THE STARS OF HEAVEN / SPEAK SLOWLY / LP /

(UK / ROUGH TRADE / ROUGH 121 / JUN 6, 1988 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX-)

アイルランドはダブリンのTHE BYRDS直系ネオアコ/泣きメロ・フォーク・ロック！EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRLもカヴァーした「LIGHTS OF TETOUAN」収録の1998年作！
THE VIRGIN PRUNES周辺でPERIDOTSとして活動していたSTANLEY ERRAUGHTと、2000年代にはDINAH BRANDとして活動するSTEPHEN RYANらが率いた、アイルランドはダブリンのネオアコ/フォーク・ロック・バンド。THE BYRDS〜GRAM PARSONS〜THE VELVET UNDERGROUNDの影響を如実に受けた、きらめきく泣きメロと哀愁が詰まったサウンドです。「LIGHTS OF TETOUAN」はEVERYTHING BUT THE GIRLにカヴァーされました。アートワークはSLIM SMITHが手掛けています。UK ORIGINAL盤！

TRACKLIST
A1 UNFINISHED DREAMING 3:17
A2 LITTLE ENGLAND 3:51
A3 WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO 3:35
A4 PARADISE OF LIES 2:58
A5 2 O’CLOCK WALTZ 3:22
B1 28 3:08
B2 LIGHTS OF TETOUAN 2:57
B3 LEAVE AS YOU CAME 3:20
B4 EVERY OTHER DAY 4:03
B5 THREE KINGS DAY 3:38
B6 GHOST CARS 2:32

DISTRIBUTED BY – THE CARTEL
ARTWORK – SLIM SMITH
BASS, VOCALS – PETER O’SULLIVAN
DRUMS – BERNARD WALSH
ENGINEER – SEAN DEVITT
ENGINEER [ASSISTANT] – LIZ O’TOOLE
GUITAR – STANLEY ERRAUGHT
GUITAR, VOCALS – STEPHEN RYAN
MIXED BY – PAUL BARRETT (TRACKS: A2, A4, B4, B6), STEPHEN STREET (TRACKS: A1, A3, A5 TO B3, B5)
PHOTOGRAPHY – CONOR HORGAN
PRODUCER – PAUL BARRETT
WRITTEN-BY – STANLEY ERRAUGHT (TRACKS: A2, A5, B1, B4 TO B6), STEPHEN RYAN (TRACKS: A1, A3, A4, B2, B3)
RECORDED AT S.T.S. DUBLIN.
SPECIAL THANKS TO GARY MURPHY & ALL AT LITTON LANE.

DISTRIBUTED BY THE CARTEL.
MADE IN ENGLAND.