The Middle Kingdom (album)
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The Middle Kingdom | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June, 2000 | |||
Recorded | November, 1999 | |||
Genre | Celtic metal | |||
Length | 44:38 | |||
Language | English, Irish | |||
Label | Hammerheart | |||
Producer | Dennis Buckley | |||
Cruachan chronology | ||||
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The Middle Kingdom is the second studio album by the Irish Celtic metal band Cruachan released in 2000 on Hammerheart Records.
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Celtic Mourning" (instrumental) | 04:01 |
2. | "Celtica (Voice of the Morrigan)" | 05:38 |
3. | "The Fianna" | 04:53 |
4. | "A Druid's Passing" | 03:22 |
5. | "Is Fuair an Chroí" | 04:51 |
6. | "Cattle Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cuailnge)" | 04:46 |
7. | "The Middle Kingdom" | 04:38 |
8. | "Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" (traditional) | 04:17 |
9. | "Unstabled (Steeds of Macha)" | 04:26 |
10. | "The Butterfly" | 03:46 |
11. | "To Hell or to Connaught" (limited edition bonus track) | 03:52 |
Total length: | 48:30 |
Personnel[]
- Keith Fay – vocals, guitars, mandolin, bodhrán, bones
- Karen Gilligan – vocals, percussion
- Joe Farrell – drums, percussion
- John O'Fathaigh – Irish flute, tin whistle, low whistle, recorder, uilleann pipes, artwork
- John Clohessy – bass, vocals (backing)
Additional personnel[]
- Andy Kelligan – Great Highland bagpipe
- John Munnelly – vocals on "Is Fuair an Chroí" and "To Hell or to Connaught"
- Marco Jeurissen – layout
- Dennis Buckley – engineering, producer
Categories:
- Cruachan (band) albums
- 2000 albums
- Hammerheart Records albums
- 2000s heavy metal album stubs