Play (Great Big Sea album)
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| Studio album by Great Big Sea | ||
| Released | 1997 (Canada) | |
| Recorded | 1997 at The Battery and CBC Studios | |
| Genre | Folk | |
| Label | Warner Music Canada | |
| Producer(s) | Danny Greenspoon | |
| Great Big Sea chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Up (1995) |
Play (1997) |
Rant and Roar (1998) |
Play is an album by Great Big Sea released in 1997.
[edit] Track listing
- "Ordinary Day"
- "When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)"
- "The Night Pat Murphy Died"
- "How Did We Get From Saying 'I Love You'..."
- "Donkey Riding"
- "Haven't Seen You In A Long Time"
- "End of the World"
- "General Taylor"
- "Seagulls"
- "Recruiting Sargeant"
- "Greenspond"
- "My Apology"
- "Jakey's Gin"
- "Something I Should Know"
- "Jolly Roving Tar"
- Untitled Bonus Track (Sometimes referred to as "Little Beggarman" or "Rigadoon")
[edit] Song information
- "Recruiting Sargeant" is about The Royal Newfoundland Regiment in WWI, and has some interesting similarities to another traditional army song Over the Hills and Far Away, from a play called The Recruiting Officer.
- "Greenspond" is about Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador, a small fishing community on the north east coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
- Track 16, a bonus, untitled song, is a traditional Irish song which fans refer to as "Little Beggarman" or "Rigadoon."
