Something Beautiful*

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This article is about the Great Big Sea album "Something Beautiful*"; see here for the Robbie Williams album "Something Beautiful".

Something Beautiful

Studio album by Great Big Sea

Released

February 24, 2004 (Canada)
March 9, 2004 (US)

Genre

Folk

Length

42:08

Label

Warner Music Canada

Producer

Michael Phillip Wojewoda

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

Great Big Sea chronology

Sea of No Cares
(2002)

Something Beautiful*
(2004)

The Hard and The Easy
(2005)

Something Beautiful* is a self-recorded album by Great Big Sea, distributed by Warner Music Canada. Released in Canada on February 24, 2004 and in the US on March 9, 2004, it is the first album the group has recorded without the contributions of former member Darrell Power. The album garnered five nominations for the 2005 ECMA's (East Coast Music Awards) including Single of the Year (When I Am King), Video of the Year (When I Am King), Pop Recording of the Year (Something Beautiful), Group of the year, and Songwriter of the Year (Alan Doyle - When I Am King). The Album is the band's fifth to consecutively debut in the Top 10 on Canadian sales charts.

[edit] Track listing

"Shines Right Through Me" (S. McCann/K. Mahoney/A. Doyle)
"When I Am King" (A. Doyle)
"Beat The Drum" (C & R MacDonald)
"Something Beautiful" (A. Doyle)
"Helmethead" (B. Hallett)
"Summer" (S. McCann/A. Doyle)
"Sally Ann" (A. Doyle)
"Somedays" (S. McCann)
"Let It Go" (A. Doyle/G. Sampson/B. Daly)
"John Barbour" (Traditional/Arr. Great Big Sea)
"Lucky Me" (A. Doyle/G. Sampson)
"Love" (S. McCann)
"Chafe's Ceilidh (Traditional/Arr. Great Big Sea)

[edit] Song information

"When I Am King" and "Shines Right Through Me" have been made into videos and have been released as radio singles. The video for "When I Am King" won Best Video of the Year at the ECMA's
"John Barbour" is based on Child Ballad #100, Willie O Winsbury.