Delirium (Capercaillie album)
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Delirium is an album
by folk rock
band Capercaillie
released in 1991 by Survival Records. It was issued in North America by Valley Entertainment
in 2002.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
band Capercaillie
Capercaillie (band)
Capercaillie is a Scottish folk band, founded in the 1980s by Donald Shaw and fronted by Karen Matheson. They have seen four of their albums placed in the UK Albums Chart, and continue to perform and record to the present day.-History:...
released in 1991 by Survival Records. It was issued in North America by Valley Entertainment
Valley Entertainment
Valley Entertainment is a United States music distributor and independent record label based in New York City. The company was founded in 1996 by Barney Cohen, president and CEO. In 2001, they acquired the prestigious back catalogue of space, ambient, and New Age music from Hearts of Space Records...
in 2002.
Track listing
- "Rann Na Móna" (Manus Lunny) – 3:50
- "Waiting For The Wheel To Turn" (Donald ShawDonald Shaw (musician)Donald Shaw is a Scottish musician, composer, producer, and one of the founding members of the group Capercaillie. His sister is fiddler Eilidh Shaw....
) – 4:36 - "Aodann Srath Bhàin (The Slopes of Strath Ban)" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 4:05
- "Cape Breton Song" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 3:02
- "You Will Rise Again" (John Saich) – 3:31
- "Kenny MacDonald's Jigs" (N. MacDonald) – 3:58
- "Dean Sàor An Spiórad" (Shaw) – 4:24
- "Coisich, A Rùin (Come On, My Love)" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 3:13
- "Dr. MacPhail's Reel" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 2:50
- "Heart Of The Highland" (Saich) – 3:48
- "Breisleach (Delirium)" (Aonghas MacNeacall/Shaw) – 2:41
- "Islay Ranter's Reels" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 3:03
- "Servant To The Slave" (M. Lunny) – 5:44
Capercaillie
- Karen MathesonKaren MathesonKaren Matheson OBE is a Scottish folk singer, who frequently sings in Scottish Gaelic. She is lead singer of the group Capercaillie and was a member of Dan Ar Braz's group L'Heritage des Celtes, with whom she often sang lead vocals, either alone or jointly with Elaine Morgan...
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Marc Duff - WhistlesWhistlesWhistles is a clothing brand with 40 stores across Britain. It was founded in the early 1980s by Lucille and Richard Lewin.In January 2008, Jane Shepherdson, former Topshop director, signed a deal to purchase a 20 per cent stake in Whistles and was appointed the job of chief executive.-Style:In the...
, BodhranBodhránThe bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...
, Wind Synthesiser - Manus Lunny - BouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
, GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Vocals on tracks 1 and 13 - Charlie McKerron - FiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- John Saich - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Guitar on track 10, Vocals on tracks 5 and 10 - Donald ShawDonald Shaw (musician)Donald Shaw is a Scottish musician, composer, producer, and one of the founding members of the group Capercaillie. His sister is fiddler Eilidh Shaw....
- AccordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Guest musicians
- Ronnie Goodman - PercussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
and drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Noel Bridgeman - Drums on track 3
- Graham Dickson - Drum programming
- Jon Turner - Drum programming