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On Mary Black's seventh solo album, CIRCUS, the usually upbeat singer explores the complex themes of isolation and loneliness within relationships. Still sticking to her Celtic roots, but with a decidedly modern twist, she opens up vocally in a deeper way than previously, making the album an empathetic experience for anyone who has ever felt the pain of life and love.
The title song, written by long-time collaborator Noel Brazil, makes good use of the circus metaphor to show how its underside can still contain a well of emptiness. Mary Chapin Carpenter's wistful "The Moon and St. Christopher," where an older woman looks back at her younger stubbornness and how she may have run from love, is interpreted with a air of sadness; in "All That Hammering," Black sings how she never trusts happiness and always prepares for the worst. Song after song sheds light on the desperation of a lover leaving or a couple deciding that it is time to part. There is something so personal about each of the songs here that, at times, Black's hushed, fragile tones sound more like a friend's whispered confidences.
Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland in 1994 & 1995, and Sulan Studios, Cork, Ireland in 1994.
Personnel: Mary Black (tambourine); Frank Gallagher (whistling, viola, synthesizer); Declan Sinnott (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, sitar); Pat Crowley (accordion, piano, keyboards); Carl Geraghty (saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Stephen McDonnell (trumpet, flugelhorn); Eleanor McEvoy (keyboards, background vocals); Garvan Gallagher (double bass, bass guitar); Dave Early (drums, percussion); Noel Bridgeman (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Billy Robinson .
Recording information: Sulan Studios, Ballyvourney, Co. Cork (1994-1995); Windmill Lane Studios, Ringsend Road, Dublin, Ireland (1994-1995).
Photographer: Mike Bunn.
Arranger: Frank Gallagher.
Personnel: Mary Black (vocals, tambourine); Declan Sinnott (acoustic, electric & slide guitars, sitar, background vocals); Frank Gallagher (viola, synthesizer, background vocals); Pat Crowley (accordion, piano, background vocals); Carl Geraghty (soprano, tenor & baritone saxophones); Garvan Gallagher (bass); Dave Early (drums, percussion).
Circus Music | List Price | $18.97 (You save $3.32) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, International CDs, Country, Irish, Folk, World, Celtic | | Label | Curb | | Orig Year | 1995 | | All Time Sales Rank |  65193  | | CD Universe Part number | 1015908 | | Catalog number | 77832 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 17, 1996 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Declan Sinnott | | Engineer | Billy Robinson | | Recording Time | 46 minutes | | Personnel | Dave Early - drums, percussion
Noel Bridgeman - percussion
Mary Black - tambourine
Frank Gallagher - whistling, viola, synthesizer
Eleanor McEvoy - keyboards, background vocals
Declan Sinnott - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, sitar
Pat Crowley - accordion, piano, keyboards
Carl Geraghty - saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Garvan Gallagher - double bass, bass guitar
Stephen McDonnell - trumpet, flugelhorn
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Mary Black Circus Songs | 1. | Circus, The |
| 2. | In a Dream |
| 3. | Moon and St. Christopher, The |
| 4. | Wonder Child  |
| 5. | All That Hammering |
| 6. | Donegal Breeze |
| 7. | Stone's Throw from the Soul, A |
| 8. | Free as Stone |
| 9. | Roison |
| 10. | Into the Blue |
| 11. | Gabriel |
| 12. | Raven in the Storm |
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