Sentimental Killer Explained

Sentimental Killer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mary Coughlan
Cover:	Sentimental Killer.jpg
Released:	March 1992
Recorded:	July–August 1991
Studio:	Westland Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Genre:	Pop, rock, New age^[1]
Length:	42:40
Label:	Warner Music
Producer:	Eric Visser
Prev Title:	Uncertain Pleasures
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Love for Sale
Next Year:	1992

Sentimental Killer is an album by Irish Mary Coughlan that was released by East West Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The song "Magdalene Laundry", written by Johnny Mulhern, refers to the Magdalen Asylums run by the Roman Catholic Church in which Irish prostitutes, unmarried mothers, developmentally-challenged women, and abused girls were incarcerated indefinitely.

Track listing

1. "There is a Bed" (Marc Almond)
2. "Hearts" (Jacques Brel)
3. "Magdalen Laundry" (Johnny Mulhern)
4. "Francis of Assisi" (Johnny Mulhern)
5. "Love in the Shadows" (D. Long)
6. "Ain't no Cure for Love" (Leonard Cohen)
7. "Handbags and Gladrags" (Mike d'Abo)
8. "Just a Friend of Mine" (Lambregt, Schoufs, Schoovanerts, Francois)
9. "Ballad of a Sad Young Man" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf)
10. "Not up to Scratch" (Nijgh, De Groot)
11. "Sentimental Killer" (Johnny Mulhern)

Personnel

• Mary Coughlan – vocals
• Conor Barry – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• James Delaney – organ, piano
• Allan Murray – accordion
• Davy Spillane – uilleann pipes
• Paul Moore – bass, double bass
• Peter McKinney – drums
• Noel Eccles – percussion
• Richie Buckley, Ciaran Wilde - saxophone
• Bas Kleine - mouth organ
• Karen Coleman, Rob Strong, Shelly Buckspan - backing vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sentimental Killer . AllMusic . 10 September 2018.