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Something Beautiful (Great Big Sea album)

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Length
  
42:08

Release date
  
24 February 2004

Label
  
Warner Music Canada

Artist
  
Great Big Sea

Producer
  
Michael Phillip Wojewoda

Genre
  
Folk music

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Released
  
February 24, 2004 (Canada) March 9, 2004 (US)

Something Beautiful* (2004)
  
The Hard and The Easy (2005)

Similar
  
Sea of No Cares, Rant and Roar, The Hard and the Easy, Turn, Safe Upon the Shore

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Something Beautiful (stylized Something Beautiful*) is the sixth studio album by Great Big Sea, released in Canada on February 24, 2004 and in the US on March 9, 2004. It is the first album the group has recorded without the contributions of former member Darrell Power. The album garnered five nominations for the 2005 ECMA's (East Coast Music Awards) including Single of the Year ("When I Am King"), Video of the Year ("When I Am King"), Pop Recording of the Year (Something Beautiful), Group of the year, and Songwriter of the Year (Alan Doyle - "When I Am King"). The album is the band's fifth to consecutively debut in the Top 10 on Canadian sales charts.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Shines Right Through Me" (Alan Doyle, Kalem Mahoney, Séan McCann) 3:18
  2. "When I Am King" (Alan Doyle) 2:31
  3. "Beat The Drum" (Calum MacDonald, Rory MacDonald) 3:09
  4. "Something Beautiful" (Alan Doyle) 3:49
  5. "Helmethead" (Bob Hallett) 2:47
  6. "Summer" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann) 3:25
  7. "Sally Ann" (Alan Doyle) 2:12
  8. "Somedays" (Séan McCann) 2:51
  9. "Let It Go" (Alan Doyle, Blair Daly, Gordie Sampson) 3:11
  10. "John Barbour" (Traditional, Arr. Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) 4:53
  11. "Lucky Me" (Alan Doyle, Gordie Sampson) 3:54
  12. "Love" (Séan McCann) 3:32
  13. "Chafe's Ceilidh" (Traditional, Arr. Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) 2:33

Song information

  • "When I Am King" and "Shines Right Through Me" have been made into videos and have been released as radio singles. The video for "When I Am King" won Best Video of the Year at the ECMA's
  • "John Barbour" is based on Child Ballad No. 100, Willie o Winsbury.
  • "Beat The Drum" is a cover version of "Pride Of The Summer" by Scottish Gaelic band Runrig.

    • Songs

    1Shines Right Through Me3:18
    2When I Am King2:31
    3Beat the Drum3:09

    References

    Something Beautiful (Great Big Sea album) Wikipedia
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