 16 October 2011.
  7. Web site: Gavin Friday – Able – HD . YouTube . 8 July 2011 . 16 October 2011 . Gavin Friday.
  8. Web site: Catholic | Define Catholic at Dictionary.com . Dictionary.reference.com . 2011-09-16.
  9. Web site: Thank God It’s Friday – Gavin Friday’s first album in 16 years. irishcentral.com . Mike Farragher . Mike Farragher . 2011-06-18 .
  10. Web site: John Lavery: Passion and Politics . IrishAnnals.com . 2011-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111031102437/http://www.irishartists.irishannals.com/john-lavery.html . 31 October 2011 .
  11. Web site: Sir John Lavery: Passion and Politics . Hugh Lane Gallery . 2011-06-18 .
  12. News: catholic – Gavin Friday cover art plays patriot's game with catholic tastes . . Brian Boyd . Brian Boyd . 2011-06-18 . 18 February 2011.
  13. Web site: 'catholic' – An Exposition . Gallery of Photography . 2011-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325202855/http://www.galleryofphotography.ie/events/catholic.html . 25 March 2012 .

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