Horsedrawn Wishes

Infobox Album | Name = Horsedrawn Wishes
Type = Album
Artist = Rollerskate Skinny


Released = February 27 1996
Recorded = Oct 1994-Mar 1995
Genre = Rock / Pop
Length = 55:51
Label = Warner Music Group
Producer = ???
Reviews = *"Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0qozefbk8gf6 link]

Last album = "Shoulder Voices"
(1993)
This album = "Horsedrawn Wishes"
(1996)
Next album =

"Horsedrawn Wishes" is the second album by the Irish band Rollerskate Skinny. The album was released in 1996. It was rated the 14th greatest Irish album by a "Hot Press" reader poll in 2004, dropping to 81st place when the poll was repeated in 2005. It had previously featured as one of the Top 50 Irish albums in a poll conducted by Irish radio DJ Tom Dunne in December 2001. As of December 2005, the album was rated the 6th most "uniquely popular" album in Ireland by Amazon.com.

Track listing

# "Swing Boat Yawning"
# "Cradle Burns"
# "One Thousand Couples"
# "Swab The Temples"
# "Speed To My Side"
# "All Mornings Break"
# "Man Under Glass"
# "Shimmer Son Like a Star"
# "Angela Starling"
# "Ribbon Fat"
# "Thirsty European"
# "Bell Jars Away"

References

* [http://www.hotpress.com/vote/top100albums/results/#2765489 Hotpress: 100 Greatest Irish Albums 2004]
* [http://www.hotpress.com/top100albums/ Hotpress: 100 Greatest Irish Albums 2005]
* [http://theundertones.net/tomdunne.htm Tom Dunne's Top 50 Irish]