Paint My Coffin Whorehouse Red
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1. The Troubles I've Never Had
2. We Shouldn't Be Here At All
3. I Wouldn't Mind Being Keith Richards' G-String
4. I Love My Wife
5. Paint My Coffin Whorehouse Red
6. Hey St. Patrick
7. Thierry, What's The Story...?
8. My Malaprop Baby
9. Spare Me All The Bullshit Please
10. I'd Rather Be Me
Paint My Coffin Whorehouse Red is an album of humorous and satirical songs. The title track was inspiried by an article in The Irish Times in April 2008 about a guy who scattered his gradfather's ashes in a strip club in L.A. "I Love My Wife" and "My Malaprop Baby" were co-written with Jeff Mondak. "Thierry, What's The Story...?" was co-written with Richie Maguire - who sings lead vocal on that track.
Happy That He's Made It This Far
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1. Highway 10
2. You Can Have Anything That You Want
3. One Of Those Days
4. The Trail Of The Grievous Angel
5. Gotta Get A Hat Today
6. Saturday Night at The Desert Saloon
7. I Saw The News Today
8. Just Another Day On The Beach
9. It Doesn't Work Anymore For Me
10. Happy That He's Made It This Far
Happy That He's Made It This Far was released in April 2010.The songs were written on a trip to Arizona and California in 2008. They describe what was experienced and observed on that journey. Many were written in the desert around Joshua Tree. Topics dealt with include honky-tonks in the desert, country singers and their hats, an encounter with a down-and-out busker, the excesses of consumerism, religious orthodoxy and a song in memory of Gram Parsons.
The Man Who Invented Swimming
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1. Burning Up Rubber
2. We Should Have Known Better
3. She Used To Be A Girl With A Future
4. Ancient Feelings
5. The Man Who Invented Swimming
6. Life's Too Good
7. Stolen Days
8. I Hope They're Together Tonight
9. Caught In The Headlights Of Love
10. In The Name Of The Faith
"The Man Who Invented Swimming" was released in November 2007. The songs on this album cover a wide variety of topics. Some are serious, some are funny, some are personal, some are political and all are about real experiences. The stories in Mick's songs are based on real life, real people and issues that he cares about. He also writes songs just for the sheer fun of it. "The Man Who Invented Swimming" reflects all these aspects of his work.