BAP KENNEDY
''THE BIG PICTURE''
AUGUST 2 2005
37:19
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1 Rock and Roll Heaven 02:46
2 The Truth Is Painful 04:01
3 Moriarty's Blues 03:16
4 Streetwise 03:28
5 Too Old for Fairy Tales 04:43
6 Milky Way 03:50 (Van Morrison, Bap Kennedy)
7 Loverman 03:16
8 Fireworks 03:07
9 On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol (Vocals By Shane McGowan) 02:22
10 The Sweet Smell of Success 03:09
11 The Beautiful Country 03:17
Tracks By Kennedy, Except 6
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
'The Big Picture' is without doubt Bap Kennedy's best album to date. A seamless blend of Celtic Soul and Southern Roots that features contributions from Van Morrison (at whose Somerset studios much of this album was recorded), Shane MacGowan and Carolyn Cassady, the widow of author Neal Cassady, who is heard on 'Moriarty's Blues' reciting from her book 'Off The Road'.·Bap has also recruited a crop of hugely talented players that include Tom Waits bass-man Rory Macfarlane, Kieran Kiely - who has worked with Sinead O'Connor, Shane and The Corrs - as well as pedal steel maestro BJ Cole and the ubiquitous guitar talents of James Walbourne.·From the tongue-in-cheek opener 'Rock And Roll Heaven' - a dishonourable roll call of the fallen - to his heartbreaking love-song to Ireland 'The Beautiful Country', it's clear that 'The Big Picture' is a heavyweight album that tells, in many ways, Bap's own story. For all Bap's ups there have been just as many downs - all perfectly summed up on 'The Truth Is Painful', 'The Sweet Smell Of Success', the Van Morrison co-write 'Milky Way', and 'On The Mighty Ocean Alcohol' - a self-explanatory tale that features Shane MacGowan on backing vocals, suitably recorded in a backroom of the Boogaloo, one of London's most notorious drinking dens. Suffice to say that Bap has 'lived' and the resultant self-depreciating humour and good natured cynicism has been captured on 'The Big Picture' to great effect.
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''THE BIG PICTURE''
AUGUST 2 2005
37:19
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1 Rock and Roll Heaven 02:46
2 The Truth Is Painful 04:01
3 Moriarty's Blues 03:16
4 Streetwise 03:28
5 Too Old for Fairy Tales 04:43
6 Milky Way 03:50 (Van Morrison, Bap Kennedy)
7 Loverman 03:16
8 Fireworks 03:07
9 On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol (Vocals By Shane McGowan) 02:22
10 The Sweet Smell of Success 03:09
11 The Beautiful Country 03:17
Tracks By Kennedy, Except 6
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
'The Big Picture' is without doubt Bap Kennedy's best album to date. A seamless blend of Celtic Soul and Southern Roots that features contributions from Van Morrison (at whose Somerset studios much of this album was recorded), Shane MacGowan and Carolyn Cassady, the widow of author Neal Cassady, who is heard on 'Moriarty's Blues' reciting from her book 'Off The Road'.·Bap has also recruited a crop of hugely talented players that include Tom Waits bass-man Rory Macfarlane, Kieran Kiely - who has worked with Sinead O'Connor, Shane and The Corrs - as well as pedal steel maestro BJ Cole and the ubiquitous guitar talents of James Walbourne.·From the tongue-in-cheek opener 'Rock And Roll Heaven' - a dishonourable roll call of the fallen - to his heartbreaking love-song to Ireland 'The Beautiful Country', it's clear that 'The Big Picture' is a heavyweight album that tells, in many ways, Bap's own story. For all Bap's ups there have been just as many downs - all perfectly summed up on 'The Truth Is Painful', 'The Sweet Smell Of Success', the Van Morrison co-write 'Milky Way', and 'On The Mighty Ocean Alcohol' - a self-explanatory tale that features Shane MacGowan on backing vocals, suitably recorded in a backroom of the Boogaloo, one of London's most notorious drinking dens. Suffice to say that Bap has 'lived' and the resultant self-depreciating humour and good natured cynicism has been captured on 'The Big Picture' to great effect.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
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WEBSITE
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