Heartworm

Heartworm
Studio album by Whipping Boy
Publication (s)	5th October 1995
admission	1994
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	LP, CD, cassette
Genre (s)	Alternative rock Indie rock
Title (number)	11
production	Warne Livesey
Studio (s)	Windmill Lane Studios
chronology Submarine (1992) Heartworm Whipping Boy (2000)
Single releases August 1995 Twinkle October 1995 We Don't Need Nobody Else January 1996 When We Were Young

Heartworm is the second studio album by the Irish band Whipping Boy . It was released on Columbia Records in November 1995.

history

After recording their predecessor Submarine , the band moved to a rehearsal room in Dublin to write most of the songs for Heartworm . Warner financed the band's demo recordings of We Don't Need Nobody Else , but were not interested in further collaboration after they received the result. Then the song came to Sony and they decided to finance further demo recordings. Ultimately, both Sony and EMI were keen to sign Whipping Boy . They decided on a contract with Sony and selected Warne Livesey as producer and Lou Giordano for mixing. The recordings took place from September to November 1994 at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin. Both the band and Sony were completely satisfied with the result.

The album was not granted any commercial success. The first single release Twinkle reached number 55 in the British singles charts, but could only stay there for a week. The second single, We Don't Need Nobody Else , reached number 51 and also disappeared from the charts after just a week. The third single, When We Were Young , was in the charts for a total of two weeks. It made it into the top 50, but not beyond 46th place.

criticism

On the Allmusic website the album got 4.5 out of 5 stars. It has been described as "so [...] good, so disturbing and dangerous, yet beautiful and moving".

Track list

1. "Twinkle" - 5:02
2. "When We Were Young" - 2:50
3. "Tripped" - 3:45
4. "The Honeymoon Is Over" - 3:37
5. "We Don't Need Nobody Else" - 4:16
6. "Blinded" - 3:54
7. "Personality" - 4:28
8. "Users" - 3:53
9. "Fiction" - 3:24
10. "Morning Rise" - 4:50
11. "A Natural" - 3:41

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discography ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the official website whippingboymusic.com , accessed October 16, 2012  
2. ↑ Chart placements on chartarchive.org (English), accessed on October 16, 2012
3. ↑ Album review on allmusic.com (English)