Mary Coughlan, After the Fall - 49m 38s

Tracks & Durations

1. Woman Undone	3:39
2. Sunburn	4:25
3. Still In Love	3:54
4. Lucy's Dream	3:30
5. John Fell Off The Work-around	4:12
6. Dilemma	2:50
7. Poison Words	3:57
8. Run Away Teddy	3:36
9. That Face	3:51
10. Nobody	3:31
11. The Black Crow	3:33
12. Saint Judy	5:36
13. When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido's Lament)	2:56

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Review

Mary Coughlan is the Irish version of Marianne Faithfull--a woman who has not only survived destructive entanglements with drugs, alcohol, and men but has also poured that past into a dark, wounded alto that gives every song the mark of experience. After the Fall is her first American release, but it's her eighth album in Europe where she has been a mid-level star since 1985. It's her first studio project since she sobered up in a Dublin rehab center in 1993, and it brims with the confidence of a woman who has finally gotten control of her voice and her life at age 40.

There's a bit of traditional Irish folk music in Coughlan's voice, but it's a slight influence compared to the heavy sway of American blues, jazz, and cabaret which make her sound so much like late-period Faithfull. These black flavors are useful in Coughlan's caustic views on the relationships between men and women, for she is as blunt and irreverent when she's sober as she ever was when she was juiced. She cowrote only two of the 11 numbers, but all the songs reflect the consistent attitude of a woman who has seen through the facade of romance and can't unlearn the lesson. Coughlan and Johnny Mulhern wrote "Run Away Teddy" about a man with a commitment problem, and rather than just wash her hands of him, her growling blues-rock voice tries to bend him to her needs. Mulhern also wrote "Lucy's Dream," a witty tale of a bored wife who finds refuge in sexual fantasy. Like Mulhern, Jimmy McCarthy is one of Ireland's best songwriters, even if he's barely known in America. McCarthy and Coughlan wrote "Still in Love," a riveting piano ballad about a survivor's right to optimism despite a thousand defeats, and McCarthy wrote "That Face," a harrowing confession about the difficulty of giving up drinking. --Geoffrey Himes

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After the Fall

Tracks: 13, Disk length: 49m 41s (+0m 3s)

After the Fall

Tracks: 13, Disk length: 49m 35s (-1m 57s)

After the Fall

Tracks: 13, Disk length: 50m 5s (+0m 27s)

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