Skylarkin' (Mic Christopher album)

Skylarkin'
Studio album by
Mic Christopher
Released29 November 2002
Recorded2000–2001
StudioDodlum Studios
GenreRock
Length45:11
LabelLOZA
ProducerKarl Odlum, David Odlum

Skylarkin' is Mic Christopher's only solo album, which was released following his death in November 2001. The album was finalised by Karl Odlum (of Mic's old band, the Mary Janes) and David Odlum (of the Frames).[1] Many fellow musicians from the Irish music scene contributed to the album including Glen Hansard and Colm Mac Con Iomaire of the Frames, Rónán Ó Snodaigh of Kíla, Lisa Hannigan and Gemma Hayes.[2]

Skylarkin' entered the Irish charts at #39 in 2002 [3] and in March of the following year won Best Irish album at the Meteor Awards.[4] November 2004 saw the album achieving Platinum status in Ireland (selling over 15,000 copies).[3][5] In 2005, Skylarkin' was voted #14 in the Hot Press "People's Choice" Top 100 Irish Albums of All Time.[6]

The song "Heyday", which was released as the title track of an EP in October 2000, was used in the Guinness advertisement Quarrel, which was produced in Ireland in 2003 and starred Michael Fassbender.[7]

  1. ^ "Album Reviews | 'Skylarkin' by Mic Christopher". CLUAS. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  2. ^ "Mic Christopher - Skylarkin (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2002-11-29. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  3. ^ a b "Mic Christopher - News". Irishmusiccentral.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  4. ^ "Meteor - Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners". Meteor.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  5. ^ "Irish Artist – Mic Christopher | Ireland Travel Guide". Irelandlogue.com. 2006-12-17. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  6. ^ "Hot Press Readers Top 100 Irish Albums of All Time". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  7. ^ Michael Fassbender – Other works