Up (Great Big Sea album)
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Up is an album by Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...

 released in September 1995. With at least 100,000 sold in Canada, it is certified 4x platinum in the country.

Track listing

  1. "Run Runaway
    Run Runaway
    "Run Runaway" is a hard rock song performed by English band Slade. The song was written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and was on their 1983 album The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome...

    " (Noddy Holder, Jim Lea) 2:51
  2. "Goin' Up" (Alan Doyle) 3:12
  3. "Fast As I Can" (Alan Doyle) 4:11
  4. "Mari-Mac" (Arranged By Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 2:33
  5. "Dancing With Mrs.White" (Traditional) 2:07
  6. "Something To It" (Séan McCann) 2:21
  7. "Buying Time" (Bob Hallett, Séan McCann) 3:07
  8. "Lukey
    Lukey's Boat
    "Lukey's Boat" is a comical folk song originating from the east coast of Newfoundland. Given its metre, it may have derived from a sea shanty.There are many minor variations of the song, depending on the singer; however it is essentially about the characteristics of the title boat, with the last...

    " (Arranged By Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 3:10
  9. "The Old Black Rum" (Bob Hallett) 2:29
  10. "The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)" (Ron Angel) 2:41
  11. "Wave Over Wave" (Jim Payne, Janice Spence) 3:49
  12. "Billy Peddle" (Traditional) 2:46
  13. "Nothing Out Of Nothing" (Séan McCann) 2:39
  14. "The Jolly Butcher" (Traditional) 3:14
  15. "Rant & Roar
    The Ryans and the Pittmans
    "The Ryans and The Pittmans" is a popular Newfoundland folk song. It tells of the romantic entanglements of a sailor named Bob Pittman, and his desire to sail home to finally marry his "sweet Biddy"...

    " (Traditional) 2:40

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