- Audio CD (17 Jun 1993)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Grapevine
- ASIN: B000026MGY
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 94,948 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Tracklist: "Summer Sent You", "Flesh & Blood", "The Loving Time", "Golden Thread", "The Holy Ground" (Trad), "Treasure Island", "The Holy Ground", "One Way Donkey Ride", "Dockland", "Lay Down Your Burden", "Paper Friends", "Poison Words".
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Format:Audio CD
A very well produced album which brings out the classic voice of a singer who could never be overrated. woth every penny to listen to old numbers sung in .new styles and with emotion and gusto at all the right moments
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am very happy with this purchase, it arrived very quickly and didn't get any hicoughs along the waqy in getting here.Thank-you
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
A Mary Black Essential
30 Jan 2003
Format:Audio CD
This is among the albums that Mary Black fans will point to as "essential."
To be honest, I didn't really fall in love with it on my first listen. I could tell it was a GOOD album, but at first, I wasn't sure it was a GREAT album. Her voice was strong and clear, but there was nothing very unusual about it. It was just like your basic good voice. Also, the songs were very pretty, but they kind of came across as ordinary ballads - nothing jumped out at me.
With repeated listenings though, I gradually "got it". The power of this album is a subtle one, but once you find its beauty, you'll never again understand why you didn't hear it on the first listen.
Mary Black sings with a pure, honest spirit that creates the most subtle glow around each Irish folk ballad. She is baring her soul with each note, but she doesn't do it with raw power - she does it with a tender heart and an honest lilt. The aura around her singing is unmistakable once you begin to hear it.
The songs too became more enchanting to me with each listen. ONE WAY DONKEY RIDE is a genuinely sympathetic ballad, and Mary Black's rendition is particularly heartfelt. Some of the love stories told on the album are warm with innocence, and biting with pain. And I've come to really love the song PAPER FRIENDS too, just because its simple message about knowing who your real friends are and aren't is so welcoming.
HOLY GROUND is definitely quintessential Mary Black!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding!
28 Aug 1998
Format:Audio CD
I have all of Mary's CDs and find this one to be the one I listen to the most. The song selection on this album couldn't be better and Mary's marvelous voice brings a deep meaning to each one. As other reviewers have observed, the lead track and the closing track have a haunting dissimiarity. I love everything Mary has recorded but this is the very best in my opinion.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Mary's best albums to date!
14 Jun 1998
Format:Audio CD
Mary Black has delivered a breathtaking CD for 1993. This CD has a more accuistic feel to it, a good follow up to Babes In The Woods. Mary chooses songs by Sandy Denny, John Gorka, Noel Brazil and Thom Moore just to name a few. I feel her song selection on this album is better then her previous efforts and with By The Time It Gets Dark can be counted as her best two albums. Mary's opening track is Noel Brazils Summer Sent You, a happy love song, she closes with a chilling song about a marriage gone bad in Poison Words. The line that sums it up is "I remember when we were sweethhears I was safe with you, you were my protector. Those days are oer, now I need someone, someone to keep me safe from you... Mary also includes great versions of Sandy Denny's One Way Donkey Ride, and John Gorkas Treasure Island. There are two songs called the Holy Ground, one is traditional and my other favorites are Flesh and Blood and Dockland, two upbeat number. For the best in singers who choose great songs you can always count on Mary Black and Maura O'Connell. Run out and buy this! Joe Benson
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