Barafundle is the title of a 1997 album by Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci were a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in Carmarthen, west Wales in 1991. They sang songs in both Welsh and English. They split up in May 2006.-Biography:...

, and is highly regarded by such websites as allmusic as their best album. Songs are often sung in both Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 and English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, and the album's influences range from twee-pop to traditional folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

. The album's title comes from the name of a beach in Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. Lynn Childs, father of singer Euros and violinist Megan, plays shawm

Shawm

The shawm was a medieval and Renaissance musical instrument of the woodwind family made in Europe from the 12th century until the 17th century. It was developed from the oriental zurna and is the predecessor of the modern oboe. The body of the shawm was usually turned from a single piece of wood,...

 and other traditional instruments on the album's occasional medieval interludes (for example, on "Starmoonsun"). The single "Patio Song" was the band's highest charting single in the UK, hitting #41. It ranked #8 on John Peel

John Peel

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's 1996 Festive Fifty

Festive Fifty

The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's fifty best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for by listeners to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show...

 countdown.

Track listing

All songs written by Euros Childs

Euros Childs

Euros Childs is a Welsh musician and songwriter, best known as the frontman for the band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. His sister is the violinist Megan Childs...

 unless otherwise stated.

1. "Diamond Dew" (Childs/James
   Richard James (musician)
   Richard James is a guitarist, bassist and singer-songwriter from Pembrokeshire, Wales. He was a founder member of the band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, who split up in 2006.His first solo album, The Seven Sleepers Den, was released in 2006....
   
   ) – 2:50
2. "The Barafundle Bumbler" – 1:53
3. "Starmoonsun" (Lawrence
   John Lawrence (musician)
   John Lawrence is a Welsh musician. He was a founding member of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, but left the band in 1999, prior to the release of the band's sixth album Spanish Dance Troupe...
   
   ) – 3:04
4. "Patio Song" – 2:43
5. "Better Rooms..." – 3:46
6. "Heywood Lane" (Lawrence/Childs) – 2:52
7. "Pen Gwag Glas" – 3:59
8. "Bola Bola" – 1:53
9. "Cursed, Coined and Crucified" (Lawrence) – 2:27
10. "Sometimes the Father Is the Son" (James) – 3:21
11. "Meirion Wyllt" – 2:48
12. "The Wizard and the Lizard" (Lawrence/Childs) – 1:58
13. "Miniature Kingdoms" (Lawrence/Childs) – 4:17
14. "Dark Night" – 4:49
15. "Hwyl Fawr I Pawb" (M. Childs) – 1:48
16. "Wordless Song" – 3:20
17. "Young Girls and Happy Endings" - 2:25 (US Bonus Track)