A Tear and a Smile (Tír na nÓg album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Tear and a Smile
| type = studio
| artist = Tír na nÓg
| cover = Album_A_Tear_and_a_Smile_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=yes|1972|4|7}} (UK)
{{start date|df=yes|1972|10|20}} (US)
| recorded = {{start date|df=yes|1972|2}}
| venue =
| studio = Morgan Studios, London"(...) later at Morgan Studios, where we were recording A Tear & A Smile, (...).", Sonny Condell, [http://frenzy-distortion.de/main/artikel-tirnanog.html interview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610233838/http://frenzy-distortion.de/main/artikel-tirnanog.html |date=10 June 2010 }} for Frenzy & Distortion. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
| genre = folk
| length = 38:03 (UK edition)
35:25 (North America edition)
| label = Chrysalis
| producer = Tony Cox
Bill Leader
| prev_title = Tír na nÓg
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Strong in the Sun
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Singles
| name = A Tear and a Smile
| type = studio
| single1 = The Lady I Love
| single1date = 1972
| single2 = Bluebottle Stew
| single2date = 1972
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r51240|pure_url=yes}}
| noprose = yes
}}
A Tear and a Smile is the second album by Irish band Tír na nÓg. It was released in the United Kingdom on 7 April 1972 by Chrysalis Records and was the first Tír na nÓg album to be released in the United States, in October 1972. The track list is different between the US and the UK releases. Because of this, two editions of the album exist but there was no reissue of the North American version.
On this last one, "Daisy Lady" and "Dante" are taken directly from the first album Tír na nÓg. The song "Looking Up" was already on the previous album but Leo O'Kelly was not very satisfied by the first version: he and Sonny Condell decided to record a new one, produced by Tony Cox, for A Tear and a Smile. The Lady I Love which was released as a single in Europe, appears also on the US version of the album, these four songs replacing "Down Day", "Bluebottle Stew", "Hemisphere", and "Goodbye My Love".
Track listing
=1972 UK edition=
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| total_length =
| title1 = Come And See The Show
| note1 =
| writer1 = Sonny Condell
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = Down Day
| note2 =
| writer2 = Condell
| length2 = 5:50
| title3 = When I Came Down
| note3 =
| writer3 = Leo O'Kelly
| length3 = 4:33
| title4 = The Same Thing Happening
| note4 =
| writer4 = O'Kelly
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = Bluebottle Stew
| note5 =
| writer5 = Condell
| length5 = 2:19
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| total_length =
| title1 = So Freely
| writer1 = O'Kelly
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = Hemisphere
| writer2 = Condell
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = Lady Ocean
| writer3 = O'Kelly
| length3 = 4:33
| title4 = Goodbye My Love
| writer4 = O'Kelly
| length4 = 4:20
| title5 = Two White Horses
| writer5 = Condell
| length5 = 2:36
}}
=1972 North America edition=
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| total_length = 18:22
| title1 = Come And See The Show
| note1 =
| writer1 = Condell
| length1 = 3:14
| title2 = Daisy Lady
| note2 =
| writer2 = O'Kelly
| length2 = 2:16
| title3 = When I Came Down
| note3 =
| writer3 = O'Kelly
| length3 = 4:32
| title4 = The Same Thing Happening
| note4 =
| writer4 = O'Kelly
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = Looking Up
| note5 =
| writer5 = O'Kelly
| length5 = 3:33
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| total_length = 17:03
| title1 = The Lady I Love
| writer1 = Condell
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = So Freely
| writer2 = O'Kelly
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Two White Horses
| writer3 = Condell
| length3 = 2:39
| title4 = Lady Ocean
| writer4 = O'Kelly
| length4 = 4:35
| title5 = Dante
| writer5 = Condell
| length5 = 3:00
}}
Personnel
- Sonny Condell – vocals, guitar, clavinet, percussion
- Leo O'Kelly – vocals, guitar
- Larry Steele – bass
- Barry De Souza – drums
- Paul Tregurtha – engineering
- Nick Harrison – arranger
- Tony Cox – production
- Bill Leader – production
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| rowspan="1"| United Kingdom
|rowspan="1"| 7 April 1972 |rowspan="1"| Chrysalis Records | CHR 1006 |
| United Kingdom
| 7 April 1972 | Chrysalis, Island Records | Y8HR 1006 |
| United Kingdom
| 1972 | Chrysalis | stereo 8-track | Y8HR 1006 |
| United Kingdom
| 1972 | Chrysalis | stereo compact cassette | ZCHR 1006 |
| Germany
| 1972 | ChrysalisGerman and Spanish presses were distributed by Fonogram. | stereo LP | 6307 504 |
| Spain
| 1972 | stereo LP | 6307 504 |
| United States
| 20 October 1972 | ChrysalisNorth American presses were distributed by Warner Bros Records. | stereo LP | CHR 1006 |
| United States
| 1972 | Chrysalis | CHR 1006-C |
| Canada
| October 1972 | stereo LP | CHR 1006 |
| Australia
| 1972 | ChrysalisAustralian and New Zealander presses were distributed by Festival Records. | stereo LP | SCYL-934,623 |
| New Zealand
| 1972 | stereo LP | SCYL-934,623 |
| New Zealand
| 1972 | Chrysalis | stereo compact cassette | CY-24623 |
| United Kingdom
| CD | ED CD 334 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Tír na nÓg}}
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