Reception
The album sold an unexpected 100,000 copies in Ireland, partly because of a memorable appearance on The Late Late Show. It also received a B+ rating from rock critic Robert Christgau.[2]
Track listing
- "Double Cross" (Fintan Coughlan)
- "The Beach" (Antoinette Hensey, Erik Visser)
- "Meet Me Where They Play the Blues" (Sammy Gallup, Steve Allen)
- "Delaney's Gone Back on the Wine" (Johnny Mulhern)
- "Sense of Silence (S.O.S.)" (Antoinette Hensey, Erik Visser)
- "Nobody's Business/The Tango" (Erik Visser, Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger)
- "Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long" (Bruce Cockburn)
- "Country Fair Dance (The Cowboy Song)" (Gerry O'Beirne)
- "Lady in Green" (Antoinette Hensey, Erik Visser)
- "Seduced"
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Personnel
- Mary Coughlan - vocals
- Erik Visser - guitar, percussion
- Declan Gibbons - guitar
- Gerrard Coffey - guitar, executive producer
- Greg 'Curly' Keranen - double bass
- Micky Belton - drums
- Tony Maher - accordion, synthesizer
- Gerald O'Donoghue - percussion, engineer
- Carl Hession - piano, synthesizer
- Pat MacNamara - accordion
- Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh - bones
- Keith Donald, Tony Chambers - saxophone
- Jimmy Higgins, Snr. - trumpet
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