Homewreckers & Heartbreakers
Studio album by
the Quireboys
Released23 June 2008 (2008-06-23)
GenreRock
blues rock
acoustic
LabelJerkin' Crocus Promotions
ProducerNick Mailing & Guy Griffin
The Quireboys chronology
Well Oiled
(2004)		 Homewreckers & Heartbreakers
(2008)		 Halfpenny Dancer
(2009)

Homewreckers & Heartbreakers is the fifth album by English rock band the Quireboys, released in 2008.[1][2][3] The song 'Mona Lisa Smiled' is inspired by the life and death of Salvador Dalí and his wife Gala. It has been described as approaching the style of AC/DC.[4]

It was reissued in 2018 commemorating its tenth anniversary with the addition of five live songs.[5]

Track listing

  1. Love This Dirty Town
  2. Mona Lisa Smiled
  3. Louder
  4. Fear Within the Lie
  5. Blackwater
  6. One for the Road
  7. Late Nite Saturday Call
  8. Hall Of Shame
  9. Take A Look At Yourself
  10. Hello
  11. Josephine
  12. Louder (Reprise)

Personnel

  • Spike – vocals
  • Guy Griffin – guitars, backing vocals
  • Keith Weir – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Paul Guerin – guitars, slide guitar
  • Jimi Crutchley - bass
  • Pip Mailing - drums

Additional musicians

  • Gerry Atkins - brass
  • Ian Bufton - brass
  • Mark Joley - fiddle
  • Rob Bond - pedal steel
  • Ben Haswell - mandolin
  • Nick Mailing - additional bass
  • Simon Law - melotron
  • Cherry Lee Mewis - backing vocals

References

  1. ↑ Blabbermouth (23 May 2008). "THE QUIREBOYS: 'Homewreckers & Heartbreakers' In-Store Release Date Announced". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "ROCKTIMES - CD-Review / The Quireboys - Homewreckers & Heartbreakers". www.rocktimes.de. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "[Album] THE QUIREBOYS: Homewreckers & Heartbreakers". Music Waves (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Quireboys Homewreckers & Heartbreakers" (PDF). Oldie Markt Magazin. December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Homewreckers & Heartbreakers (OYR054) — The Quireboys Official Website". Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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