Out to an Other Side

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Out to an Other Side
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Studio album by
Liam O'Flynn
Released1993
Recorded Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
Genre Celtic, Traditional Irish
Length52:33
Label Tara Music
Producer Shaun Davey
Liam O'Flynn chronology
Out to an Other Side
(1993)		 The Given Note
(1995)

Out to an Other Side is the third solo album by master uilleann piper and prominent Irish traditional musician Liam O'Flynn. Produced by Shaun Davey [1] and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland, the album was released on the Tara Music label in 1993. [2] As with a number of Liam's other album titles, Out to an Other Side comes from the writing of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney with whom Liam has performed live on numerous occasions. [3]

Contents

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic gave the album four and a half out of five stars, calling it O'Flynn's "most eclectic album" featuring "solo tracks as well as folk revival and orchestral arrangements". [2]

Track listing

All songs are Traditional, except where noted.

  1. "The Foxchase" – 9:5
  2. "The Wild Geese" – 5:51
  3. "The Dean's Pamphlet" – 3:55
  4. "Gynt at the Gate" (Shaun Davey) – 4:33
  5. "The Winter's End" (Shaun Davey) – 3:22
  6. "After Aughrim's Great Disaster" – 3:21
  7. "Blackwells" (Shaun Davey) – 4:08
  8. "Ar Bhruach na Laoi" – 6:11
  9. "Lady Dillon" – 4:13
  10. "Dollards and the Harlequin Hornpipes" – 3:10
  11. "Sean O Duibhir a Ghleanna – 3:59 [4]

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Stewart, Ken (8 May 1993). "Global Music Pulse". Billboard . Vol. 105, no. 19. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 39. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Out to an Other Side". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. ↑ O'Flynn, Liam (1993). Out to an Other Side (booklet). Liam O'Flynn. Dublin: Tara Music. 3031.
  4. 1 2 "Out to an Other Side". Discogs. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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