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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the great Scottish folk groups,
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This review is from: Best of Ossian (Audio CD)
I should make clear at the outset that I don't own this album. I do, however, own all the band's main recordings. The contents are as follows:01. St Kilda Wedding/Perrie Werrie Reel/Honourable Mrs Moll's Reel 02. S Gann Gunn D'irich Mi Chaoidh 03. The Road To Drumleman 04. The Sound Of Sleat/Aandowin' At The Bow/ The Old Reel 05. Will Ye Go To Flanders?/Lord Lovat's Lament 06. Duncan Johnstone/The Duck/The Curlew 07. Drunk At Night, Dry In The Morning 08. I Will Set My Ship In Order 09. Rory Dall's Sister's Lament 10. Johnny Todd/Far From Home 11. Jamie Raeburn/The Broomielaw 12. Mrs Stewart Of Grantully/Be Sud An'gille Truagh/Calum Johnston's/Harris Dance Ossian (not to be confused with the Hungarian group of the same name, nor with the likewise-defunct Irish group Oisín) were one of the great bands of the Scottish folk revival of the '70s and '80s, drawing on the tradition as Planxty, the Bothy band and Dé Dannan did around the same time in Ireland. Between 1977 and 1986 they made six albums, and a further one during a reunion in 1997 -- after the 1995 release of the current album, which comprises: 0 tracks from Ossian (1977) 2 tracks from St. Kilda Wedding (1978) 2 tracks from Seal Song (1981) 3 tracks from Dove Across the Water (1982) 2 tracks from Borders (1984) 3 tracks from Light on a Distant Shore (1986) All the band were skilled multi-instrumentalists, and the sheer variety of the arrangements on these albums is astonishing. Their vocal harmony, especially when combined with the wonderful voice of Tony Cuffe (as it is on "Will Ye Go to Flanders?"), is so perfect as to send shivers down the spine. If you can get the main albums second-hand, then do so. If you can't, then Best of represents a fair cross-section of their work. By my computation, the total time is somewhat over 56 minutes, which isn't a great deal for a "Best of" CD; hence the four stars instead of five. P.S. I have encoded all the names of the main albums as Product Links, so those listed here should show up in blue. |
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Best of Ossian by Ossian (Audio CD - 2002)
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