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- 42 min
- 10 tracks
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The Rankin Family is the debut album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family. The album was originally self-released by the siblings in 1989. Featuring a mixture of Cape Breton fiddle tunes, Scottish Gaelic songs and English language songs, the album was re-issued by Capitol Records in 1992 and certified Platinum by the CRIA.
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Classical in form, grave, spare and intimate.
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- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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- 1Mo Rùn Geal Dileas (My Faithful Fair One)3:23
- 2Lonely Island5:12
- 3Loving Arms4:15
- 4Piano Medley : Memories of Bishop MacDonald/The Tweeddale Club/Macfarlane's Rant/Lively Steps4:35
- 5Mairi's Wedding / Michael Rankin's Reel3:54
- 6Roving Gypsy Boy4:02
- 7Chì Mi Na Mórbheanna (Mist Covered Mountains)3:50
- 8Fiddle Medley : The Warlock's Strathspey/Bog-an-Lochan/Nine Pint Coggie/Mr. J. Forbes/Hull's Reel4:14
- 9Lament of the Irish Immigrant4:28
- 10Jiggin Medley : Whiskey in a Cup/King George/Old King's Reel/King's Reel/Bodachan a'Mhìrein4:36
10 tracks, 42 minutes.
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- The Rankin Family
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- Album
- Format
- CD
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- CA
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