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Up [Great Big Sea]

Great Big Sea
1 disc

1. Run Runaway
2. Goin Up - (live)
3. Fast as I Can - (live)
4. Mari-Mac - (live)
5. Dancing with Mrs. White
6. Something to It
7. Buying Time
8. Lukey - (live)
9. Old Black Rum, The - (live)
10. Chemical Worker's Song, The (Process Man)
11. Wave over Wave
12. Billy Peddle
13. Nothing out of Nothing
14. Jolly Butcher, The
15. Rant & Roar
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 002
Credits

Producer Danny Greenspoon
Engineer Danny Greenspoon
Personnel: Alan Doyle (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin); Sean McCann (vocals, guitar, tin whistle, snare drum, bodhran); Bob Hallett (vocals, mandola, mandolin, fiddle, tin whistle); Darrell Power (vocals); Danny Greenspoon (guitar); Al Cross (drums, percussion); Rick Lazar (percussion).
Liner Note Author: Bob Hallett.
Although Great Big Sea initially started out as a fairly traditional Newfoundland outfit, Up shows the band adding more rock muscle to the fiddles and accordions. It's still a pretty traditional sound by most standards, with jigs and reels galore, but it allows the band to do a revved-up cover of Slade's "Run Runaway" and make it appealing to both the traditionalist and the rock fan. There's everything you'd expect from a bunch of young Maritime musicians from Canada: a good dose of Celtic, songs about the sea and about drinking, a good dose of fun, but a healthy reverence for the musical tradition. "Mari-Mac," where the lyrics accelerate to a terrifying speed by the end, is worth the price of admission alone. ~ Sean Carruthers