The Blood Is Strong
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The Blood Is Strong is an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 band Capercaillie
Capercaillie (band)
Capercaillie is a Scottish folk band, founded in the 1980s by Donald Shaw and fronted by Karen Matheson. They have seen four of their albums placed in the UK Albums Chart, and continue to perform and record to the present day.-History:...

 originally issued in 1988 and reissued in 1995 with six extra tracks by Survival Records. It was issued in North America by Valley Entertainment
Valley Entertainment
Valley Entertainment is a United States music distributor and independent record label based in New York City. The company was founded in 1996 by Barney Cohen, president and CEO. In 2001, they acquired the prestigious back catalogue of space, ambient, and New Age music from Hearts of Space Records...

 in 2000.

Track listing

  1. "Aignish" (J A Morrison/Kennedy Fraser)
  2. "The Hebrides"
  3. "Arrival Theme"
  4. "Cumha Do Dh'Uilleam Siosal"
  5. "Iona Theme"
  6. "Oh Mo Dhùthaich" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie)
  7. "Calum's Road"
  8. "Callinish, Picts, Celts"
  9. "Fear a Bhàta" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie)
  10. "Alasdair Mhic Cholla" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie)
  11. "Dean Cadalan Sàmhach" (J MacRae)
  12. "Lordship of the Isles"
  13. "Grandfather Mountain"
  14. "Arrival Reprise"
  15. "An Ataireachd Ard"
  16. "Colum Cille"
  17. "'S Fhada Leam An Oidhche Gheamhraidh" (M McFarlane)
  18. "Downtown Toronto"
  19. "Maideanan Na h-Airidh" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie)

Reissue track listing

  1. "An Gille Ban" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie)
  2. "Domhnall"
  3. "An t-Eilean Mu Thuath (The Isle to the North)" (John Macleod)
  4. "Fagail Bhernaraidh (Leaving Berneray)" (Macleod/Shaw)
  5. "Lorn Theme: Instrumental/Moladh Bhearnaraidh (In Praise of Berneray)" (Shaw/Duff)
  6. "Gun Teann Mi Ris Na Ruinn Tha Seo (Remembrance)" (MacLeod/Shaw)
  7. "Aignish"
  8. "Hebrides"
  9. "Arrival Theme"
  10. "Cumha Do Dh'uilleam Siosal"
  11. "Iona Theme"
  12. "Oh Mo Dhùthaich"
  13. "Calum's Road"
  14. "Callinish, Picts, Celts"
  15. "Fear a Bhàta"
  16. "Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda"
  17. "Dean Cadalan Sàmhach"
  18. "Lordship of the Isles"
  19. "Grandfather Mountain"
  20. "Arrival Reprise"
  21. "Am Ataireachd Ard"
  22. "Columcille"
  23. "'s Fhada Leam an Oidhche Gheamhraidh"
  24. "Downtown Toronto"
  25. "Maideanan Na H-Airdidh"

Credits

  • Karen Matheson
    Karen Matheson
    Karen Matheson OBE is a Scottish folk singer, who frequently sings in Scottish Gaelic. She is lead singer of the group Capercaillie and was a member of Dan Ar Braz's group L'Heritage des Celtes, with whom she often sang lead vocals, either alone or jointly with Elaine Morgan...

     - Vocals
  • Charlie McKerron - Fiddle
    Fiddle
    The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...

  • John Saich - Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Manus Lunny - Bouzouki
    Bouzouki
    The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...

    , Guitar
  • Marc Duff - Whistles
    Whistles
    Whistles is a clothing brand with 40 stores across Britain. It was founded in the early 1980s by Lucille and Richard Lewin.In January 2008, Jane Shepherdson, former Topshop director, signed a deal to purchase a 20 per cent stake in Whistles and was appointed the job of chief executive.-Style:In the...

    , Bodhran
    Bodhrán
    The bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...

    , Wind Synthesiser
  • Donald Shaw
    Donald Shaw (musician)
    Donald Shaw is a Scottish musician, composer, producer, and one of the founding members of the group Capercaillie. His sister is fiddler Eilidh Shaw....

     - Accordion
    Accordion
    The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

    , Keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...


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