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01 |
Croi Croga |
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C. Brennan |
05:00 |
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02 |
Seanchas |
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C. Brennan |
04:56 |
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03 |
A Bridge (That Carries Us Over) |
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C. Brennan |
04:32 |
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04 |
From Your Heart |
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M. Brennan |
05:14 |
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05 |
Alasdair MacColla |
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Trad. Arr./C. Brennan |
02:13 |
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06 |
Broken Pieces |
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M. Brennan |
04:53 |
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07 |
Trathnona Beag Areir |
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Trad. Arr./C. Brennan |
06:38 |
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08 |
Trail Of Tears |
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N. Duggan |
05:17 |
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09 |
Dealramh Go Deo |
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C. Brennan |
05:05 |
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10 |
Farewell Love |
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M. Brennan |
04:44 |
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11 |
Fonn Mharta |
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C. Brennan |
03:32 |
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| Country |
Ireland |
| Original Release Date |
1996 |
| Cat. Number |
82753 |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Sound |
Stereo |
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The copyright to this sound recording is owned by BMG Records (UK) Limited.
All songs published by Clannad Music/BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Lore
Date of Release Feb 27, 1996
On its first album in three years, Clannad turns in another set that combines the group's Irish traditional background with elements of Western pop and world music. Five of the eleven songs contain at least some English lyrics, but the most contemporary-sounding track is "Seanchas," which, though its lyrics are in Gaelic, could pass for a Peter Gabriel track. Clannad's sound features many high-pitched sounds, from saxophone to tin whistle and Uilleann pipes, with lots of synthesized equivalents, all supporting the lush choral parts that surround singer Maire Brennan. Brennan's breathy soprano is a cross between Judy Collins and Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA, and she suggests the latter especially when she is singing in English in a plaintive, but slightly distanced way, phrasing oddly as if she had learned the words phonetically. Lore doesn't contain any individual tracks as memorable as "Harry's Game" or "In a Lifetime" (which is what the group would need to consolidate its success in the U.S.), but it is more of the same from musicians who have established an identifiable sound as their own. - William Ruhlmann
Maire Brennan - Harp, Keyboards, Vocals
Ciaran Brennan - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Multi Instruments, Producer
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
Mel Collins - Saxophone
Anto Drennan - Guitar
Noel Duggan - Guitar (Acoustic)
Pat Duggan - Guitar (Acoustic)
Heitor T.P. - Guitar
Vinnie Kilduff - Whistle (Instrument), Tin Whistle
Tim Martin - Mixing
Declan Masterson - Pipe, Whistle (Instrument), Uillean Pipes, Low Whistle
Hugh Padgham - Producer, Engineer
Ian Parker - Keyboards
Nigel Thomas - Percussion
Tim Young - Mastering
Bridin Brennan - Vocals (bckgr)
Denis Woods - Keyboards, Producer
T.P. Heitor - Guitar
Brendan Fitzpatrick - Photography
Alister MacMillan - Engineer
Barney Herbert - Mixing Assistant
1995 CD Atlantic 82753
1996 CS Atlantic 82753
