Name: The Best Of Altan - The Songs by Altan
Brand: Altan
SKU: 724359360850
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (98 reviews)

COMPILATION

Altan has reached a point in its career where the band could conceivably exist off of the endless repackaging of its collected works. After nine solid albums of Celtic wizardry, they show no signs of slowing down, and seem the likely candidate to usurp the throne currently occupied by the Chieftains. The Best of Altan: The Songs is an anthology of their non-instrumental work from their four records on the Virgin label. Each track features the heavenly voice of fiddler Maighread Ní Mhaonaigh and the lush instrumentation that has won the band international acclaim. Highlights include the rousing "Beidh Aonach Amárach" and the Robert Burns classic "Green Grow the Rushes." Though true fans will miss the inclusion of material from their five Green Linnet releases, The Best of Altan: The Songs is a moving anthology from one of Celtic music's most groundbreaking groups. ~ James Christopher Monger

1. Girl From The North Country

by Altan

Accordion: Dermot Byrne; Performer
Composer: Bob Dylan; Composer
Background Vocals: Daithi Sproule; Performer
Bass: James "hutch" Hutchinson; Performer
Bouzouki: Ciaran Curran; Performer
Engineer: Conal Markey; Production
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Jerry Douglas
Mark Kelly
Daithi Sproule; Performer
Performer: Mark Kelly
Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Daithi Sproule
Jerry Douglas
Dermot Byrne
James "hutch" Hutchinson
Ciaran Curran; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Doug Sax; Production
Mixing: Gary Paczosa; Production
Studio Personnel: Conal Markey
Gary Paczosa
Doug Sax; Production
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Producer: Altan; Production

2. Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's A Fair Tomorrow)

by Altan

Accordion: Dermot Byrne; Performer
Background Vocals: Ciaran Tourish
Mark Kelly
Daithi Sproule; Performer
Bass: Steve Cooney; Performer
Bouzouki: Ciaran Curran; Performer
Arranger: Mark Kelly
Ciaran Curran
Daithi Sproule
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Dermot Byrne
Ciaran Tourish; Composer
Bodhrán Drum: Jimmy Higgins; Other
Engineer: Conal Markey; Production
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Harmonica: Mick Kinsella; Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Performer: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Steve Cooney
Daithi Sproule
Ciaran Curran
Mark Kelly
Jimmy Higgins
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Mick Kinsella; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Doug Sax; Production
Mixing: Gary Paczosa; Production
Studio Personnel: Doug Sax
Conal Markey
Gary Paczosa; Production
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Producer: Altan; Production

3. Green Grow The Rushes

by Altan

Accordion: Dermot Byrne; Performer
Background Vocals: Ciaran Tourish
Mark Kelly
Daithi Sproule; Performer
Arranger: Mark Kelly
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Curran
Dermot Byrne
Ciaran Tourish; Composer
Bass: Steve Cooney; Performer
Bouzouki: Ciaran Curran; Performer
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Harmonica: Mick Kinsella; Performer
Keyboard: Dónal Lunny; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Performer: Steve Cooney
Daithi Sproule
Ciaran Curran
Mark Kelly
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Dónal Lunny
Mick Kinsella
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Engineer: Conal Markey; Production
Mastering Engineer: Doug Sax; Production
Mixing: Gary Paczosa; Production
Studio Personnel: Doug Sax
Gary Paczosa
Conal Markey; Production
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Producer: Altan; Production

4. Suil Ghorm

by Altan

Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Composer: Kelly
Ni Mhaonaigh; Composer
Lyricist: Kelly
Ni Mhaonaigh; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Kelly
Ni Mhaonaigh; Other

5. Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair

by Altan

Background Vocals: Mark Kelly
Daithi Sproule
Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Fiddle: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Musician: Dermot Byrne
Ciaran Curran; Performer
Performer: Ni Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Curran
Proinsias O Maonaigh
Byrne
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Daithi Sproule
Sproule
Kelly
Mark Kelly
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Mixing: Brian Masterson; Production
Producer: Alastair Mcmillan
Altan; Production
Recording: Alastair Mcmillan; Production
Recording Arrangement: Ciaran Curran
Sproule
Ni Mhaonaigh
Proinsias O Maonaigh
Ciaran Tourish
Kelly
Byrne; Production
Recording Assistant: Conan Doyle; Production
Studio Personnel: Conan Doyle
Alastair Mcmillan
Brian Masterson; Production

