A Tear and a Smile (Tír na nÓg album)

A Tear and a Smile is the second album by Irish band Tír na nÓg. It was released in the United Kingdom on 7 April 1972 by Chrysalis Records 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 Leo O'Kelly was not very satisfied by the first version: he and Sonny Condell 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".

A Tear and a Smile
Studio album by Tír na nÓg
Released	7 April 1972 (UK) 20 October 1972 (US)
Recorded	February 1972, Morgan Studios, London[1]
Genre	folk
Length	38:03 (UK edition) 35:25 (North America edition)
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Tony Cox Bill Leader
Tír na nÓg chronology
Tír na nÓg (1971) A Tear and a Smile (1972) Strong in the Sun (1973)
Singles from A Tear and a Smile
"The Lady I Love" Released: 1972 "Bluebottle Stew" Released: 1972

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1972 UK edition

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come And See The Show"	Sonny Condell	3:17
2.	"Down Day"	Condell	5:50
3.	"When I Came Down"	Leo O'Kelly	4:33
4.	"The Same Thing Happening"	O'Kelly	4:47
5.	"Bluebottle Stew"	Condell	2:19

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"So Freely"	O'Kelly	3:33
2.	"Hemisphere"	Condell	2:15
3.	"Lady Ocean"	O'Kelly	4:33
4.	"Goodbye My Love"	O'Kelly	4:20
5.	"Two White Horses"	Condell	2:36

1972 North America edition

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come And See The Show"	Condell	3:14
2.	"Daisy Lady"	O'Kelly	2:16
3.	"When I Came Down"	O'Kelly	4:32
4.	"The Same Thing Happening"	O'Kelly	4:47
5.	"Looking Up"	O'Kelly	3:33
Total length:			18:22

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Lady I Love"	Condell	3:17
2.	"So Freely"	O'Kelly	3:32
3.	"Two White Horses"	Condell	2:39
4.	"Lady Ocean"	O'Kelly	4:35
5.	"Dante"	Condell	3:00
Total length:			17:03

Personnel

• Sonny Condell – vocals, guitar, clavinette, percussion
• Leo O'Kelly – vocals, guitar
• Larry Steele – bass
• Barry De Souza – drums
• Paul Tregurtha – engineering
• Nick Harrison – arranger
• Tony Cox – production
• Bill Leader – production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	7 April 1972	Chrysalis Records	stereo LP	CHR 1006
United Kingdom	7 April 1972	Chrysalis, Island Records	mono 8-track	Y8HR 1006
United Kingdom	1972	Chrysalis	stereo 8-track	Y8HR 1006
United Kingdom	1972	Chrysalis	stereo compact cassette	ZCHR 1006
Germany	1972	Chrysalis[3]	stereo LP	6307 504
Spain	1972	Chrysalis[3]	stereo LP	6307 504
United States	20 October 1972	Chrysalis[4]	stereo LP	CHR 1006
United States	1972	Chrysalis	Reel-to-reel tape (7½ in/s)	CHR 1006-C
Canada	October 1972	Chrysalis[4]	stereo LP	CHR 1006
Australia	1972	Chrysalis[5]	stereo LP	SCYL-934,623
New Zealand	1972	Chrysalis[5]	stereo LP	SCYL-934,623
New Zealand	1972	Chrysalis	stereo compact cassette	CY-24623
United Kingdom	September 1991[6]	Edsel Records	CD	ED CD 334

References

1. "(...) later at Morgan Studios, where we were recording A Tear & A Smile, (...).", Sonny Condell, interview Archived 10 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine for Frenzy & Distortion. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r51240
3. German and Spanish presses were distributed by Fonogram.
4. North American presses were distributed by Warner Bros Records.
5. Australian and New Zealander presses were distributed by Festival Records.
6. "The second and third TIR NA NOG albums were re-issued by Demon Records in September and October 1991.", Alan Hadwin, Camouflage fanzine no.2 (September 1992) – p.2. Retrieved on 9 October 2008.