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  • Audio CD (March 26, 1996)
  • Original Release Date: May 31, 1989
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: EMI Europe Generic
  • ASIN: B0000073HU
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #132,986 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. News from Heaven
2. Every River
3. City of Lights
4. Eirinn
5. Tir A' Mhurain [Land of the Maram Grass]
6. World Appeal
7. Tear Down These Walls
8. Only the Brave
9. Siol Ghoraidh [The Geneology of Goraidh]
10. That Final Mile
11. Smalltown
12. Precious Years

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2000 release unavailable in the US, featuring 12 tracks.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Undicovered Sound of Scotland, April 23, 1999
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In my home country of Scotland, this group out sells Madonna and Dire Straits and yet are still unknown to the world at large. This album brings you a group that plays live to 50,000 people on the banks of Loch Lomond and many of the tracks on this album are main stays of the groups current live performances. The tracks start with the up beat news from Heaven following onto the lyrical every river and onwards and upwards the music takes you on a musical tour of the real Gaelic music. The writing force in the group are Rory and his younger brother Calum, whose up bringing on the Isle of Skye where English was the second language is evident in all tracks. Eirinn a track about the sad history of Ireland is not a political song in support of the IRA more a sociol comment on the destruction of a beautiful country by the few.

This album was critised by some Gaelic journalists due to the lack of Gaelic songs, however Runrig have realised that the big world out there does not speak or understand gaelic, they do understand good professionally presented music and lyrics.

Siol Ghoraidh (the geneology of goraidh)is my track of choice, if you ever get a chance to see the video Live at Stirling Castle you will see and hear the anger, dispair and ancient history within the lyrics of the song.

In summary the best album to come out of Scotland in many years. Forgot the false Gaelic or Celtic music of some of the current groups coming out of the Britain, Runrig live and breath the experience and their music is not staged to be fashionable.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant album! :-), August 12, 2000
By Laura Sparling (Ignacio, Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews
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Not recognized in the States for their inspiring lyrics and uplifting music, Runrig is one of the best Scottish bands around. In just seconds they can take you from the height of love and wonder to the deep depths of the soul. Even the most skeptical person will find themselves humming the lyrics of City of Lights or tapping their foot to the drumbeat of Tear Down These Walls. An absolutely wonderful album. My second favourite of theirs next to The Gaelic Collection.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars their most commercial; not their best, March 5, 2000
By Audun Myskja (N-1400 Ski, Ski Norway) - See all my reviews
It`s strange that Amazon.com carry this album, which is a half-baked attempt at reaching a wider audience, compared to their two masterpieces; "The Big Wheel" (1991) and "Amazing things" (1994), where their gaelic folk mouth-music roots fuse with rock power borne of the pulse of two percussionists.

But the most amazing about the reviews appearing so far is that they`re replete with Big Country comparisons, but fail to mention the true driving force of Runrig: The songs of the Mac Donald brothers, and particularly the lyrics of Calum MacDonald, which to my heart and mind are the most consistently inspired, even illuminated in popular music, barring Dylan and Cohen. Songs of mature love, instead of "my baby left me", songs of the love of the land and the winds of spirit weaving through our lives. The mixture of English and gaelic lyrics produce an uplifting blend. Why cannot Amazon carry these two albums, which have been their bestsellers in Scotland?

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Scottish Music
Who would understand? One of the best of Scottish Music, Runrig is treated as an exotic at Amazon.com. Read more
Published on March 19, 2001 by Der Iroschotte

5.0 out of 5 stars Reminds me of home
I'm from Scotland, and I love the way this music reminds me of home. It's filled with our culture, of the way we celebrate, the way we remember and our way of life. Fabulous.
Published on November 17, 1999 by Rachael Round

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What can you do with a band that [Note: A--z-- appears to have edited my review without telling me. Originally, the first sentence pointed out that some stores class Runrig as... Read more
Published on November 20, 1998 by Bedawyn

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