The Dark Dance
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Dark Dance
| type = Album
| artist = Tír na nÓg
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| released = {{Start date|2015|5|24}}
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| genre = Folk
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| label = Tír na nÓg Records
| producer = Tír na nÓg
| prev_title = Live at Sirius
| prev_year = 2010
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The Dark Dance is the fourth album by Irish band Tír na nÓg. It is their first new album of original material in 42 years following the release of Strong in the Sun in 1973. The album was released on May 24, 2015 on the band's own label. An LP version was planned to be released during Summer 2017 on Mega Dodo Records.{{cite podcast|url= http://podcast.rasset.ie/podcasts/audio/2015/0603/20150603_rteradio1-thejohnmurrayshow-musictirna_c20790897_20790964_232_/20150603_rteradio1-thejohnmurrayshow-musictirna_c20790897_20790964_232_.mp3|title= The John Murray Show|website= www.rte.ie|host= John Murray|date= June 3, 2015}}
Track listing
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| title1 = You in Yellow
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| writer1 = Sonny Condell
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| title2 = I Have Known Love
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| writer2 = Eileen Lewellen, Simeon, Taylor
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| title3 = The Angelus
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| writer3 = Condell
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| title4 = I Pick Up Birds at Funerals
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| writer4 = Leo O'Kelly
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| title5 = Ricochet
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| writer5 = O'Kelly
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| title6 = Andria
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| writer6 = Condell
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| title7 = Sympathetic Love
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| writer7 = O'Kelly
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| title8 = The Gangway
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| title9 = Time Is Gone
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| title10 = The Dark Dance
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Personnel
;Tír na nÓg
- Sonny Condell – vocals, guitar, bongos, instruments
- Leo O'Kelly – vocals, guitar, bongos, instruments
;Additional musician
- Garvan Gallagher – bass (track 7, 9)
Release history
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! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| Ireland
| May 24, 2015 | Tír na nÓg Records | CD | TNN 002 |
References
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