Sentimental Killer

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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.

Track listing

1. "There is a Bed" (Marc Almond)
2. "Hearts" (Jacques Brel)
3. "Magdalen Laundry" (Johnny Mulhern)
4. "Francis of Assisi" (Johnny Mulhern)
5. "Love in the Shadows" (D. Long)
6. "Ain't no Cure for Love" (Leonard Cohen)
7. "Handbags and Gladrags" (Mike d'Abo)
8. "Just a Friend of Mine"
9. "Ballad of a Sad Young Man" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf)
10. "Not up to Scratch"
11. "Sentimental Killer" (Johnny Mulhern)

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