Runaway Sunday is the sixth studio album by Altan, released in July 1997 on the Virgin Records label.

Runaway Sunday
Studio album by
Released25 July 1997
RecordedSeptember 1996 – March 1997
GenreCeltic
Length46:32
LabelVirgin
ProducerAltan and Alastair McMillan
Altan chronology
Blackwater
(1996)
Runaway Sunday
(1997)
Another Sky
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing edit

All titles arranged by Altan.

  1. "Súil Ghorm" – 2:45
  2. "John Doherty's Reels" – 2:35
  3. "Caidé Sin Don Té Sin?" – 3:13
  4. "Germans" – 3:13 (barn dances)
  5. "Clan Ranald/J.B.'s Reel/Paddy Mac's Reel/Kitty Sheáin's" – 4:17
  6. "I Wish My Love Was a Red Red Rose" – 3:50
  7. "Mazurka" – 2:29
  8. "Australian Waters" – 3:27
  9. "A Moment in Time" – 3:17
  10. "Ciarán's Capers" – 3:29
  11. "Cití Ní Eadhra" – 3:06
  12. "Flood in the Holm/Scots Mary/The Dancer's Denial" – 3:52
  13. "Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" – 3:27
  14. "Time Has Passed" – 3:32

All titles are traditional, with the following exceptions:

Live recordings edit

A live recording of "John Doherty's Reels" performed by Altan in early August 2002 at the Cambridge Folk Festival is available on the Cool as Folk 2-CD collective album. Released in 2007, this compilation includes a total of 36 live recordings from the Cambridge Folk Festival between 1999 and 2006.[2]

Personnel edit

Altan edit

Guest musicians edit

Production edit

  • Altan – producers
  • Alastair McMillan – producer, engineer
  • Conan Doyle – assistant engineer
  • Brian Masterson – mixer
  • Dave McKean – photography, design

References edit

  1. ^ Owens, Thom. "Runaway Sunday - Altan | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  2. ^ mainlynorfolk.info > Cool As Folk