Away, You Santy!: Traditional Sea Songs And Chanteys

Wickford Express | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000001V70
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,421 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Mermaid

2. Hornpipes

3. South Australia

4. Rosabella

5. Boys Of Blue Hill

6. Farewell To Tarwaithe

7. New York Girls

8. General Taylor

9. The Balaena

10. Si Bheg Si Mhor

11. Fisherman's Lassie

12. Lord Inchiquin

13. Bold Riley-O

14. Red Haired Boy

15. Talcahuano Girls/Spanish Ladies

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding treatment. O'Brian fans will love it., June 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Away, You Santy!: Traditional Sea Songs And Chanteys (Audio CD)

The album is a wonderfully lively treatment of classic sea chanties-- no stodginess turning cheerful songs into monotone dirges on this CD. The light and skillful accompaniment is perfect for the hearty New England voices of Wickford Express, and the selections cover a wide range of styles. Especially appealing to me were the renditions of Spanish Ladies (for American sailors!), the medley of hornpipes, and the treatments of O'Carolan's 'Si Bheg Si Mhor' and 'Lord Inchiquin', which are performed with both style and enthusiasm. In addition to those standards, the CD includes some true 'chanties', sung with obvious appreciation for the wit inherent in the lyrics. All in all, an outstanding recording that will turn your car into a tall ship, and your commute into a voyage to cross the Line.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A TIMELESS CLASSIC!, June 1, 2005

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Sea Dog (Coastal New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Away, You Santy!: Traditional Sea Songs And Chanteys (Audio CD)

Landlubber or sailor, this one will have you up on your feet and singing along! "Away You Santy" has to be the benchmark recording of sea shanties and sea songs! This, the trio's first CD, contains honest, straight-forward, non-pretentious, accoustic renditions of sea songs, shanties, and tunes. It is an enthusiastic and lively collection performed with vocals, squeezebox, banjo, guitar, and pennywhistle, creating an authentic maritime sound that one can easily imagine hearing on board a creaky old wooden ship. I've had a copy since it was first released on cassette back in 1982 before it was remastered and released by Delta/LaserLight) and have never grown tired of it - I highly recommend this out-of-print and rare musical gem!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like Dylan & Roger McGuinn..., December 21, 2002

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David M. Ross (Garland, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Away, You Santy!: Traditional Sea Songs And Chanteys (Audio CD)

I would have given this CD 5 stars, except 1) I'm not a folk music guru; and 2) I felt that the audio quality was slightly lacking. Elaborating on the first aspect, I found "Away, You Santy!" beautiful having considerable appreciation for the folkish music of Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Grateful Dead, James Taylor and other 60's artists. Many of the tracks were recorded without instrumental accompaniment, but this adds to, rather than subtracts from, those performances. Don't be put off by my comment about the audio; this was from the perspective of someone who likes some spatial effects in recordings. If your audio system can add some reverb, and you want it, you can add the spatial dimensions. If you prefer the unenhanced sound as on the CD, you won't have to hear the spatiality the engineers could have added. This CD, esthetically, is superb.