Holy Bandits

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Holy Bandits
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Studio album by
Released1993 (1993)
Genre British folk rock
Length42:12 [1]
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Al Scott [1]
Oysterband chronology
Deserters
(1992)
Holy Bandits
(1993)
Trawler
(1994)

Holy Bandits is a 1993 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. [1] The album features the original version of the song "When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)", which became a top ten hit in Canada for the folk group Great Big Sea in 1997.

Track listing

  1. "When I'm Up, I Can't Get Down" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:30
  2. "The Road to Santiago" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:29
  3. "I Look for You" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 4:04
  4. "Gone West" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 4:03
  5. "We Shall Come Home" (Telfer) - 4:18
  6. "Cry Cry" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:34
  7. "Here's to You" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:15
  8. "Moving On" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:45
  9. "Rambling Irishman" (Trad.) - 5:03
  10. "A Fire Is Burning" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:18
  11. "Blood Wedding" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 4:04

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Holy Bandits - Oysterband". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 October 2013.