Catholic (album)

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),[5] 16 years after the release of his previous album, Shag Tobacco.[6] catholic deals with concepts of letting go and coming to terms with loss.[7] It was produced by Ken Thomas (Throbbing Gristle, Cocteau Twins, Sigur Rós)[8] and recorded in Dublin, Cork and West Yorkshire.[9] Patrick McCabe wrote the novella Requiem for the Dying for the album liner notes.[10][7] The video for "Able" was directed by Kevin Godley.[11]

catholic
Studio album by
Gavin Friday
Released2011
GenreRock / Alternative
Length51:06
LabelRubyworks
ProducerKen Thomas
Gavin Friday chronology
Shag Tobacco
(1995)		 catholic
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Hot Press[1]
Q[2]
Mojo[3]
Uncut[4]

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
  • Gavin Friday – vocals, backing vocals
  • Herbie Macken – keyboards, piano, guitars, backing vocals, piano, programming
  • Kate Ellis – cello
  • Andre Antunes – drums, percussion
  • Gareth Hughes – bass guitars
  • Anthony Drennan – electric guitar
  • Jolyon Vaughan Thomas – programming, electric guitars, bass, keyboards
  • Matthew Allsop - euphonium
  • Moya Brennan – backing vocals
  • Amy Odell – vocals, backing vocals
  • John Kelly – harmonica

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.[6][12] Friday stated he wanted to claim back the word from the Roman Catholic church.[13]

Album cover

The album's cover photo is based on and pays homage to the painting Michael Collins, Love of Ireland [14] 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[15] in Dublin at the Hugh Lane Gallery in September 2010.[13] The photo was taken by Perry Ogden.[16] Although the image sets up parallels between the turmoil of the birth years of the Ireland and the mid-2000s state of upheaval and political chaos, Friday has stated that this is “an emotional, not a political, album”.[17]

References
  1. Murphy, Peter. "Review: A haunting contemplation of the aging process". Hot Press. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. Moody, Paul. "Review: catholic – Gavin Friday". Q. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. Aston, Martin. "Review: catholic – Gavin Friday". Mojo. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. Trousse, Stephen. "Review: catholic – Gavin Friday". Uncut. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. "Gavin Friday – catholic – the forthcoming album". GavinFriday.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  6. Ian Maleney (ed.). "So, do you still think I'm a punk?". state.ie. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  7. Caroline van Oosten de Boer (ed.). "catholic – the new album by Gavin Friday". gavinfriday.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  8. Rubyworks (ed.). "Gavin Friday". Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  9. Barry Egan, ed. (24 April 2011). "The Singing Flame: Gavin Friday and his fight for Irish freedom". state.ie. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  10. "Gavin and Me by Pat McCabe". Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  11. Gavin Friday (8 July 2011). "Gavin Friday – Able – HD". YouTube. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  12. "Catholic | Define Catholic at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  13. Mike Farragher (ed.). "Thank God It's Friday – Gavin Friday's first album in 16 years". irishcentral.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  14. "John Lavery: Passion and Politics". IrishAnnals.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  15. "Sir John Lavery: Passion and Politics". Hugh Lane Gallery. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  16. Brian Boyd, ed. (18 February 2011). "catholic – Gavin Friday cover art plays patriot's game with catholic tastes". Irish Times. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  17. "'catholic' – An Exposition". Gallery of Photography. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.


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