Spanish Train and Other Stories
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| Studio album by Chris de Burgh | ||||
| Released | 1 November 1975 | |||
| Recorded | Ramport and Scorpio Studios | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 43:28 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Robin Geoffrey Cable | |||
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Spanish Train and Other Stories is the second album by Chris de Burgh, released by A&M Records in 1975.
All songs written by Chris de Burgh.
The title track is a story about a train carrying the souls of the dead to the Underworld. Jesus and Lucifer are playing Poker - gambling with the souls. Lucifer cheats and wins the game. The song finishes with the stanza:
"Far away, in some recess,
The Lord and the Devil are now playing Chess.
The Devil still cheats and wins more souls,
The song was deemed blasphemous in South Africa, and a ban was ordered. A&M records sued to get the ban overturned - the suit was eventually successful. However, while the suit was in progress, A&M released the album under the title "Lonely Sky and Other Stories" (without "Spanish Train"). This album is considered a collector's item today - copies are extremely rare. Perversely, the ban only applied to the LP record, so the cassette issue of Spanish Train was always freely available.
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