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Titanic Days

This is a lost masterpiece, with highs in Soho Square, Can't stop killing you, Angel, Bad and the title track. It's certainly emotionally charged, and was largely penned by Kirsty with Mark Nevin, both of them were undergoing traumatic times in their personal lives, and Nevin later described the recording as their "paddle". The album's sound is more sparse, more sophisticated and often riveting. The partying Latin rhythms and instrumentation of the previous album are absent, and instead the emotional intensity comes across, borne by increasingly well written songs and, with the exception of Big Boy on a Saturday night which sits uneasily in its midst, it's a collection which builds beautifully then drifts gently away to lick its wounds.

Reissed in 2005 with bonus tracks.

Reviews: "In a way, it's her own Pet Sounds." Pause & Play

Musicians: Mark Nevin, Dave Ruffy, Pete Glenister, Gary Tibbs, Kirsty MacColl, Jamie West-Oram, Steve Nieve, Chester Kamen, Kim Burton, Simon Edwards, Kate St. John, Roy Dodds, Roger Beaujolais, Andy Kowalski, Ken Rice, Gavyn Wright, Fiachra Trench.

1. You know it's you
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
   "I want to shake up this world and not to feel so useless"
2. Soho Square
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS,CHORDS
   "An empty bench in Soho Square, if you'd have come you'd have found me there "
3. Angel
   Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   "I'm dreaming, I'm falling and just before I hit the ground I hear you calling"
4. Last day of Summer
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS, CHORDS
   "All I wanted was a sign on the last day"
5. Bad
   Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   "I want a brief encounter in a stolen car, a hand on my buttock in a Spanish bar "
6. Can't stop killing you
   Kirsty MacColl & Johnny Marr LYRICS, CHORDS
   "I'm the lightning that strikes you just before you hear the thunder"
7. Titanic Days
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
   "I just know though I can't see but I can feel his hands all over me "
8. Don't go home
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
   "You light my life darling, you light the night - darling, don't go"
9. Big boy on a Saturday night
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
   "A big fish in a public house, you're never going to learn to shut your mouth "
10. Just woke up
    Kirsty MacColl LYRICS
    "I opened my eyes when I opened the door - I just woke up"
11. Tomorrow never comes
    Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
    "You'll never stop running, it's like waiting for Xmas again "

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