Tired and Emotional
# Tired and Emotional

Tired and Emotional is the debut album by Irish singer Mary Coughlan released in 1985 by East West Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group (at the time known as WEA).

## Reception

The album sold an unexpected 100,000 copies in Ireland, partly because of a memorable appearance on The Late Late Show. It also received a B+ rating from rock critic Robert Christgau.

## Track listing

* "Double Cross" (Fintan Coughlan)
* "The Beach" (Antoinette Hensey, Erik Visser)
* "Meet Me Where They Play the Blues" (Sammy Gallup, Steve Allen)
* "Delaney's Gone Back on the Wine" (Johnny Mulhern)
* "Sense of Silence (S.O.S.)" (Antoinette Hensey, Erik Visser)
* "Nobody's Business/The Tango" (Erik Visser, Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger)
* "Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long" (Bruce Cockburn)
* "Country Fair Dance (The Cowboy Song)" (Gerry O'Beirne)
* "Lady in Green" (Antoinette Hensey, Erik Visser)
* "Seduced"

## Personnel

* Mary Coughlan - vocals
* Erik Visser - guitar, percussion
* Declan Gibbons - guitar
* Gerrard Coffey - guitar, executive producer
* Greg 'Curly' Keranen - double bass
* Micky Belton - drums
* Tony Maher - accordion, synthesizer
* Gerald O'Donoghue - percussion, engineer
* Carl Hession - piano, synthesizer
* Pat MacNamara - accordion
* Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh - bones
* Keith Donald, Tony Chambers - saxophone
* Jimmy Higgins, Snr. - trumpet
