Songs from the Red Room is a 2009 album released by the Irish pop act Shakespears Sister

Shakespears Sister

Shakespears Sister/Shakespear's Sister is a British-based synth-pop-rock band formed by Irish-born singer–songwriter Siobhan Fahey in 1988, with plaudits including a BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award. It was Fahey's first musical outing since leaving Bananarama, and initially a solo project...

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Writing and development

Siobhan Fahey began writing the album in 2000 with former Shakespears Sister band members Clare Kenny and Stephen Gallifant with the intention of creating her first solo album. The album was planned for release in 2001, though was cancelled.

Many of the tracks were released in various forms through Fahey's former website in the format of downloads. The income for these was used to help with further development of the album. Another release was scheduled in 2005 with the title 'Bad Blood'. However, this release was also cancelled.

The album was announced again on Fahey's official MySpace

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 in February 2008, and a release date was given in October 2009, along with the album's track list. It was also revealed that the album would be released under the Shakespears Sister name instead of as a solo album.

Track listing

1. "Pulsatron" (Whitey Mix) (S. Fahey, C. Kenny, S. Gallifant, W. Blanchard) — 4:41
2. "Bad Blood"(S. Fahey, C. Kenny, S. Gallifant, W. Blanchard) — 4:14
3. "Was It Worth It?" (with Terry Hall
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   ) (S. Fahey, T. Hall, S Gallifant, W. Blanchard) — 4:18
4. "It's a Trip" (S. Fahey, S. Gallifant, M. Pirroni) — 3:43
5. "Hot Room" (L. Lamb) — 4:43
6. "A Man in Uniform" (S. Fahey, D. Miller, F. Tovey) — 3:38
7. "You're Alone" (S. Fahey, C. Kenny, S. Gallifant) — 4:23
8. "Bitter Pill
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   " (S. Fahey, C. Kenny, S. Gallifant, W. Blanchard) — 4:50
9. "Cold" (S. Fahey) — 4:03
10. "You're Not Yourself" (S. Fahey, C. Kenny, S. Gallifant) — 3:29
11. "A Loaded Gun" (S. Fahey, C. Kenny, S. Gallifant) — 5:13
12. "Bad Blood" (Jagz Kooner Mix - AC Edit) — 5:00
13. "Pulsatron" (Gully Mix) — 3:15
14. "Cold" (Death in Vegas
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     Mix) — 3:56
15. "Someone Else's Girl" iTunes exclusive — 4:09

2010 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

1. "White Rabbit" (Agent Provocateur Mix) — 3:38
2. "She's Lost Control" — 3:39
3. "Cold" (Demo) — 3:57
4. "My World is Empty Without You" — 4:13
5. "War (Fear is Real)" — 4:23
6. "I'll Be Your Mirror" — 4:27
7. "Someone Else's Girl" — 4:10
8. "Baby It's You" — 2:46

Personnel

• Additional production — William Blanchard, Clare Kenny
• Engineering and Programming — Stephen 'Gully' Gallifent
• Digital mastering — Alex Tomlin
• Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards — Siobhan Fahey
• Programming, Guitars, Keyboards, Backing vocals, Bass — Stephen 'Gully' Gallifent
• Bass, Backing vocals, Guitars, Keyboards — Clare Kenny
• Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Guitars — Will Blanchard
• Guitar, Bass, Programming (track 1) — Nathan J. Whitey
• Vocals (track 3) — Terry Hall
• Additional Guitars (tracks 4 and 8) — Marco Pirroni
  Marco Pirroni
  Marco Francesco Andrea Pirroni is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer...