Skylarkin' (Mic Christopher album)

Skylarkin' is Mic Christopher's only solo album, which was released following his death in November 2001.

[1] Many fellow musicians from the Irish music scene contributed to the album including Glen Hansard and Colm Mac Con Iomaire of the Frames, Rónán Ó Snodaigh of Kíla, Lisa Hannigan and Gemma Hayes.

[4] November 2004 saw the album achieving Platinum status in Ireland (selling over 15,000 copies).

[3][5] In 2005, Skylarkin' was voted #14 in the Hot Press "People's Choice" Top 100 Irish Albums of All Time.

[6] The song "Heyday", which was released as the title track of an EP in October 2000, was used in the Guinness advertisement Quarrel, which was produced in Ireland in 2003 and starred Michael Fassbender.