Valhalla Avenue Explained

Valhalla Avenue
Type:studio
Artist:The Fatima Mansions
Cover:Valhalla Avenue - The Fatima Mansions.jpg
Released:1992
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:44:54
Label:Kitchenware[1]
Producer:Ralph Jezzard, Victor Van Vugt, Cathal Coughlan
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Valhalla Avenue is an album by Irish alternative rock act The Fatima Mansions.[1] [2] Released in 1992 by Kitchenware Records, the album included the singles "Evil Man" and "1000%". Frontman Cathal Coughlan wrote, and with the assistance of Ralph Jezzard and Victor Van Vugt, produced and engineered the album.

A limited edition was also released with several bonus tracks, including obscure cover versions of R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People" and Ministry's "Stigmata".

The album reached number 52 on the UK Albums Chart.[3]

Critical reception

The Chicago Reader wrote that the album contains "some strikingly tuneful songs."[4] Select called it "compulsive, sick, angelic music for the permanently aggrieved."

Track listing

All songs written by Cathal Coughlan.

  1. "Evil Man" (4:12)
  2. "Something Bad" (3:04)
  3. "Valhalla Avenue" (3:19)
  4. "1000%" (3:58)
  5. "North Atlantic Wind" (4:21)
  6. "Purple Window" (5:01)
  7. "Go Home Bible Mike" (3:40)
  8. "Perfumes of Paradise" (3:03)
  9. "Greyhair" (4:26)
  10. "C^7/Breakfast with Bandog" (3:31)
  11. "Ray of Hope, Hoe of Rape" (4:15)
  12. "Be Dead" (2:05)

Personnel

Additional Musicians;-

Notes and References

  1. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. August 2, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Fatima Mansions . Trouser Press . 2 August 2020.
  3. Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate,, p. 281-282
  4. Web site: Black Beauty. Rick. Reger. Chicago Reader.