North Country [IMPORT]

The Rankin Family (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 15, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Grapevine
• ASIN: B000065M1M
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,024 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1993 album for the successful Canadian Folk/Country outfit. North Country solidifies the group's wholesome reputation. You can always count on The Rankins for at least one exquisite, stand-out pop melody per recording, that one here is the title track's tribute to Canadian wilderness. The voices of Cookie, Heather, and Raylene Rankin blend effectively with an intuitive sense of harmony. These are pure, attractive voices, but with a certain lack of emotional depth that parallels Jimmy and John Morris Rankin's sometimes over-sweetened, keyboard-dominated instrumentation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 6, 2003

By	J. Kaas (Welland, Ontario) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Rankin Family is a little known group from Cape Breton. Their music is excellent for celtic music. This album includes North Country, Lisa Brown, the hilarious Mull River Shuffle, and Rise Again which had lots of radio play in the early 1990's. It is definantly a cd must have for every Canadian.

5.0 out of 5 stars SOLID!, June 26, 2008

By	S. Guyette "Mr. Earbrass" (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this album at a thrift store and figured ,"What the heck? It's only a couple bucks, may as well try it." I was more than surprised and delighted. Had I known the album beforehand I would have been willing to pay full price. The Rankins have an impressive range of styles with a lot of celtic influence; the gaelic tracks are hauntingly beautiful and serene. The vocal harmony throughout is flawless. My only complaint is that the tracks entitled "Fisherman's Son" and "Tramp Miner" are a bit over the top (in a John Denver's "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" kinda way). I got the feeling that these two songs were hastily written space-filler ballads, very hard to take seriously. Regardless, this album is within the top 5 most listened to out of my collection of 1,000+.

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing, May 16, 2006

By	horselover "deb" (maine) - See all my reviews

this cd is beautiful! as an enya fan I find it equally amazing. this is a must have for any diehard relaxation music fan!