Sentimental Killer

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Sentimental Killer
Studio album by Mary Coughlan
Released	1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Jazz
Label	Warner Music
Mary Coughlan chronology
Uncertain Pleasures (1988) Sentimental Killer Love for Sale (1992)

Sentimental Killer is a March 1992 album by Irish jazz singer Mary Coughlan under East West Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group which was at the time known as WEA.

The song "Magdalene Laundry" written by J Mulhern has the chorus line "Ooh Lord won't you let me wash away the stain", and refers to the Magdalen Asylums run by the Roman Catholic Church in which Irish prostitutes, unmarried mothers, developmentally-challenged women and abused girls were incarcerated indefinitely.

[edit] Track listing

1. "There is a Bed"
2. "Hearts"
3. "Magdalen Laundry"
4. "Francis of Assisi"
5. "Love in the Shadows"
6. "Ain't no Cure for Love"
7. "Handbags and Gladrags"
8. "Just a Friend of Mine"
9. "Ballad of a Sad Young Man"
10. "Not up to Scratch"
11. "Sentimental Killer"

[edit] Personnel

• Conor Barry- Guitar
• Mary Coughlan- Vocals
• James Delaney- Piano, Organ
• Noel Eccles- Percussion
• Peter McKinney- Drums
• Paul Moore- Bass
• Allan Murray- Accordion
• Davy Spillane- Uilleann Pipes