6. Molly Na Gcuach Ni Chuilleanain

by Altan

Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Steve Cooney
Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
Mark Kelly
Ciaran Tourish
Daithi Sproule; Performer
Bass: Steve Cooney; Performer
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Harmonica: Brendan Power; Performer
Musician: Dermot Byrne
Jimmy Higgins
Ciaran Curran
Dónal Lunny; Performer
Performer: Byrne
Lunny
Ciaran Curran
Curran
Mark Kelly
Jimmy Higgins
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Dónal Lunny
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
Steve Cooney
Brendan Power
Daithi Sproule
Kelly
Tourish
Ni Mhaonaigh; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Engineer: Brian Masterson; Production
Mixing: Brian Masterson; Production
Producer: Altan
Brian Masterson; Production
Recording Arrangement: Tourish
Lunny
Curran
Kelly
Byrne
Ni Mhaonaigh; Production
Studio Personnel: Brian Masterson; Production

7. I Wish My Love Was A Red Red Rose

by Altan

Background Vocals: Ciaran Tourish
Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Fiddle: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Musician: Dermot Byrne
Ciaran Curran; Performer
Performer: Ni Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Curran
Mark Kelly
Byrne
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Daithi Sproule
Sproule
Kelly
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Mixing: Brian Masterson; Production
Producer: Alastair Mcmillan
Altan; Production
Recording: Alastair Mcmillan; Production
Recording Arrangement: Ciaran Curran
Sproule
Ni Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Tourish
Kelly
Byrne; Production
Recording Assistant: Conan Doyle; Production
Studio Personnel: Conan Doyle
Alastair Mcmillan
Brian Masterson; Production

8. Cuach Mo Lon Dubh Buí

by Altan

Composer: Traditional
Ni Mhaonaigh; Composer
Accordion: Dermot Byrne; Performer
Background Vocals: Paul Brady
Daithi Sproule
Ciaran Tourish
Mark Kelly; Performer
Bass: Steve Cooney; Performer
Fiddle: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Arranger: Ni Mhaonaigh
Curran
Tourish
Byrne
Kelly; Composer
Bouzouki: Ciaran Curran; Performer
Performer: Daithi Sproule
Richie Buckley
Paul Brady
Ciaran Curran
Mark Kelly
Jim Higgins
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
Steve Cooney; Performer
Saxophone: Richie Buckley; Performer
Vocals: Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Engineer: Gary Paczosa; Production
Recording Assistant: Alistair Mcmillan; Production
Studio Personnel: Alistair Mcmillan
Gary Paczosa; Production
Bodhrán Drum: Jim Higgins; Other
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Producer: Altan; Production

9. The Pretty Young Girl

by Altan

Accordion: Dermot Byrne; Performer
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Mark Kelly
Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Bouzouki: Dónal Lunny
Ciaran Curran; Performer
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Mark Kelly; Performer
Performer: Ciaran Curran
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Dónal Lunny
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Mark Kelly
Dolly Parton; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Dolly Parton; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Arranger: Ni Mhaonaigh
Tourish
Byrne
Kelly
Curran
Lunny; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Engineer: Gary Paczosa; Production
Producer: Altan; Production
Recording Assistant: Alistair Mcmillan; Production
Studio Personnel: Gary Paczosa
Alistair Mcmillan; Production

10. Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Baine

by Altan

Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Bass: Steve Cooney; Performer
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Harmonica: Brendan Power; Performer
Musician: Dónal Lunny
Dermot Byrne
Ciaran Curran
Jimmy Higgins; Performer
Performer: Ciaran Curran
Curran
Mark Kelly
Jimmy Higgins
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Dónal Lunny
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Daithi Sproule
Tourish
Ni Mhaonaigh
Byrne
Steve Cooney
Brendan Power
Kelly; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Engineer: Brian Masterson; Production
Mixing: Brian Masterson; Production
Producer: Brian Masterson
Altan; Production
Recording Arrangement: Tourish
Curran
Kelly
Byrne
Ni Mhaonaigh; Production
Studio Personnel: Brian Masterson; Production

11. Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin

by Altan

Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Mark Kelly
Daithi Sproule
Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Bouzouki: Ciaran Curran; Performer
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Mark Kelly
Daithi Sproule; Performer
Performer: Mark Kelly
Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Curran
Daithi Sproule; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Arranger: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Dermot Byrne
Mark Kelly
Ciaran Curran; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Engineer: Conal Markey; Production
Mastering Engineer: Doug Sax; Production
Mixing: Gary Paczosa; Production
Producer: Altan; Production
Studio Personnel: Conal Markey
Doug Sax
Gary Paczosa; Production

