Add another very supportive vote. When a visitor comes to our home who is uninitiated to the wonders of Gaelic music, I whip out this CD and play "Breisleach" (Delirium) as an example of a calming love song and "Coisich a Ruin" (a.k.a. 'S Fluich an Oidhche) as an example of something lively. I must have more than 150 CDs with Celtic music of various sorts, but these are good ambassadors for it all. Another good pair for this is "Fhir a Bha\ta" and "Grandfather Mountain" from the "The Blood is Strong" CD.
Music like this saves my soul and my sanity some days after a hard day dealing with these "interesting times" we live in. I cannot put into words how the beauty of it transports me and touches my heart.
My eternal gratitude to Nick Freer, our ACGA Gaelic teacher from Alexandria, Virginia, who first recommended Capercaillie & Karen Matheson to me years ago. Mo\ran taing agus tapadh leat, a Neacail.
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Track Listings
| 1 | Rann Na Mona |
| 2 | Waiting For The Wheel To Turn |
| 3 | Aodann Srath Bhain |
| 4 | Cape Breton Song |
| 5 | You Will Rise Again |
| 6 | Kenny MacDonald's Jigs |
| 7 | Dean Saor An Spiorad |
| 8 | Coisich, A Ruin |
| 9 | Dr. MacPhail's Reel |
| 10 | Heart Of The Highland |
| 11 | Breisleach |
| 12 | Islay Ranter's Reels |
| 13 | Servant To The Slave |
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.68 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Green Linnet -- Rep --
- Date First Available : February 10, 2007
- Label : Green Linnet -- Rep --
- ASIN : B000005CU2
- Best Sellers Rank: #384,418 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #560 in Celtic New Age (CDs & Vinyl)
- #7,961 in Adult Contemporary (CDs & Vinyl)
- #8,166 in Adult Alternative (CDs & Vinyl)
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Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2007
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2012
For myself this cds great. I really enjoy gaelic music and Capercaillie takes it to new level. Highly recommend if Celtic music is what you looking for its worth a try.
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013
wonderful instrumentation, Kathy's voice is phenomenal - just a great listen song after song. this is a very talented group.
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2010
This album defines Capercaillie. The first time I heard this CD some 13 years ago, I was taken to a far off place. Even so, today. Music is so important in defining moments. If you even think you might like Celtic music, this is it.
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2002
The shift in approach and style between previous Capercaillie albums and Delirium is one of the most remarkable transformations in world music. While early recordings showed the band as an interesting but overly predictable and precious traditional celtic group, Delirium hits hard with a delightfully spontaneous blend of the prior elements with pop, funk, world and jazz overtones. For instance, the start of "Rann Na Mona", while stunningly beautiful, does recall Enya or Clannad doing Enya's style, but that quickly dissolves into a swirling skirmish of old and new. "Waiting for the Wheel to Turn" is a welcome statement about one of England's darker moments, that of the Clearances in which Scottish farmers were driven off their land and right out of their country to make way for grazing sheep, "Coisich a Ruin" and "Cape Breton Song" are both resurrected and revitalized works from centuries past. If the lyrics weren't enough, the music and Karen Matheson's voice are even better. The juxtaposition of moods and tempos is near perfect, but the many fine pieces stand well on their own too. There are the cracking instrumentals and wistful ballads as always, but the pop style tunes measure up in every way thanks to thoughtful subject matter and lyrics and strong melodies such as "Heart of the Highland", "You will rise again", and "Dean Saor An Spiorad". Even the closer, "Servant to the Slave", in a plodding almost progressive style that one might want to hate, is a welcome change of mood with which to wind down the project. While some bands take albums and years to break through from humble beginnings, Capercaillie did it all on Delirium, embracing their Scottish roots and then letting them soar.
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2000
Capercaillie's music is hard to describe -- the combination of heartfelt, poetic lyrics and sweeping, beautiful music is a rare find in music today. However, they pull it off, and do so consistently throughout the entire CD, whether the lyrics are in English ("You'll wake to a different drum / In a place to call your own / Your world is shaking but a day will come / for a dream to take you home") [from "You Will Rise Again"] or in Gaelic (just look at the title track, "Delirium"). Gaelic folk music is here, as well -- "Cape Breton Song", in various different forms, is still sung by workers in Nova Scotia today, according to an article I read, and is just one of five traditional songs on the album. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys Celtic music, and even to those who don't -- Capercaillie seems to do something that few others cannot, and that is transcend the genre to appeal to a much wider audience.
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2001
This is the album I waited for 3 months (don't ask...). But it was worth waiting. Even if I would have been born much earlier and had to wait for Capercaillie to happen, it would have been worth waiting. Since I really enjoy in mouth music, Cape Breton Song became my favourite track. Brazen Donald Shaw is again political in his lyrics for Waiting for the Wheel to Turn, Dean Saor an Spiorad and Heart of the Highland, which makes Capercaillie pop-tracks far more interesting and bearable than those by, say, Clannad. Delirium is one of the best and most traditional albums by Capercaillie. They are, indeed, the heart of the Highlands.
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 1998
"Breisleach" ("Delirium") on track 11, alone, is worth the price of the album. The group's understated musicianship allows Karen Matheson an almost acappella performance of Aonghas MacNeacoll's haunting contemporary poem.
"...I went to the ale-house yesterday / To expel you from my head. / Every glass I raised, / Your beauty overflowed from it. / I went to bed early last night / To escape you in sleep / But you kept me awake / Till I'd make you a song..."
"Coisich a Ruin" ("Come On, My Love") is an updated version of an old Highland work song (variants are sung in my native Nova Scotia to this day) ...the lively beat and deft treatment got this onto the U.K. Top 40, surely the first and only Gaelic song to do so. (Don't worry; if you don't have the Gaelic, the CD booklet includes translations.)
I've given this album as a gift, recommended it to friends, and enjoy my copy immensely.
Do yourself a favor.! ! ..get to know Capercaillie.
"...I went to the ale-house yesterday / To expel you from my head. / Every glass I raised, / Your beauty overflowed from it. / I went to bed early last night / To escape you in sleep / But you kept me awake / Till I'd make you a song..."
"Coisich a Ruin" ("Come On, My Love") is an updated version of an old Highland work song (variants are sung in my native Nova Scotia to this day) ...the lively beat and deft treatment got this onto the U.K. Top 40, surely the first and only Gaelic song to do so. (Don't worry; if you don't have the Gaelic, the CD booklet includes translations.)
I've given this album as a gift, recommended it to friends, and enjoy my copy immensely.
Do yourself a favor.! ! ..get to know Capercaillie.
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Aviva
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quality Over Quantity.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2019
We had this CD ages ago, but lost it and now we have replaced it and it still sounds "just released!" Timeless.....really can't be "replaced!"
Falcons205Gti
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great album.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2014
I've always like Clannad and I bought a best of album of Capercaillie. I liked it so I'm buying other by them, second hand for less than £1.50 mainly. Not really bought a bad one yet!
Tim S
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good listening
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2013
The album was a good introduction to the band giving ample opportunity to appreciate the musicianship and the melodies & vocals,
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WmMiller
5.0 out of 5 stars
Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2017
capercaillie fans will love it
F. Rodenburg
5.0 out of 5 stars
still making excellent music!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2016
Still going strong, still making excellent music!
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