Length 43:46 Release date 1987 | Producer P.J. Curtis Label Tara | |
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Released 1987 (re-released in 1988) Similar Out of the Air, Pipedreams, Shadow Hunter, EastWind, The Seville Suite | ||
Atlantic Bridge was the Irish uilleann pipes player Davy Spillane's first solo album after the break-up of Moving Hearts. Together with producer P.J. Curtis he assembled a stellar cast of musicians from both sides of the Atlantic including, Albert Lee, Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Christy Moore and many more to produce a fine blend of traditional and contemporary music. Curtis observed the album's fusion of Irish traditional, contemporary, bluegrass and country rock, merging "happily to find new dimensions in music which resulted form those meetings."
Contents
The album was originally released on Tara Music in 1987. Allmusic awards the album with 4.5 stars.
There is a short acoustic hidden track at index point 11.
Track listing
- "Davy's Reels" (Davy Spillane) – 3:36
- "Atlantic Bridge" (Spillane) – 5:22
- "Daire's Dream" (Spillane) – 3:34
- "Tribute to Johnny Doran" (Trad.) – 3:06
- "O'Neills's Statement" (O'Neill) – 3:50
- "By the River of Gems" (Spillane) – 7:41
- "Sliverish" (Béla Fleck) – 2:58
- "The Pigeon on the Gate" (O'Neill, Spillane) – 2:43
- "In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:45
- "Lansdowne Blues" (Boland, Donnelly, Lee, O'Neill, Spillane) – 5:49
- Untitled (unknown) – 0:12
Personnel
Songs
1Davy's Reels3:37
2Atlantic Bridge5:23
3Daire's Dream3:35