Serrated Edge

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Serrated Edge
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Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedDesitrek Studios Portland, OR
May 1992
Genre Celtic rock
Length42:23
Label Beacon
Producer Tempest with Mike Demmers
Tempest chronology
Bootleg
(1991)
Serrated Edge
(1992)
Sunken Treasures
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Serrated Edge is the second album by Tempest. It was their first with a fiddler, and was released in 1992.

Contents

Tracks

  1. Hal-an Tow (Traditional)
  2. Raggle Taggle Gypsy (Traditional)
  3. A Kiss in the Morning Early (Traditional)
  4. Reels on Fire (Traditional) (Heather Bell/Monaghan Twig/Wind That Shakes the Barley)
  5. The House Carpenter (Traditional)
  6. Whiskey in the Jar (Traditional)
  7. Dark Lover (Love Song to a Vampire) (Mercedes Lackey/Sorbye)
  8. Tam Lin (Traditional)
  9. Mad Tom of Bedlam (Traditional)
  10. The Ballydesmond Set (Traditional) (Ballydesmond/Born to Run (Sorbye)/Bill Sullivan's)

Credits

First released by Beacon Records.

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References

  1. Meyer, Richard. "Serrated Edge > Overview". Allmusic . Retrieved December 6, 2009.