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Great Big Sea | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 28, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea Int'l
• ASIN: B000006TIP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,978 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Run Runaway

2. Goin Up

3. Fast as I Can

4. Mari-Mac

5. Dancing with Mrs. White

6. Something to It

7. Buying Time

8. Lukey

9. The Old Black Rum

10. The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)

11. Wave over Wave

12. Billy Peddle

13. Nothing out of Nothing

14. The Jolly Butcher

15. Rant & Roar

Editorial Reviews

1996 album for Canadian Celtic rock act.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a Dog Wrapped Round Your Leg (But in a good way), December 8, 2002

By 

Kelly Langston-Smith (Atomic City, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Up (Audio CD)

Buy this CD. Play it often. Learn all the words to "Mari-Mac" (I dare you). And go see the greatest band in the world in concert. There is no way you will be disappointed.
From start to finish, this set is a winner. "Run Runaway" starts the ball rolling and it doesn't stop until track 15. People will recommend this band if you like Irish Rock, but I say if you like music AT ALL you have to love these guys. The original compositions are every bit as good as the re-workings of traditional Irish songs. You will sing, you will dance and you will have as much fun as you can possibly have with you clothes off or on (pants required in public, please).
If you own this CD, you should hunt up a copy of "Fire in the Kitchen" produced by Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains which has GBS doing an even better version of "Lukey."
Sit back, take a sip of the old black rum, and enjoy.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like happy music, than Great Big Sea is for you!, March 8, 1999

By 

Sarah P. "Sarah P." (MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Up (Audio CD)

If you're sick and tired of angry angst-ridden music, try anything by Great Big Sea, especially Up. I'm not from Newfoundland, but I wish I was after listening to this music. It has life and character, all driven by happiness! What a fantastic combination!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous!, February 24, 2000

By 

shel99 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Up (Audio CD)

I discovered Great Big Sea when a friend from Toronto played one of their songs for me. I liked it so much that she bought me this cd for my birthday. It's full of upbeat music that just picks you right up and sweeps you away! About half of the songs are arrangements of traditional Newfoundland tunes (not that I know anything at all about Newfoundland, being from Boston), the rest are original songs that are surprisingly tender, in particular my favorite track, "Fast as I can". This is fun music. It's really too bad these guys are pretty much unknown in the US.