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Dusk Til Dawn: Best Of Capercaillie

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Having listened to Irish music for several years now I had bought but not bothered to listen to this particular Scottish band until recently. What a waste of several years! Like so many other reviewers have said I listen to this CD non-stop. I love each and every song and plan on getting more Capercaillie albums.

The cog that really makes Capercaillie work, I believe, is Karen Matheson's vocals. She sings equally well in Gaelic or English although I've read she prefers Gaelic. Her voice is stong and true yet she can put so much emotion into the words that you will be moved whether you understand what she is singing or not.

Of course the other band mambers are as important but I was especially pleased to discover an Irishman among the bunch (Manus Lunny) who's influence in some of the songs is unmistakable. It always helps, too, if an artist like Davy Spillane (Moving Hearts and solo artist) play uilleann pipes on a song or two. Another Irishman (and brother to Manus), Donal Lunny, helped Capercaillie produce an entire album from which songs like the beautiful but haunting "Breisleach (Live)" and the commentary "Waiting for the Wheel to Turn" came from.

"The Whinney Hills Jigs", "Kepplehall/25KTS" and "Dr MacPhail's Reel" are all instrumentals. The songs with English titles (except for "The Tree" and "In Exile") are sung in English and the rest are sung in Gaelic. While I don't know a lick of Gaelic, I still thoroughly enjoy the music and songs. If I ever become motivated to actually learn Gaelic (or at least Irish) I'll probably love this album even more -- if that's possible.

My very favorite songs are "Outlaws" and "Four Stone Walls" not only because of the upbeat music but also for the smart social remarks (and, of course, I can understand the words, LOL). And last, but not least, "Breisleach" for Karen's moving vocals.

Enjoy!

I can not get enough of this CD! Depth and meaning in even the most upbeat songs... This is without a doubt the Best of Capercaillie.

This album is a very nice cross section of Capercaillie's music. Karen Matheson's magnificent voice is ever present, and there are several dance-type tracks for something different. This was my fourth Capercaillie album and I have enjoyed it immensely. I enjoy celtic music and have an extensive collection in which Capercaillie forms pride of place. For anyone wishing to explore celtic music, this album is a GREAT place to start as it has a good range of the groups music and exhibits their talents very nicely. Enjoy!!!

I was pleased overall with this cd--it took awhile to grow on me, since it was sort of "dated" in its sound, and because it is more in the "euro-technopop" category on some songs than true Celtic. However, the traditional stuff is wonderful, and I like their use of other world rhythms blended to create their unique sound. A good buy!

Not so hot. They have so many good tunes in stock, which were not used on this that I wonder what the reason was...this CD does not to me, offer the best of Capercaillie. IMHO

I could never say enough wonderful things about this CD. I never even heard of Capercallie, until I was "clicking" around in Amazon. I ordered it, and I haven't stopped playing it. The music is simply incredible. I honestly haved played this from Dusk Till Dawn! I can't get enough and I WILL be buying more from this band. Simply awesome and totally addicting! And Thank You Amazon.com....had it not been for you, I wouldn't have found some of the fantastic cd's I now own! :)

I could never say enough wonderful things about this CD. I never even heard of Capercallie, until I was "clicking" around in Amazon. I ordered it, and I haven't stopped playing it. The music is simply incredible. I honestly haved played this from Dusk Till Dawn! I can't get enough and I WILL be buying more from this band. Simply awesome and totally addicting! And Thank You Amazon.com....had it not been for you, I wouldn't have found some of the fantastic cd's I now own! :)

I really just love this cd. I have honestly played this over and over for hours, and I could actually do it for days! This is just awesome music! Thanks to this group for sharing their talents!

I love this CD! I have played it over and over! It really has beautiful music on it and there is something very powerful behind each song! This CD won't disappoint you!

The music selected for these pieces was mixing reels and songs so neither had the upper hand, there was also a good native feel with the songs mainly in the mother tounge.