Fuaim

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Fuaim
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Studio album by
Released1982 (re-released 1993, 2020)
Recorded Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Genre Irish traditional, folk, folk rock
Length34:54
Label
Producer Nicky Ryan
Clannad chronology
Crann Úll
(1980)
Fuaim
(1982)
Magical Ring
(1983)
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin chronology
Crann Úll
(1980)
Fuaim
(1982)
The Frog Prince: The Original Soundtrack Recording
(1985)
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Fuaim (Irish for 'Sound') is the sixth album by Irish group Clannad. It was released in 1982 by Tara Records, and produced by Nicky Ryan. Like their other early material, it is primarily Irish traditional music in a modern-folk and folk rock arrangement with some jazz elements.

Contents

It was the second and last Clannad album to feature younger sister Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, later known as Enya, and the only one to credit her; while she performed keyboard and backing vocals on the previous album Crann Úll, she was uncredited on it. She departed the band, along with producer Ryan, shortly thereafter to begin a solo career.

The album was reissued for a short time by Atlantic Records starting in 1993. It has since been remastered and reissued on 7 August 2020 in both compact disc and vinyl formats, on the Tara label.

Track listing

  1. "Na Buachaillí Álainn" – 2:57
  2. "Mheall Sí Lena Glórthaí Mé" – 4:17
  3. "Bruach na Carraige Báine" – 2:37
  4. "Lá Breá Fán dTuath" – 0:45
  5. "An tÚll" – 3:07
  6. "Strayed Away" – 2:46
  7. "Ní Lá na Gaoithe Lá na Scoilb?" – 6:11
  8. "Lish Young Buy-a-Broom" – 3:30
  9. "Mhòrag 's na Horo Gheallaidh" – 1:43
  10. "The Green Fields of Gaothdobhair" – 4:09
  11. "Buaireadh an Phósta" – 2:52

Singles

  1. "Mhòrag 'S Na Horo Gheallaidh"

This track is unusual, for Clannad's repertoire, in being in Scottish Gaelic rather than Irish; it is a traditional Scottish waulking song, according to the album's liner notes.

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

Production

References