Heartworm | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1 November 1995 | |||
Recorded | September – November 1994 | |||
Studio | Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland | |||
Length | 44:28 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Whipping Boy chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Drowned in Sound | 9/10[2] |
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Heartworm is an album by the Irish rock band Whipping Boy, released on 1 November 1995 on Columbia Records. It was recorded between September and November 1994 in Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin.
Heartworm was voted the seventh best Irish album of all time in a 2005 poll by the Irish magazine Hot Press.[4] On 17 March 2013, it topped Phantom FM's poll of the top 50 Irish albums of all time.
Release
[edit]The album was reissued on 3 September 2021 by Pete Paphides' Needle Mythology label[5][6][7] on double LP and double CD, both formats containing an extra 10 B-sides and demos.[8] Pre-orders announced in July included an art print signed by Page, McDonnell and Hassett. The double LP sold out almost immediately during the pre-order, prompting a second pressing. The first pressing made Heartworm chart for the first time in the Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50 (at number 8 on week ending 16 September 2021),[9] with the album re-entering at number 4 in January 2022.[10]
Track listing
[edit]- "Twinkle"
- "When We Were Young"
- "Tripped"
- "The Honeymoon Is Over"
- "We Don't Need Nobody Else"
- "Blinded"
- "Personality"
- "Users"
- "Fiction"
- "Morning Rise"
- "A Natural" (hidden track)
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "When We Were Young (Philo Version)" | 2:54 |
2. | "I Am God" | 3:20 |
3. | "Magnolia" | 4:14 |
4. | "Caroline Says II" | 3:35 |
5. | "Tripped (Live)" | 3:50 |
6. | "We Don't Need Nobody Else (Acoustic Version)" | 3:59 |
7. | "Disappointed" | 4:17 |
8. | "Twinkle (Acoustic Version)" | 4:18 |
9. | "As The Day Goes" | 4:36 |
10. | "A Natural" | 3:47 |
Personnel
[edit]- Myles McDonnell – bass, backing vocals
- Fearghal McKee – vocals
- Colm Hassett – drums
- Paul Page – guitar
- The Dublin Symphony Orchestra
Charts
[edit]Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Irish Albums (OCC)[11] | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ Rabid, Jack. "Heartworm – Whipping Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Reed, Graham (2 October 2001). "Album Review: Whipping Boy – Heartworm". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (27 October 1995). "Whipping Boy: Heartworm (Columbia)". The Guardian.
- ^ "Heartworm". Hot Press. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Needle Mythology". Needle Mythology. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Needle Mythology Q&A – with Stephen Duffy, Ian Broudie & Pete Paphides". 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Needle Mythology – chickfactor". 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Whipping Boy reissue Heartworm".
- ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ "Ed Sheeran scores second week as Irish Number 1 album with =". Official Charts.
- ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 January 2022.