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Celtic Love Songs | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Shanachie
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 349581
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 016351781628
EAN: 0016351781628
ASIN: B000000E5U
Release Date: February 17, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Todd's Sweet Rural Shade | | • | All Things Are Quite Silent | | • | The Banks of the Lee | | • | Blackwaterside | | • | Bridget O'Malley | | • | Ned of the Hill | | • | The Cocks Are Crowing | | • | As I Roved Out | | • | Courting Is a Pleasure | | • | I Live Not Where I Love - Public Domain [1] | | • | The Unquiet Grave | | • | Eirigh Suas a Stoirin (Rise Up My Love) | | • | Dark-Eyed Sailor | | • | Fair and Tender Ladies | | • | A Fond Kiss |
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| Customer Reviews:
 An Unexpected Pleasure January 31, 2008
Alan Talbott
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was one of those serendipitious times where I bought a CD on a whim because I had heard the music of one of the songs ( not even the lyrics ) and it turned out to be one of my favorites .... If you can listen to Bridget O' Mally and not get a lump in your throat ..... well, you just ain't human.
 Fun and variety--Celtic music with words! March 20, 2001
J. Friedman (Madison, WI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I must admit I purchased this CD because I like words with my Celtic music. (Fastest way to bore me is with one of those reel sets that goes on for 11 minutes with no vocals...!) Since then it's definitely grown on me, not as authentic historical music (which it's largely not, unless your idea of history is fairly recent), but as something fun and full of variety and melody to help pass the time.Favorite parts of this recording: the two Steeleye Span tracks (which both give the lie to the misconception that Steeleye Span puts ugly thumping bass and electric guitars on every piece they do!), the two stellar Voice Squad tracks, Maddy Prior/Tim Hart's "I Live Not Where I Love", a plaintive a capella version of "Banks of the Lee" by Arcady, and a summery and sweetly-done "Ned of the Hill" by Cathie Ryan. My only irritant on this recording is the first track, which features a singer who has that annoying type of Irish accent where every single word ends in a drawn-out nasal "NNNnnnnnnn" sound. You know, "Todnnnnnn's sweennnnnn rurallnnnnnn shadnnnnnnnnnnnn..." Somehow I've never gotten used to that. But the rest of the tracks are romantic and fun, and really get you into the Celtic feeling. This would be great pre-Renaissance Faire fare. I sometimes listen to it on my way to SCA events, if I feel like lightening up by staying away from my recordings of pre-1600 music. (And even if cornered, I will never admit to this at an event, so don't ask!)
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