{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Snakes | type = EP | artist = Susan McKeown | cover = Snakes_(EP).jpg | alt = | released = November 1, 1997 | recorded = | studio = *Prime CD Recording (New York, New York) *Mission Sound Studios (Brooklyn, New York) | genre = *Celtic *pop rock | length = 17:56 | label = 1-800-Prime-CD | producer = *Susan McKeown *Lindsey Horner *Jimi Zhivago | prev_title = Through the Bitter Frost & Snow | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Bushes & Briars | next_year = 1998 }}
'''''Snakes''''' is the debut solo EP by Irish singer-songwriter Susan McKeown, featuring songs from her previous collaborative projects, ''Bones'' with The Chanting House and ''Through the Bitter Frost and Snow'' with Lindsey Horner.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/9023015-Susan-McKeown-Snakes McKeown, Susan. Snakes (Compact disc)]. Discogs. Accessed November 20, 2025.</ref> ''Snakes'' was released through 1-800-Prime-CD on November 1, 1997. Produced by McKeown, Horner, and Jimi Zhivago, the EP contains four tracks.<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000921623 |title=Susan McKeown – ''Snakes''|access-date=November 20, 2025}}</ref>
== Critical reception== Mike Boehm of the ''Los Angeles Times'' deemed the titular track a "Rosanne Cash-style folk-pop anthem."<ref>{{cite news|last=Boehm |first=Mike |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-17-ca-54692-story.html |title=Talented Celtic Songstress May Need to Get Her Irish Up |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 17, 1997 |access-date=November 20, 2025}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{track listing | headline = ''Snakes'' track listing | all_writing = Susan McKeown | title1 = Snakes/Mná na hÉireann (radio version) | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Winter King | length2 = 2:48 | title3 = Daddy's Little Girl | length3 = 3:20 | title4 = Snakes/Mná na hÉireann (album version) | length4 = 5:51 | total_length = 17:56 }}
==Personnel== ===Primary Artist=== * Susan McKeown – vocals, composer, guitar, producer
===Musicians=== * Jeff Berman – drums, percussion * Chris Cunningham – electric guitar, harmonica * Lindsey Horner – bass, electric bass, clarinet, producer * Michelle Kinney – accordion, cello * Joe Trump – drums, percussion * Jimi Zhivago – organ, Hammond organ; producer
===Technical=== * Oliver Strauss – engineer * Irene Trudel – engineer * Mark Dann – mastering * David Seitz – mixing * John Francis Bourke – photography
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:1997 EPs Category:Susan McKeown albums