Songs from the Mardi Gras

Songs from the Mardi Gras
Studio album by Feargal Sharkey
Released 1991
Recorded Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Pop
Label Virgin
Producer Barry Beckett
Feargal Sharkey chronology
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Songs from the Mardi Gras
(1991)

Songs from the Mardi Gras is the third and last solo album of former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey and was released in 1991. Despite the somewhat non-commercial character of the music, the single "I've Got News for You" did make it into the UK Top 20.[1]

Speaking of the album and his decision to finish his solo career afterwards, Sharkey told The Telegraph in 2013: "It's gonna sound quite kind of pathetic in many ways, but it was what I was feeling at the time; the last album I made emotionally I put a colossal amount into it, and I just felt I could not go on making that kind of intellectual and emotional investment anymore".[2]

Track listing

CD and download release
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."After The Mardi Gras"Fergal Sharkey, Greg Barnhill4:47
2."One Night in Hollywood"Fergal Sharkey and Dennis Morgan5:32
3."Miss You Fever"Fergal Sharkey and Dennis Morgan4:12
4."Women and I"Fergal Sharkey and Mick Kitson4:44
5."Love Like Blood"John Hiatt4:18
6."I've Got News for You"Fergal Sharkey and Dennis Morgan4:52
7."To Miss Someone"Maria McKee3:41
8."Sister Rosa"Fergal Sharkey and Phil Ramacon4:09
9."I'll Take It Back"Fergal Sharkey, Bob DiPiero and John Scott Sherrill4:15
10."Cry Like a Rainy Day"Greg Barnhill and Kenny Greenberg5:40
11."She Moved Through the Fair"Traditional; arranged by Fergal Sharkey3:09

Personnel

Technical
  • Alan Beukers - front cover photography

Chart performance

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart[3] 41
UK Albums Chart[1] 27

References

  1. 1 2 "Feargal Sharkey - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. 4:45PM BST 25 Jun 2013 (2013-06-25). "Video: Feargal Sharkey: 'I will never sing on stage again'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  3. Steffen Hung (1991-05-22). "Feargal Sharkey - Songs From The Mardi Gras". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
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