Lore is a studio album by the Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 group Clannad

Clannad

Clannad are an Irish musical group, from Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal. Their music has been variously described as bordering on folk and folk rock, Irish, Celtic and New Age, often incorporating elements of an even broader spectrum of smooth jazz and Gregorian chant...

. It was re-issued in 2005 with the Cantoma mix bonus track of "Croí Cróga". Lore was greeted with great acclaim by music critics worldwide, often stating that this was one of Clannad's greatest recordings. This has the most Gaelic songs of all Clannad albums since 1982, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album

Grammy Award for Best New Age Album

The Grammy Award for Best New Age Album is presented to recording artists for quality albums in the New Age music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...

, the band's second nomination, although it lost to The Memory of Trees

The Memory of Trees

The Memory of Trees is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 1995 . It won the Grammy Award for "Best New Age Album" of 1997...

by Enya

Enya

Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to...

 (Eithne Ní Bhraonaín), who was once a member of Clannad and is the sister of band members Moya Brennan

Moya Brennan

Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin , also known as Máire Brennan , is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist who began performing professionally in 1970, when her family formed the band Clannad, and is now widely considered as the "First Lady of Celtic Music"...

, Ciarán Brennan

Ciarán Brennan

Ciarán Brennan is an Irish singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist from Gweedore, Co Donegal...

 and Pól Brennan

Pól Brennan

Pól Brennan is an Irish singer, songwriter and producer. He is the brother of Enya and Moya Brennan. He is a member of the family band Clannad, and co-wrote the hit song "Theme from Harry's Game". He left the group in 1990, but rejoined in 2011...

 as well as niece to Noel Ó Dúgáin and Pádraig Ó Dúgáin.

Track listing

1. "Croí Cróga" (Ciarán Brennan) – 5:00
2. "Seanchas
   Seanchas
   "Seanchas" is a pop song by Irish group Clannad. It was released in 1996 and was their first single from their album Lore. The single's title means 'Lore' or 'Folklore' in the Irish language and is pronounced 'shan-ahas'.-External links:*...
   
   " (C. Brennan) – 4:56
3. "A Bridge (That Carries Us Over)" (C. Brennan) – 4:32
4. "From Your Heart" (Máire Brennan) – 5:14
5. "Alasdair Mac Colla" (Traditional) – 2:13
6. "Broken Pieces" (M. Brennan) – 4:53
7. "Tráthnóna Beag Aréir" (Traditional) – 6:38
8. "Trail of Tears" (Noel Duggan) – 5:17
9. "Dealramh Go Deo" (C. Brennan) – 5:05
10. "Farewell Love" (M. Brennan) – 4:44
11. "Fonn Mhárta" (C. Brennan) – 3:32
12. "Croí Cróga" (Cantoma Mix) (only on 2005 reissue album) – 5:58

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S Billboard Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top World Albums	1
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	14

External links

• This album at Northern Skyline