Cutter & The Clan [Import]

Runrig | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B0000073HS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,164 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Alba

2. The Cutter

3. Hearts Of Olden Glory

4. Pride Of The Summer

5. Worker For The Wind

6. Rocket To The Moon

7. The Only Rose

8. Protect And Survive

9. Our Earth Was Once Green

10. An Ubhal As Airde (The Highest Apple)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The album that brought Runrig to a higher level of stardom, April 18, 2005

By 

Ed Hanley "Mr. E" (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cutter & The Clan (Audio CD)

"The Cutter And The Clan" was the first Runrig album I bought and I was immediately blown away by the contents! It does indeed feature extremely strong material, ranging from rockalongers "Alba", "The Pride Of Summer", and "Rocket To The Moon" to poignant melodious treatments like "The Only Rose" and "An Ubhal As Airde".

The success of this album led to them being signed by Chrysalis Records, which eventually re-released "The Cutter And The Clan", introducing the music of Runrig to a whole new world. The genius of songwriting brothers Rory and Calum MacDonald can definitely not be underestimated, as they are basically the core of Runrig's substance that has helped them gain recognition both within and without their native Scotland.

I highly recommend this album; for me it represents an entirely different epoch compared to the first four albums, which were more locally known than their subsequent post-Cutter material. The band, led by Donnie Munro's soothing vocals, has since then continued to make albums of outstanding quality and has still maintained the love of their native language, which prior to "The Cutter And The Clan" was more prominent on their first couple of albums. Yet "Alba" ranks among one of their best Gaelic tracks, and the same can be said about "An Ubhal As Airde", which was later used in a Carlsberg TV advert and subsequently released as a single, being also the first Scottish Gaelic single to enter the Top 20. 'Tis a ballad with an utmost sense of melancholia, and which is definitely one of their more underrated Gaelic language ballads. Yet the English material on the album is also excellent, particularly the energetic "Pride Of The Summer" and the equally high-soaring "Rocket To The Moon" and "Protect And Survive".

This, you can say, is their ultimate milestone - a musical work which gained them instant recognition beyond the Scottish borders and which solidified their position as the best Scottish band of our time.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I instantly liked this group as soon as I heard them., September 30, 1998

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James Di Crocco III (Camp Babylon, Iraq) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cutter & The Clan (Audio CD)

I first heard Runrig in a German CD store in the fall of 1991 and have been a fan ever since. Unfortunately, this Scottish group is virtually unknown in the U.S. They combine traditional Scottish musical sensibilities with rock. It is an excellent combination. "Hearts of Olden Glory" and "Alba" are standout tracks, but my all-time favorite song by them is "Rocket to the Moon." It is available here on this album. Another great Runrig album (probably their best) is "Runrig - Live," the album that I first heard by them. Hopefully Amazon.com will also carry that one soon. At any rate, "The Cutter and the Clan" is a fine album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Searching For...., July 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cutter & The Clan (Audio CD)

If you are a fan of Big Country but would like something a little more relaxing, then find this work. I learned of this release through the local college radio station WVVS back in 1987 and felt a kindred spirit awaken from within. This is my kind of Celtic rock! Alba, sung in the local tongue, kicks off The Cutter & The Clan with a beat that will remind you of Tears for Fears, but the chorus soars away from that comparison immediately showing that these Scotts have thier own identity. The Cutter brings me a sense of a song written for a soundtrack for a man far away from his home. Bag Pipes? They have 'em. Very tastefully done in Pride Of The Summer. For this American, the whole package is full of emotion and just perfect for an evening sitting on the porch with pipe in hand dreaming of far away lands.