Once In A Lifetime is a live album by Scottish Celtic rock

Celtic rock

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock and a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context...

 band Runrig

Runrig

Runrig are a Scottish Celtic rock group formed in Skye, in 1973 under the name 'The Run Rig Dance Band'. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The current line-up also includes longtime members Malcolm Jones, Iain Bayne, and more...

. It was released in 1988.

A review from Allmusic.com called it one of the best live albums ever: "Capturing the band in its best milieu — live — Once In A Lifetime is arguably one of the ten best live albums ever, if the test of a live album is the effect a band has on its audience that particular night. Alternately exhilarating and soul-stirring, its highlight is a rendition of Loch Lomond that has to be heard to be believed."http://www.allmusic.com/album/once-in-a-lifetime-r17107

Track listing

1. Dance Called America - 5:08
2. Protect And Survive - 4:16
3. Chì Mi'n Geamhradh (I Will See The Winter) - 4:09
4. Rocket To The Moon - 5:01
5. Going Home - 4:20
6. Cnoc Na Fèille (The Hill At The Market Stance) - 5:23
7. 'S Tu Mo Leannan (You Are My Love) / Nightfall On Marsco - 3:26
8. Skye - 6:03
9. Loch Lomond - 6:24
10. Hearts Of Olden Glory - 2:14

Personnel

• Iain Bayne: drums
  Drum kit
  A 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 ....
  
  
• Malcolm Jones: electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing 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...
  
  
• Calum Macdonald
  Calum MacDonald (musician)
  Calum Macdonald is the percussionist of the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, as well as their primary songwriter with his old brother, Rory MacDonald. Rory tends to write the melody, and Calum the lyrics...
  
  : percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A 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...
  
  , vocals
• Rory Macdonald
  Rory MacDonald
  Roderick Macdonald is the bassist of the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, as well as their primary songwriter with his younger brother, Calum Macdonald. Rory tends to write the melody, and Calum the lyrics...
  
  : bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Donnie Munro
  Donnie Munro
  Donnie Munro is a Scottish musician, and former lead singer of the band Runrig.A native speaker of Scottish Gaelic, much of his work is in that language.-Early life:...
  
  : lead vocals
  Lead vocalist
  The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
  
  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  
• Peter Wishart
  Peter Wishart
  Peter "Pete" Wishart is the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Perth and North Perthshire. He was the SNP Chief Whip at Westminster from 2001–2007 and is currently the party's Westminster Spokesperson for the Constitution, Home Affairs, Culture, Media and Sport and International...
  
  : keyboards

External links

• Runrig's official website