The Blue Idol

The Blue Idol
Studio album by Altan
Released February 26, 2002
Recorded June - August, 2001
Genre Irish traditional
Folk
Length 49:20
Label Narada
Producer Altan
Altan chronology
Another Sky
(2000)
The Blue Idol
(2002)
Local Ground
(2005)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic [1]

The Blue Idol is the eighth studio album by Irish traditional band Altan. It was released in 2002 on the Narada label and was mixed and engineered by nine-time Grammy Award-winner Gary Paczosa.

The Blue Idol features guest artists such as Dolly Parton on "The Pretty Young Girl", which was translated by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's father Proinsias and Paul Brady on "Daily Growing".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Daily Growing [Song]" – 4:53
  2. "Uncle Rat [Song]" – 2:18
  3. "Roaring Water [Jig]" – 3:15
  4. "The Pretty Young Girl [Song]" – 4:39
  5. "The Blue Idol/The Butchers March" – 3:05
  6. "The Gatehouse Maid/The Ashplant/The Trip to Cullenstown" – 3:52
  7. "Cuach Mo Lon Dubh Buí [Song]" – 3:02
  8. "Mother's Delight/Ormond Sound/Mike Hoban's Reel" – 4:22
  9. "The Low Highland/Moneymusk/Duncan Davidson Highlands/The Wild Irishman Reel" – 3:39
  10. "The Sea-Apprentice Boy [Song]" – 3:50
  11. "Sláinte Theilinn – A Health to Teelin [Air]" – 4:00
  12. "An Cailín Deas Óg [Song]" – 4:40
  13. "Comb Your Hair and Curl It/Gweebarra Bridge" – 3:45

All titles are traditional, with the following exceptions:

Personnel

Guest musicians

Production

References

  1. ^ Nickson, Chris. The Blue Idol at Allmusic