Lahaina Sound, Maui, Hawaii; Village Recorder, Los Angeles; Townhouse Studio 3, London; Sigma Sound, New York;
Stereo Society, New York; Amazon Studios, Liverpool
Genre
New wave, art rock
Length
43:46 (CD), 42:52 (LP)
Label
Virgin
Producer
Walter Becker, Mike Thorne, China Crisis
China Crisis chronology
What Price Paradise (1986)
Diary of a Hollow Horse (1989)
Diary: A Collection (1992)
Singles from Diary of a Hollow Horse
"Saint Saviour Square" Released: 28 March 1989
"Red Letter Day" Released: 30 May 1989[2]
Diary of a Hollow Horse is the fifth studio album by English new wave group China Crisis, released in 1989. It was released on CD, LP and Cassette. The original CD version features the bonus track "Back Home".[3]
Described as ''perhaps their most Steely Dan-like album'',[4] the first single released was ''St. Saviour Square'', originally recorded by Walter Becker and subsequently by Mike Thorne, whose version ended up on the album, despite the band considering the Walter Becker's version better.[5]
The song lyrics refer to a demolished housing estate (now site of the Liverpool Women's Hospital)[6] located in the square of the same name (now called Crown Street) west of Upper Parliament Street in the Toxteth area of Liverpool. Gary Daly recalls that:
''I would walk into town most days and hook up with everyone at rehearsals.The walk took me thru a relatively new housing estate, which had fallen prey to horrible neglect. I think with me just becoming a father for the first time shaped my thoughts and helped fashion the lyrics for St. Saviour Square”.[5]
The follow-up single would be ''Red Letter Day''. The album did not chart well in the UK given the lack of promotion by Virgin, which also shelved the video prepared for the first single. The album would be the last recorded by the band and distributed by Virgin.[7]
A digitally remastered double-CD edition was published in May 2013 by Cherry Red Records, which includes the original and previously unreleased Walter Becker-produced versions of Red Letter Day, St. Saviour Square and All My Prayers.[8]
^"Horse sense" (PDF). Record Mirror. 29 April 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^"In the Red". Record Mirror. 28 May 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 16 August 2022 – via Flickr.
^"China Crisis - Diary Of A Hollow Horse". Discogs. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^"Diary of a Hollow Horse - China Crisis | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^ ab"China Crisis – Saint Saviour Square: the elusive video…". fadeawayradiate. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^BBC. "Toxteth riots". Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^"China Crisis – Saint Saviour Square: the elusive video…". fadeawayradiate. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^"Diary Of A Hollow Horse 2CD - Cherry Red Records". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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