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Runaway Sunday

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Released
  
25 July 1997

Runaway Sunday (1997)
  
Another Sky (2000)

Release date
  
25 July 1997

Genre
  
Celtic music

Length
  
46:32

Artist
  
Altan

Label
  
Virgin Records

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Recorded
  
September 1996 – March 1997

Producer
  
Altan and Alastair McMillan

Similar
  
Altan albums, Celtic music albums

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

Contents

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Track listing

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:

  • "Súil Ghorm" – composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
  • "Time has passed" – composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
  • "A Moment in Time" – composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Mark Kelly
  • "The Dancer's Denial" – composed by Mark Kelly
  • "Paddy Mac's Reel" – composed by Ciaran Tourish
  • "Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" – lyrics by Proinsias Ó Maonaigh

    • Live recordings

    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.

    Altan

  • Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, vocals
  • Ciaran Tourish – Fiddle, whistle, backing vocals
  • Dermot Byrne – Accordion, melodeon
  • Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki, bouzarre, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Mark Kelly – Guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals
  • Dáithí Sproule – Guitar, backing vocals

    • Guest musicians

  • Stephen Cooney – Double Bass, didgeridoo
  • Pat Crowley – Piano
  • Jerry Douglas – Dobro
  • Jimmy Higgins – Percussion
  • Alison Krauss – Backing vocals
  • Dónal Lunny – Keyboards, bodhrán
  • Neil Martin – Cello, keyboards
  • Matt Molloy – Flute

    • Production

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

    • Songs

    1Súil Ghorm2:44
    2John Doherty's Reels2:35
    3Caide Sin Don Té Sin3:13

    References

    Runaway Sunday Wikipedia
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