Horse with a Heart

Horse with a Heart
Studio album by
Altan
Released29 May 1989
GenreCeltic
Length45:46
LabelGreen Linnet
ProducerPhil Cunningham
Altan chronology
Horse with a Heart
(1989) 		The Red Crow
(1990)
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy chronology
Altan
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Horse with a Heart is the first studio album by Altan, released in May 1989 on the Green Linnet Records label.

Track listing

All titles arranged by Altan.

  1. "The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones of Boxty/Unnamed Reel {= McConnell's}" – 4:11
  2. "The Lass of Glenshee" – 4:38
  3. "Con Cassidy's & Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll and Tiarna/Mcsweeney's Reels" – 4:27
  4. "The Road to Durham" – 3:21
  5. "An t-Oileán Úr" – 2:33
  6. "An Grianán/Horse With a Heart" – 3:01
  7. "A Bhean Udaí Thall" – 3:28
  8. "Welcome Home Gráinne/Con McGinley's" – 3:18
  9. "Tuirse Mo Chroí" – 4:06
  10. "Come Ye by Atholl/Kitty O'Connor" – 3:11
  11. "An Feochán" – 4:45
  12. "Paddy's Trip to Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler" – 4:47

All titles are traditional, except the following:

  • "An Grianán" and "Horse with a Heart" – composed by Frankie Kennedy
  • "The Curlew" – composed by Josephine Keegan
  • "McDermott's" – composed by Josie McDermott
  • "An Feochán" – composed by Tommy Peoples
  • "The Road to Durham" – composed by Armin Barnett and David Molk

See tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info.

Personnel

Altan

Guest musicians

Production

  • Phil Cunningham – Producer
  • Dan Fitzgerald – Engineer
  • John W. Davis – Assistant Engineer
  • Stephen Byram – Design
  • Ross Wilson – Artwork
  • Dave Harrold - Back cover photograph

References

  1. ^ Greenberg, Adam. Horse with a Heart at AllMusic