Heartworm (album)

Heartworm
Heartworm
Studio album by Whipping Boy
Released	1 November 1995
Recorded	September – November 1994
Studio	Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Length	44:28
Label	Columbia
Whipping Boy chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Drowned in Sound	9/10^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]

Heartworm is an album by the Irish rock band Whipping Boy, released on 1 November 1995 on Columbia Records. It was recorded between September and November 1994 in Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin.

Heartworm was voted the seventh best Irish album of all time in a 2005 poll by the Irish magazine Hot Press.^[4] On 17 March 2013, it topped Phantom FM's poll of the top 50 Irish albums of all time.

Release

The album was reissued on 3 September 2021 by Pete Paphides' Needle Mythology label^[5]^[6]^[7] on double LP and double CD, both formats containing an extra 10 B-sides and demos.^[8] Pre-orders announced in July included an art print signed by Page, McDonnell and Hassett. The double LP sold out almost immediately during the pre-order, prompting a second pressing. The first pressing made Heartworm chart for the first time in the Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50 (at number 8 on week ending 16 September 2021),^[9] with the album re-entering at number 4 in January 2022.^[10]

Track listing

"Twinkle"
"When We Were Young"
"Tripped"
"The Honeymoon Is Over"
"We Don't Need Nobody Else"
"Blinded"
"Personality"
"Users"
"Fiction"
"Morning Rise"
"A Natural" (hidden track)

*2021 Reissue CD2: B-Sides And Demos*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"When We Were Young (Philo Version)"	2:54
2.	"I Am God"	3:20
3.	"Magnolia"	4:14
4.	"Caroline Says II"	3:35
5.	"Tripped (Live)"	3:50
6.	"We Don't Need Nobody Else (Acoustic Version)"	3:59
7.	"Disappointed"	4:17
8.	"Twinkle (Acoustic Version)"	4:18
9.	"As The Day Goes"	4:36
10.	"A Natural"	3:47

Personnel

Myles McDonnell – bass, backing vocals
Fearghal McKee – vocals
Colm Hassett – drums
Paul Page – guitar
The Dublin Symphony Orchestra

Charts

Chart performance for *Heartworm*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
Irish Albums (OCC)^[11]	4

References

^ Rabid, Jack. "Heartworm – Whipping Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ Reed, Graham (2 October 2001). "Album Review: Whipping Boy – Heartworm". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ Sullivan, Caroline (27 October 1995). "Whipping Boy: Heartworm (Columbia)". The Guardian.
^ "Heartworm". Hot Press. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ "Needle Mythology". Needle Mythology. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "Needle Mythology Q&A – with Stephen Duffy, Ian Broudie & Pete Paphides". 23 April 2019.
^ "Needle Mythology – chickfactor". 5 March 2021.
^ "Whipping Boy reissue Heartworm".
^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
^ "Ed Sheeran scores second week as Irish Number 1 album with =". Official Charts.
^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

External links

[1] Rabid, Jack. "Heartworm – Whipping Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[DIS-2] Reed, Graham (2 October 2001). "Album Review: Whipping Boy – Heartworm". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[3] Sullivan, Caroline (27 October 1995). "Whipping Boy: Heartworm (Columbia)". The Guardian.

[4] "Heartworm". Hot Press. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[5] "Needle Mythology". Needle Mythology. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

[6] "Needle Mythology Q&A – with Stephen Duffy, Ian Broudie & Pete Paphides". 23 April 2019.

[7] "Needle Mythology – chickfactor". 5 March 2021.

[8] "Whipping Boy reissue Heartworm".

[9] "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.

[10] "Ed Sheeran scores second week as Irish Number 1 album with =". Official Charts.

[ac_Ireland3_-11] "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

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