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This article is about the musical group. For the housing complex, seeFatima Mansions (housing).

The Fatima Mansions
the Fatima Mansions in 1991
the Fatima Mansions in 1991
Background information
OriginCork,Ireland
Genres
Years active1988–1995
LabelsRadioactive Records
Past membersCathal Coughlan
Andrias O'Gruama
Zak Woolhouse
Hugh Bunker
Nick Allum
Nick Bagnall
Nick Bunker
Jonathan Fell
Paul Murphy

The Fatima Mansionswere an Irish rock band formed in 1988 byCorksinger/keyboardistCathal Coughlan,formerly ofMicrodisney.[1]

Career

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The original line-up consisted of Coughlan, Nick Allum, Jonathan Fell, Zac Woolhouse and Aindrias O'Gruama. They took their name from theFatima Mansionscorporationflats inRialto, Dublin.[2][3]

The Fatima Mansions were a popular live band, and gainedindie chartsuccess with their albumsViva Dead Ponies,Bertie's Brochures,Valhalla AvenueandLost in the Former West.

They entered theTop 10of theUK Singles Chartin 1992[4]with a heavily reworked version ofBryan Adams' song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You",taken from anNMEtribute albumin aid of thecharity,theSpastics Society.Thesinglewas adouble A-side;the flip-track,Manic Street Preachers' version of "Suicide Is Painless"received most of theradioairplay. They also gained mainstream exposure by opening a European leg ofU2'sZoo TV Tourin 1992, although they were nearly booed off the stage and almost started a riot when front man Coughlan swore at a Milan audience and insulted the Pope.[5]The band often courted controversy with religion, dictators, empires and general authority being targets for Coughlan's vitriol.[1]Despite this,The Guardiannewspaper described him as "the most underrated lyricist in pop today",[1]and DJJohn Peelsaid he could "listen to Cathal Coughlan sing the phone book".

The album and singles campaign for 1994'sLost in the Former Westwas styled on the glamour ofLiberace,and featured acover versionofThe Walker Brothers's "Nite Flights".

Discography

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Singles

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  • "Only Losers Take the Bus" (1989),Kitchenware
  • "Blues for Ceausescu" (1990), Kitchenware
  • "Hive" E.P. (1991), Kitchenware
  • "The Only Solution: Another Revolution" (1991), Radioactive
  • "You're a Rose" (1991), Kitchenware/Radioactive
  • "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)"(1992), Columbia – UK No. 7, IRE No. 12[6]
  • "Evil Man" (1992), Kitchenware/Radioactive –UKNo. 59[3]
  • "1000%" (1992), Kitchenware/Radioactive – UK No. 61[3]
  • "Tíma Mansió Dumps the Dead" (1992), Radioactive
  • "The Loyaliser" (1994), Kitchenware/Radioactive – UK No. 58[3]
  • "Nite Flights"(1994), Kitchenware/Radioactive

Albums

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References

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  1. ^abcColin Larkin,ed. (1992).The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music(First ed.).Guinness Publishing.pp. 108/9.ISBN0-85112-579-4.
  2. ^"History of Fatima MansionsArchived20 October 2008 at theWayback Machine",Fatima Groups Unlimited, retrieved 10 January 2010
  3. ^abcdeStrong, Martin C. (2003)The Great Indie Discography,Canongate,ISBN1-84195-335-0,p. 281-282
  4. ^Roberts, David (2006).British Hit Singles & Albums(19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 196.ISBN1-904994-10-5.
  5. ^Stephenson, Campbell (2004) "The 10: Campbell Stevenson on stage disasters",The Observer,15 August 2004, retrieved 10 January 2010
  6. ^Jaclyn Ward."The Irish Charts – All there is to know".Irishcharts.ie.Retrieved28 January2018.
  7. ^Lazell, Barry (1998)Indie Hits 1980-1989,Cherry Red Books,ISBN0-9517206-9-4,p. 85

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