Now (The Dubliners album)

Now
Studio album by
The Dubliners
Released1975
GenreIrish folk
LabelPolydor
ProducerEarl Gill
The Dubliners chronology
Live
(1974) 		Now
(1975) 		A Parcel of Rogues
(1976)

Now is a studio album by The Dubliners released in 1975. Following the departure of both Ciarán Bourke and Ronnie Drew in 1974, singer/guitarist Jim McCann joined Barney McKenna, Luke Kelly and John Sheahan as a member of The Dubliners to record this album, which Sheahan himself produced. The slight shift in personnel produced a more mellow sound. Arguably, McCann's greatest contribution to the album is the ballad "Carrickfergus", which became one of his most popular and requested songs. It also features a wonderful rendition of the English ballad, "The Unquiet Grave", performed by Luke Kelly.

Track listing

Side One:

  1. "Farewell to Carlingford"
  2. "The Old Triangle"
  3. "The Beggarman"
  4. "Matt Hyland"
  5. "The Downfall of Paris"
  6. "Carrickfergus"

Side Two:

  1. "Lord of the Dance"
  2. "The Lifeboat Mona"
  3. "Farewell to Ireland"
  4. "The Unquiet Grave"
  5. "Lord Inchiquin"
  6. "The Lark in the Morning"

References