''A Tear and a Smile'' is the second

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by Irish band Tír na nÓg. It was released in the

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on 7 April 1972 by

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and was the first Tír na nÓg album to be released in the United States, in October 1972. The track list is different between the US and the UK releases. Because of this, two editions of the album exist but there was no reissue of the North American version.
On this last one, " Daisy Lady" and "Dante" are taken directly from the first album '' Tír na nÓg''. The song "Looking Up" was already on the previous album but

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was not very satisfied by the first version: he and

Sonny Condell Sonny Condell (born 1 July 1949, in Newtownmountkennedy, Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and graphic artist. He is mainly known as a member of the Irish bands Tír na nÓg and Scullion. He released some hits in I ...

decided to record a new one, produced by Tony Cox, for ''A Tear and a Smile''. The Lady I Love which was released as a single in Europe, appears also on the US version of the album, these four songs replacing "Down Day", " Bluebottle Stew", "Hemisphere", and "Goodbye My Love".

Track listing

1972 UK edition

1972 North America edition

Personnel

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* Barry De Souza –

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* Paul Tregurtha –

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*Nick Harrison – arranger * Tony Cox –

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Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tear and a Smile, A Tír na nÓg (band) albums 1972 albums Chrysalis Records albums