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Track Listings
| 1. Alba |
| 2. The Cutter |
| 3. Hearts of Olden Glory |
| 4. Pride of the Summer |
| 5. Worker for the Wind |
| 6. Rocket to the Moon |
| 7. The Only Rose |
| 8. Protect and Survive |
| 9. Our Earth Was Once Green |
| 10. An Ubhal As Airde (The Highest Apple) |
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If you are Scottish and don't already own this album, shame on you. Buy it immediately. Other nationalities: you may need some further persuasion. But that's easy enough. The Cutter And The Clan is chock full of big-hearted tunes, beefy arrangements and potent singalong choruses. The lyrics burst with such Scottish pride that the rest of us begin to feel a little jealous, and every track has a great hook, guaranteed. Non-Scots: play "Pride of the Summer" and try to avoid bellowing along to "Beat the drum / Beat the drum / Like a heartbeat / Lonely and strong"; or listen in silence to the chorus of "Hearts of Olden Glory." It can't be done. Even the two gaelic songs--including the classic anthem "Alba"--are irresistibly catchy. Call it folk rock if you like--Runrig count accordion, mandolin and bagpipes among their arsenal of instrumentation--but there are no traditional tunes on this album and Runrig's way with their music is the stuff of 20,000-seater stadiums not quiet country pubs. --Mark Walker
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Format:Audio CD
Following on from the pretty much home-produced "Recovery" and "Heartland" albums, "The Cutter and the Clan" was a full-frontal assault on the growing folk-rock market of the 1980s, and remains probably the edgiest of the band's numerous albums. Gaelic pride is writ largely across the album from the opening bars of "Alba", but this is much more than a nationalist rock-out - the band have a global social conscience as well, never more powerfully expressed than in the brilliant protest anthem "Protect and Survive". Much of the album reflects on the experiences of the Scottish emigrants to Nova Scotia in the 18th and 19th centuries, and how the heritage of their descendants mingles with the heritage of modern Scotland, making this a sublime storytelling album as well as one of the best pieces of raw folk-rock ever recorded. There are gentler moments too, in the sublime "Worker for the Wind" and "Hearts of Olden Glory" - a sort of nostalgic look at the past, with a yearning for the future to be better.
By Minkus
Format:Audio CD
This (1987) is my second favourite album by Runrig, with Searchlight (1989) as the first.
Diffently from Searchlight I don't appreciate fully all songs but surely few songs are great, for example the movimented "Pride of the Summer" and the slower songs are great due mostly to Donnie Munro great voice ("Worker for the wind", "Hearts of golden glory" and "An Ubhal As Airde").
It is more of a 4.5 for me than a 5 but I can't give a 4.5 so I'm giving a 5, reserving 4 for less performing but still good Runrig albums.
Diffently from Searchlight I don't appreciate fully all songs but surely few songs are great, for example the movimented "Pride of the Summer" and the slower songs are great due mostly to Donnie Munro great voice ("Worker for the wind", "Hearts of golden glory" and "An Ubhal As Airde").
It is more of a 4.5 for me than a 5 but I can't give a 4.5 so I'm giving a 5, reserving 4 for less performing but still good Runrig albums.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Mears
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Awesome album from the Kings of the Highlands....especially The Cutter...which benefits from being played really really loud :)
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CD was up to my expections, an early version of a great band. The band then contained my S N P MP on keyboard.
Published 4 months ago by man with fringe
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Great cd
This is a must for all Runrig fans! My grandchildren love 'Pride of the Summer' and know when to clap to the song!!
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MacLachlan
Can't fault delivery or packegen, recived on time. This is another of Runrig's great albums a must for all with a good ear for music. Read more
Published 21 months ago by John1
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last great runrig cd
this is the last great runrig cd,this came before they peaked mainstream,i:e during the acension to peaking. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2008 by Alex Mackay
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Great songs, shame about the production
This is one of the earliest Runrig albums I bought, and in fairness it contains some of their strongest songs. Read more
Published on 31 July 2002 by Mike
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music to the ears of the non-gael
This album is perhaps the best introduction to Runrig for those unacquainted with gaelic. Donny's voice is at its best in the final track but the whole album is a tribute to the... Read more
Published on 26 Nov 1999
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One of the best Runrig Albums
A great collection of songs from Alba - a all time classic, to the slower A worker for the wind. Absolutely brilliant.
Published on 1 Nov 1999
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