Valhalla Avenue
Studio album by The Fatima Mansions
Released	1992
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	44:54
Label	Kitchenware [1]
Producer	Ralph Jezzard, Victor Van Vugt, Cathal Coughlan
The Fatima Mansions chronology
Bertie's Brochures (1991) Valhalla Avenue (1992) Come Back My Children (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Select	[4]

Valhalla Avenue is an album by Irish alternative rock act The Fatima Mansions. ^{[1] [5]} Released in 1992 by Kitchenware Records, the album included the singles "Evil Man" and "1000%". Frontman Cathal Coughlan wrote, and with the assistance of Ralph Jezzard and Victor Van Vugt, produced and engineered the album.

A limited edition was also released with several bonus tracks, including obscure cover versions of R.E.M.'s " Shiny Happy People" and Ministry's " Stigmata".

The album reached number 52 on the UK Albums Chart. ^[6]

Critical reception

The Chicago Reader wrote that the album contains "some strikingly tuneful songs." ^[7] Select called it "compulsive, sick, angelic music for the permanently aggrieved." ^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Cathal Coughlan.

1. "Evil Man" (4:12)
2. "Something Bad" (3:04)
3. "Valhalla Avenue" (3:19)
4. "1000%" (3:58)
5. "North Atlantic Wind" (4:21)
6. "Purple Window" (5:01)
7. "Go Home Bible Mike" (3:40)
8. "Perfumes of Paradise" (3:03)
9. "Greyhair" (4:26)
10. "C^7/Breakfast with Bandog" (3:31)
11. "Ray of Hope, Hoe of Rape" (4:15)
12. "Be Dead" (2:05)

Personnel

• Cathal Ó Cochláin – vocals, robot keyboards
• Sister Mary Ó Gruama – guitar
• Duke Ó Málaithe – keyboards
• Hugh Bunker – bass guitar
• Nicholas Tiompan Allum – drums, woodwind scoring

Additional Musicians;-

• Simon Picard – soprano saxophone on "North Atlantic Wind"
• Ann Rodgers - vocals on "North Atlantic Wind"
• Mike Williams - clarinet on "Greyhair" and "Perfumes of Paradise"

References