Track Listing

1. Bird In The Tree
2. Scarecrow's Dream
3. I Wandered By A Brookside
4. It's Still Raining / Carlisle Street Reels
5. Just You
6. The Highlands of Holland
7. All That You Ask Me
8. Maire Mhilis Bhrea
9. The Wiggly Jigs
10. This Love Will Carry
11. Seoladh na nGamhna
12. Another Day

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56826 in Music
• Released on: 2003-10-21
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
After dabbling with new age fusion while using tunes by Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, and Tom Waits on The Edge of Silence, the Irish-American quintet Solas steps back from that ethereal edge on Another Day, its seventh album. The evolving line-up, led by noted multi-instrumentalist Seamus Egan, emphasizes traditional Celtic music ("It’s Still Raining"/"Carlisle Street Reels") and modern Celtic folk ("I Wandered By A Brookside" and "Just You") with uniformly strong results by gracefully drawing connections between the modern acoustic and traditional elements of Irish music. The band even stretches to incorporate a little bit of gypsy swing on "The Highlands of Holland," some American country music on "All That You Ask Me," and contemporary pop on "Scarecrow’s Dream," which should appeal to fans of Sarah McLaughlan, whose hit "I Will Remember You" was co-written with Egan. The band continually explores different nooks and crannies of Irish music, but this evolution and versatility are so much more fulfilling than if it had just stood still. --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews

My least favorite Solas album
Considering that "Solas" means light, "Dorchadas" (darkness) would be a better name for this album. The energy, passion, variety and virtuosity of earlier albums are almost completely absent here. Instead we get a series of almost indistinguishable, dirge-like songs with little or no Celtic flavor. This is a real downer of an album. If you haven't heard Solas before and want to check them out, skip this album and listen instead to the earlier ones, especially "Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers."

Wonderfully Enchanting
The lilting vocals coupled with the energetic instruments provide a wonderful mindscape to listen to. Seoladh Na Naamha and Maire Mhilis Bhrea enchanting and full of life and always puts me in a good mood.
On the whole, a great C.D. to add to any sort of collection you happen to have!

About the entire band...
I have liked Solas since 2002, and even interviewed them last year (read it on my Web site, ScottyWZ.COM). Now, I decided to use this oppritunity to comment on the band as a whole. There have been people saying stuff like "The sound of a band going apart" and "they are getting worse with each album." I sort of agree with the latter, because they could do better. In my interview, they said that they basically play traditional Irish music and also some contemporary music. I think they need to add some more traditional Irish music into the pot. I currently have a copy of Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers (1997), The Words That Remain (1998), The Edge of Silence (2002), Another Day (2003), and Waiting for an Echo (2005). They certainly don't need to replace any members, but they do need to play some more Irish music.