"Magdalen Sky" is a song written by

Mark Gardener Mark Stephen Gardener (born 6 December 1969, in Oxford, England) is an English rock musician, and a singer and guitarist with the shoegazing band Ride. Ride Gardener formed Ride with Andy Bell (guitar), whom he met at Cheney School in Oxfo ...

and Kaye Denham. The song was released as Gardener's debut solo

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in June 1997 by

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, following the 1996 break-up of Gardener's previous band

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. The single was part of Shifty Disco's "Single of the Month" club and had a limited run of 1,000 copies only. The single features the rare B-side "Can't Let It Die", which was also written by Gardener and Denham. As well as appearing on the Shifty Disco Records' year-end singles compilation ''It's A Shifty Disco Thing Vol. 1'', "Magdalen Sky" was also included on Gardener's debut solo album, ''

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''.

Track listing

#"Magdalen Sky" (

, Kaye Denham) - 3:39 #"Can't Let It Die" ome Demo in the Attic(Mark Gardener, Kaye Denham) - 3:23

References

External links

Mark Gardener Official Website
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