The Sporting Life (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Sporting Life
| type = studio
| artist = Diamanda Galás and John Paul Jones
| cover = GalasTheSportingLifeCover.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 6, 1994
| recorded = 1994
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 55:01
| label = Mute
| producer = John Paul Jones
| chronology = Diamanda Galás
| prev_title = Vena Cava
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Schrei x
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = John Paul Jones
| type = studio
| prev_title = Scream for Help
| prev_year = 1985
| title = The Sporting Life
| year = 1994
| next_title = Zooma
| next_year = 1999
}}
}}
The Sporting Life is an album by singer Diamanda Galás and multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, released on September 6, 1994, by record label Mute.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r203440|first=Ned|last=Raggett|accessdate=September 17, 2011}}
| rev2 = Trouser Press
| rev2score = favorable{{cite web |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=diamanda_galas |title=TrouserPress.com :: Diamanda Galas |last1=Kenny |first1=Glenn |last2=Robbins |first2=Ira |website=TrouserPress.com |accessdate=July 21, 2016}}
}}
Trouser Press described the album as "her most stimulating and broadly appealing work yet."
Track listing
- "Skótoseme" (Galás, Jones) – 6:27
- "Do You Take This Man?" (Galás, Jones) – 6:09
- "Dark End of the Street" (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) – 2:42
- "You're Mine" (Galás) – 5:10
- "Tony" (Galás) – 5:37
- "Devil's Rodeo" (Galás, Jones, Pete Thomas) – 5:37
- "The Sporting Life" (Galás, Jones) – 5:45
- "Baby's Insane" (Galás) – 4:39
- "Last Man Down" (Galás, Jones) – 4:50
- "Hex" (Galás, Jones) – 8:04
Personnel
- Diamanda Galás – vocals, Hammond organ, piano
- John Paul Jones – bass guitar, lap steel guitar
- Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
;Technical
- Richard Evans – engineering
- Patricia Mooney – art direction, design
- Catherine McGann – photography
"Diamanda Galás would like to dedicate her work on this album to Linda Greenberg, "Last Man Down" to Carl Valentino, and "Hex" to Michael Flanagan."
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|6747|The Sporting Life}}
{{Diamanda Galás}}
{{John Paul Jones}}
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Category:1994 collaborative albums
Category:John Paul Jones (musician) albums