Blackwater (Altan album)

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Blackwater is the fifth studio album by Altan, released in April 1996 on the Virgin Records label. Three of the songs are sung in Irish. "Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Baine" is sung partly in English and in Irish. "Blackwaterside" is sung in English. It was the first album released by the band since the death of founding member Frankie Kennedy two years earlier. The final track on the album is a tribute to Kennedy and was written by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh herself.

Blackwater
Studio album by
Released5 April 1996
StudioWindmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
GenreCeltic
Length39:33
LabelVirgin
ProducerAltan and Brian Masterson
Altan chronology
Island Angel
(1993)
Blackwater
(1996)
Runaway Sunday
(1997)
Singles from Blackwater
  1. "Blackwater"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1][a]

Track listing

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  1. "Johnny Boyle's/King of the Pipers" (Jigs) (Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 3.30
  2. "Dark Haired Lass/Biddy From Muckross/Sean Maguire's" (Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:51
  3. "Stór, A Stór, A Ghrá" (song) (Traditional) (Irish) - 2:51
  4. "Strathspey/Con McGinley's/The Newfoundland Reel" (Strathspey and Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) -3:11
  5. "Tá Mé 'Mo Shuí (I am awake)" (song) (Traditional) (Gaelic) - 4:08
  6. "An Gasúr Mor/Bunker Hill/Dogs Among the Bushes" (Hornpipe and Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:36
  7. "Molly Na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin (The curly haired Molly)"(song) (Traditional) (Irish) - 2:35
  8. "Jenny Picking Cockles/Farewell to Leitrim/John Doherty's" (Reels) (Trad/Trad/Trad) (Instr) - 2:41
  9. "Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Báine" (song) (Traditional) (sung in English and Irish) - 2:38
  10. "The Dance of the Honeybees" (hornpipe) (Charlie Lennon) (Instr) - 3:24
  11. "Blackwaterside" (song) (Traditional) (English) - 3:43
  12. "A Tune for Frankie" (jig) (Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh) - 3:25

Personnel

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Altan

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Guest musicians

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Production

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  • Brian Masterson – Producer, Engineer
  • David Scheinmann – Photography
  • The Design Corporation – Design

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Allmusic errenously refers to 'Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill' as the lead singer/violinist; they are mistaken and may have misremembered actual bandmember Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh as Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, a wholly different person. This is the case with many Allmusic reviews of Altan's music - other errenous 'variants' include 'Maircad Ni Mhaonaigh', 'Maighread Ní Mhaonaigh' and 'Maighread' .
  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Blackwater at AllMusic
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