Runaway Sunday
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{{Use Irish English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Runaway Sunday
| type = Album
| artist = Altan
| cover = Runaway Sunday.jpg
| alt =
| released = 25 July 1997
| recorded = September 1996 – March 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Celtic
| length = 46:32
| label = Virgin
| producer = Altan and Alastair McMillan
| prev_title = Blackwater
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Another Sky
| next_year = 2000
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/runaway-sunday-r313156 |title=Runaway Sunday - Altan | AllMusic |first=Thom |last=Owens |work=allmusic.com |accessdate=4 December 2011}}
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Runaway Sunday is the sixth studio album by Altan, released in July 1997 on the Virgin Records label.
Track listing
All titles arranged by Altan.
- "Súil Ghorm" – 2:45
- "John Doherty's Reels" – 2:35
- "Caidé Sin Don Té Sin?" – 3:13
- "Germans" – 3:13 (barn dances)
- "Clan Ranald/J.B.'s Reel/Paddy Mac's Reel/Kitty Sheáin's" – 4:17
- "I Wish My Love Was a Red Red Rose" – 3:50
- "Mazurka" – 2:29
- "Australian Waters" – 3:27
- "A Moment in Time" – 3:17
- "Ciarán's Capers" – 3:29
- "Cití Ní Eadhra" – 3:06
- "Flood in the Holm/Scots Mary/The Dancer's Denial" – 3:52
- "Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" – 3:27
- "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.[http://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/cambridgefolkfestival.html mainlynorfolk.info > Cool As Folk]
Personnel
=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
References
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