| Feargal Sharkey | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Feargal Sharkey |
| Cover: | Feargal_Sharkey_-_Feargal_Sharkey.jpg |
| Released: | 11 November 1985[1] |
| Studio: | The Church, London |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 42:59 |
| Label: |
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| Producer: | David A. Stewart |
| Next Title: | Wish |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
Feargal Sharkey is the debut solo album by former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey, released in 1985. The album peaked at No. 12 in the UK and contains Sharkey's best known single, "A Good Heart",[2] his only No. 1. "You Little Thief" also became a top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 5,[3] and "Someone to Somebody" reached No. 64.[3]
The album was produced by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics who Sharkey had met in an elevator seven years previously. Sharkey said, "We both had the same commitment to excellence, to finding great songs. Whether they were our own or other people's didn't matter."
Spin said, "Feargal Sharkey features a few great songs, though none of them were composed by Sharkey and Stewart: The three stand-out tracks were written by Chrissie Hynde, Bobby Womack, and Maria McKee of Lone Justice."[4] Armond White said, "Packaging a singer this odd requires a certain degree of Top-40 costuming, and Stewart is the Bob Mackie of producers. His familiar, eager imitation of any known style slips unavoidably into parody. But Sharkey is pretty crafty himself, using his rough stammer. This is the sound of pure stress, not soul."[5]
| Chart (1985–86) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 7 | |
| Canadian Albums Chart[7] | 17 | |
| German Albums Chart[8] | 29 | |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[9] | 16 | |
| Swiss Albums Chart[10] | 11 | |
| UK Albums Chart | 12 | |
| US Billboard 200[11] | 75 |