Volume 1: Sound Magic

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Volume 1: Sound Magic
Studio album by Afro Celt Sound System
Released	24 September 1996
Recorded	???
Genre	World
Length	65:53
Label	Real World Records
Producer	Ron Aslan, Martin Russell, Simon Emmerson, Jo Bruce
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Afro Celt Sound System chronology
Volume 1: Sound Magic (1996) Volume 2: Release (1999)

Volume 1: Sound Magic is the first album by Afro Celt Sound System.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "Saor/Free/News from Nowhere" – 8:21
2. "Whirl-y-Reel 1 (Beard and Sandals Mix)" – 7:21
3. "Inion/Daughter" – 4:15
4. "Sure-As-Not/Sure-As-Knot (Jungle Segue)" – 9:58
5. "Nil Cead Againn Dul Abhaile/We Cannot Go Home" – 7:20
6. "Dark Moon, High Tide" – 4:12
7. "Whirl-y-Reel 2 (Folk Police Mix)" – 5:28
8. "House of the Ancestors" – 8:01
9. "Eistigh Liomsa Sealad/Listen to Me/Saor Reprise" – 10:53

[edit] Personnel

• Ronan Browne – flute, mandolin, harmonium, uillean pipes
• Jo Bruce – keyboards, programming
• Kauwding Cissokho – kora
• Massamba Diop – talking drum
• Simon Emmerson – guitar, programming
• James McNally – accordion, bodhran
• Iarla Ó Lionáird – vocals
• Ayub Ogada – vocals
• Martin Russell – keyboards, programming
• Davy Spillane – uillean pipes

[edit] Additional personnel

• Malcolm Crosbie – guitar
• Simon Edwards – sintir
• Gary Finlayson – banjo
• John Fortis – bass, loops
• Angus R. Grant – fiddle
• Manu Katché – cymbals
• Caroline Lavelle – cello
• James MacKintosh – bongos
• Ian MacLeod – mandolin
• Levon Minassian – doudouk
• Myrdhin – harp
• Zil – vocal drone

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1997	Billboard Top World Music Albums	15