Product Description

Dick's 1981 masterpiece is considered to be one of the greatest albums of all time, scooping awards and plaudits down the years, including Folk Roots magazine Album of the Decade.

Track Listing

1. Erin-Go-Bragh
2. Now Westlin Winds
3. Craigie Hill
4. World Turned Upside Down
5. Snows They Melt the Soonest
6. Lough Erne/First Kiss at Parting
7. Scojun Waltz/Randers Hopsa
8. Song for Ireland
9. Workers' Song
10. Both Sides the Tweed

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111944 in Music
• Released on: 2008-11-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Masterpiece of Traditional Folksong
This is one of the greatest recordings of traditional British folksong ever made (and even the newly minted songs here become traditional in Gaughan's hands). His guitar playing is innovative, sensitive, expressive, beautiful; his voice is by turns tender, harsh, angry, passionate, lamenting. The scope of emotion between songs like "World Turned Upside Down" and "Now Westlin Winds" is breathtakingly large. I have to say, this is what music is all about: the utter honesty and transparency of an artist's heart, shining through masterful technique, in a total faithfulness to the spirit of tradition, but without excluding creative and innovative artistic contribution. Am I sounding a little superlative here? Look, here's the bottom line: if you have ANY LIKING for traditional or acoustic music, you simply MUST BUY this album. Not having it would be like a lover of Romantic music not owning a recording of Beethoven's late quartets. ***This CD is in print in the UK, and you can order it easily from Amazon.co.uk!***

one of the best
Although "Lads o' the Fair" from Parallel Lines is my favorite song by Gaughan (and one of my all-time favorites), this whole album is nothing short of exquisite. Dick Gaughan's unique voice and guitar style give an added dimension to some of the finest Celtic tunes around. I rate this my favorite complete Celtic album; not a bum song on it (sort of like Carole King's Tapestry). If you could only have one Celtic album (and that would be a shame), this should be it.

Dick Gaughan's Best Solo Album
This is Dick Gaughan's finest solo album, full of wonderful songs, performed beautifully. I have seen him several times, and have most of his albums, including Kist o'Gold and the first two Five Hand Reel albums (all of which I strongly recommend, if you can find them, as they are out of print). However, this is the album I come back to of his, and the one I buy for and recommend to others.