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Released
  
29 May 1989

Horse with a Heart(1989)
  
The Red Crow(1990)

Release date
  
1989

Label
  
Green Linnet Records

Length
  
45:46

Artist
  
Altan

Producer
  
Phil Cunningham

Genre
  
Celtic music

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Similar
  
Altan albums, Celtic music albums

Horse with a Heart is the first studio album by Altan, released in May 1989 on the Green Linnet Records label.

Contents

Track listing

All titles arranged by Altan.

  1. "The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones of Boxty/Unnamed Reel {= McConnell's}" – 4:11
  2. "The Lass of Glenshee" – 4:38
  3. "Con Cassidy's & Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll and Tiarna/Mcsweeney's Reels" – 4:27
  4. "The Road to Durham" – 3:21
  5. "An t-Oileán Úr" – 2:33
  6. "An Grianán/Horse With a Heart" – 3:01
  7. "A Bhean Udaí Thall" – 3:28
  8. "Welcome Home Gráinne/Con McGinley's" – 3:18
  9. "Tuirse Mo Chroí" – 4:06
  10. "Come Ye by Atholl/Kitty O'Connor" – 3:11
  11. "An Feochán" – 4:45
  12. "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.

    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

    • Songs

    1The Curlew / McDermott's / Three Scones of Boxty4:13
    2The Lass of Glenshee4:37
    3Con Cassidy's & Neil Gow's Highlands / Moll and Tiarna / McSweeney's Reels4:28

    References

    Horse with a Heart Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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