12. Ten Thousand Miles

by Altan

Accordion: Dermot Byrne; Performer
Background Vocals: Ciaran Tourish
Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Bouzouki: Ciaran Curran; Performer
Arranger: Ciaran Curran
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Dermot Byrne
Ciaran Tourish
Mark Kelly; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Engineer: Conal Markey; Production
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Performer: Fiachra Trench
Niamh Nelson
Mark Kelly
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Daithi Sproule
Ciaran Curran
Alan Smale
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Bill Butt
Gillian Williams; Performer
Strings: Alan Smale
Bill Butt
Gillian Williams
Niamh Nelson; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Fiachra Trench; Composer
Mixing: Gary Paczosa; Production
Studio Personnel: Conal Markey
Gary Paczosa; Production
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Producer: Altan; Production

13. 'Stor, A Stor, A Ghra

by Altan

Background Vocals: Steve Cooney
Daithi Sproule
Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill
Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
Ciaran Tourish
Mark Kelly
Conan Doyle; Performer
Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Fiddle: Ciaran Tourish
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Guitar: Mark Kelly
Daithi Sproule; Performer
Harmonica: Brendan Power; Performer
Musician: Ciaran Curran
Jimmy Higgins
Dermot Byrne; Performer
Performer: Lunny
Ciaran Curran
Conan Doyle
Curran
Mark Kelly
Jimmy Higgins
Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
Steve Cooney
Brendan Power
Kelly
Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill
Byrne
Daithi Sproule
Tourish
Ni Mhaonaigh; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Engineer: Brian Masterson; Production
Mixing: Brian Masterson; Production
Producer: Brian Masterson
Altan; Production
Recording Arrangement: Ni Mhaonaigh
Lunny
Curran
Kelly
Byrne
Tourish; Production
Studio Personnel: Brian Masterson; Production

14. A Moment In Time

by Altan

Primary Artist: Altan; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Mark Kelly
Daithi Sproule
Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Fiddle: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Guitar: Daithi Sproule
Mark Kelly; Performer
Musician: Dermot Byrne
Ciaran Curran; Performer
Performer: Ciaran Tourish
Dermot Byrne
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Mark Kelly
Ciaran Curran
Daithi Sproule; Performer
Vocals: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Performer
Whistle: Ciaran Tourish; Performer
Composer: Ni Mhaonaigh
Kelly; Composer
Lyricist: Kelly
Ni Mhaonaigh; Composer
Mixing: Brian Masterson; Production
Producer: Altan
Alastair Mcmillan; Production
Recording: Alastair Mcmillan; Production
Recording Assistant: Conan Doyle; Production
Studio Personnel: Conan Doyle
Brian Masterson
Alastair Mcmillan; Production
Composer Lyricist: Kelly
Ni Mhaonaigh; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

14 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

47 minutes and 31 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1444x1444 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

13/14 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

6/14 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

World, Worldwide, Traditional Celtic, Singer & Songwriter, Traditional Folk, Celtic, Contemporary Celtic

Label

Virgin Catalogue

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)
Irish

Popularity

Release Date

Sep 15, 2003

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

724359360850

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The Best Of Altan - The Songs

1. Girl From The North Country

2. Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's A Fair Tomorrow)

3. Green Grow The Rushes

4. Suil Ghorm

5. Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair

6. Molly Na Gcuach Ni Chuilleanain

7. I Wish My Love Was A Red Red Rose

8. Cuach Mo Lon Dubh Buí

9. The Pretty Young Girl

10. Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Baine

11. Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin

12. Ten Thousand Miles

13. 'Stor, A Stor, A Ghra

14. A Moment In Time

Technical Specifications

The Best Of Altan - The Songs

Product information

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1. Girl From The North Country

2. Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's A Fair Tomorrow)

3. Green Grow The Rushes

4. Suil Ghorm

5. Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair

6. Molly Na Gcuach Ni Chuilleanain

7. I Wish My Love Was A Red Red Rose

8. Cuach Mo Lon Dubh Buí

9. The Pretty Young Girl

10. Ar Bhruach Na Carraige Baine

11. Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin

12. Ten Thousand Miles

13. 'Stor, A Stor, A Ghra

14. A Moment In Time

Technical Specifications