Turn (Great Big Sea album)

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Length 43:55 Turn(1999) Road Rage(2000) Release date 22 June 1999 Genre Folk music		Label Warner Music Canada Artist Great Big Sea Producer Steve Berlin

Released June 22, 1999 (Canada)March 7, 2000 (US) Nominations Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group Similar Something Beautiful, Sea of No Cares, Road Rage, The Hard and the Easy, Rant and Roar

Great big sea consequence free

Turn is the fourth studio album by Canadian folk-rock band Great Big Sea released in June 22, 1999.

Great big sea feel it turn video

Song information

"Consequence Free", "Feel It Turn" and "Can't Stop Falling" have been made into videos and have been released as radio singles.

"Demasduit Dream" is based on the life of Demasduwit, one of the last of the Beothuk, the native people of Newfoundland.

"Ferryland Sealer" is about the seasonal seal hunting expeditions from the southern Newfoundland community of Ferryland.

"Trois navires de blé" is a traditional French folk song associated with the Franco-Newfoundlander community at Port au Port.

The lyrics to "Old Brown's Daughter" were written by the famous Johnny Burke, while the original tune was lost, the current music was written by Ron Hynes.

"Captain Wedderburn" is an adaptation of the Child Ballad No. 46, Captain Wedderburn's Courtship.

Trivia

The 2000 U.S. release on Rhino/Wea featured a different track order; "Can't Stop Falling" and "Demasduit Dream" were switched.

The song "Consequence Free" was the theme for the Least I Could Do animated series trailer, a series currently in production

Songs

1Consequence Free3:13
2Feel It Turn3:48
3Jack Hinks3:01

References

Turn (Great Big Sea album) Wikipedia

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