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The Rusty Razor

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Released
  
1992

Length
  
46:12

Release date
  
1992

Recorded
  
1992

Artist
  
Goats Don't Shave

Label
  
Cooking Vinyl

Producer
  
Goats Don't Shave Mudd Wallis

The Rusty Razor (1992)
  
Out in the Open'' (1994)

Genres
  
Folk music, Celtic music, Celtic rock

Similar
  
Long Player Late Bloomer, Bound by the Beauty, Wichita Lineman, Dreamland, Doc Watson on Stage

The Rusty Razor is the debut studio album by Irish folk band Goats Don't Shave, released in 1992. The album became a success after release, going Gold in Ireland.

Contents

History and reception

Goats Don't Shave began performing their Celtic folk-rock in between their day jobs shortly before the release of The Rusty Razor.

Critics hailed the album "a classic".

Track listing

All songs written by Pat Gallagher.

  1. "Let The World Keep on Turning"
  2. "Las Vegas (In the Hills of Donegal)"
  3. "Eyes"
  4. "John Cherokee"
  5. "The Evictions"
  6. "Biddy from Sligo/Connaught Man's Rambles"
  7. "The Ranger"
  8. "Mary Mary"
  9. "Closing Time"
  10. "What She Means To Me"
  11. "Crooked Jack"
  12. "When You're Dead (You're Great)"

Personnel

  • Pat Gallagher – vocals, banjo, guitar
  • Jason Phibin – fiddle
  • Charlie Logue – keyboard
  • Declan Quinn – tinwhistle, mandolin
  • Gerry Coyle – bass guitar
  • Sean Doherty – acoustic guitar
  • Michael Gallagher – drums

    • Songs

    1Let The World Keep on Turning3:54
    2Las Vegas (In the Hills of Donegal)3:47
    3Eyes4:18

    References

    The Rusty Razor Wikipedia
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