Horse with a Heart
1989 studio album by Altan
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Studio album by Altan | ||||
Released | 29 May 1989 | |||
Genre | Celtic | |||
Length | 45:46 | |||
Label | Green Linnet | |||
Producer | Phil Cunningham | |||
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Horse with a Heart is the first studio album by Altan, released in May 1989 on the Green Linnet Records label.
Track listing
All titles arranged by Altan.
- "The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones of Boxty/Unnamed Reel {= McConnell's}" – 4:11
- "The Lass of Glenshee" – 4:38
- "Con Cassidy's & Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll and Tiarna/Mcsweeney's Reels" – 4:27
- "The Road to Durham" – 3:21
- "An t-Oileán Úr" – 2:33
- "An Grianán/Horse With a Heart" – 3:01
- "A Bhean Udaí Thall" – 3:28
- "Welcome Home Gráinne/Con McGinley's" – 3:18
- "Tuirse Mo Chroí" – 4:06
- "Come Ye by Atholl/Kitty O'Connor" – 3:11
- "An Feochán" – 4:45
- "Paddy's Trip to Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler" – 4:47
All titles are traditional, except the following:
- "An Grianán" and "Horse with a Heart" – composed by Frankie Kennedy
- "The Curlew" – composed by Josephine Keegan
- "McDermott's" – composed by Josie McDermott
- "An Feochán" – composed by Tommy Peoples
- "The Road to Durham" – composed by Armin Barnett and David Molk
See tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info.
Personnel
Altan
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, Vocals
- Frankie Kennedy – Flute
- Paul O'Shaughnessy — Fiddle
- Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki
- Mark Kelly – Guitar
Guest musicians
- Marie Askin – Piano on "The Lass of Glenshee"
- Phil Cunningham – Keyboard, Whistle
- Dónal Lunny – Bass Bodhrán on "A Bhean Udaí Thall"
- Colm Murphy – Bodhrán
- Steve White – Percussion on "A Bhean Udaí Thall"
Production
- Phil Cunningham – Producer
- Dan Fitzgerald – Engineer
- John W. Davis – Assistant Engineer
- Stephen Byram – Design
- Ross Wilson – Artwork
- Dave Harrold - Back cover photograph
References
- ^ Greenberg, Adam. Horse with a Heart at AllMusic
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Altan
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
- Ciarán Tourish
- Ciarán Curran
- Mark Kelly
- Martin Tourish
- Dáithí Sproule
- Ceol Aduaidh
- Altan
- Horse with a Heart
- The Red Crow
- Harvest Storm
- Island Angel
- Blackwater
- Runaway Sunday
- Another Sky
- The Blue Idol
- Local Ground
- 25th Anniversary Celebration
- Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen
- The Widening Gyre
- The Gap Of Dreams
- The Best of Altan (the 2nd CD from this 2-CD (1997) compilation is a 31-min Live Bonus CD)
- The First Ten Years (1986–1995)
- Celtic Collection
- The Best of Altan
- Best of Altan2
- Altan's Finest
- Once Again
- The Collection
- Best of Altan: The Songs
- "Dúlaman"
- "Blackwater"