The Big Picture (Bap Kennedy album)
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The Big Picture is the sixth solo studio album
by Bap Kennedy
, released on August 2, 2005 on Loose Records. It is a mix of country
, Americana and Celtic soul with guest vocals by Shane McGowan and also features a song co-written with Van Morrison
. On "Moriarty's Blues", Carolyn Cassady
recites from her book, Off the Road
.
In a review by Mojo it was given four out of five stars.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Bap Kennedy
Bap Kennedy
Martin "Bap" Kennedy is a singer-songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland and older brother of singer Brian Kennedy. He is noted for writing the song "Moonlight Kiss" which was on the soundtrack for the film Serendipity .Kennedy was in a successful band, Energy Orchard for many years and has...
, released on August 2, 2005 on Loose Records. It is a mix of country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, Americana and Celtic soul with guest vocals by Shane McGowan and also features a song co-written with Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
. On "Moriarty's Blues", Carolyn Cassady
Carolyn Cassady
Carolyn Elizabeth Robinson Cassady is an American writer associated with the Beat Generation through her marriage to Neal Cassady and her friendships with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and other prominent Beat figures...
recites from her book, Off the Road
Off the Road
Off the Road: Twenty Years with Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg is an autobiographical book by Carolyn Cassady. Originally published in 1990 as Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg, it was republished by London's Black Spring Press, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of...
.
In a review by Mojo it was given four out of five stars.
Track listing
- All songs and music by Bap Kennedy, except where noted.
- "Rock and Roll Heaven" – 2:46
- "The Truth is Painful" – 4:00
- "Moriarty's Blues" – 3:15
- "Streetwise" – 3:28
- "Too Old for Fairy Tales" – 4:43
- "Milky Way" – (Van MorrisonVan MorrisonVan Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
) (Bap KennedyBap KennedyMartin "Bap" Kennedy is a singer-songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland and older brother of singer Brian Kennedy. He is noted for writing the song "Moonlight Kiss" which was on the soundtrack for the film Serendipity .Kennedy was in a successful band, Energy Orchard for many years and has...
) - 3:49 - "Loverman" – 3:16
- "Fireworks" – 3:06
- "On the MIghty Ocean Alcohol" (vocals by Shane McGowan – 3:22
- "The Sweet Smell of Success" – 3:09
- "The Beautiful Country" -3:17