The Boathouse (album)

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The Boathouse
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 20, 2013 (2013-08-20)
Genre World
Length46:21
Label Lost Again Records
Gaelic Storm chronology
Chicken Boxer
(2012)
The Boathouse
(2013)
Full Irish: The Best of Gaelic Storm 2004–2014
(2014)

The Boathouse is the tenth album by Celtic band Gaelic Storm. It was released on August 20, 2013. [1] The name of the album refers to a boathouse in Annapolis, Maryland, where the tracks were recorded. [2] It spent two weeks at #1 on the Billboard World Album chart. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Yarmouth Town" - 4:35
  2. "Girls of Dublin Town" - 3:00
  3. "Liverpool Judies" - 3:45
  4. "My Son John" - 3:30
  5. "Down to Old Maui" - 4:35
  6. "Mingulay Boat Song" - 5:00
  7. "Cape Cod Girls" - 3:26
  8. "Weary Whaling Grounds" - 3:09
  9. "Essequibo River" - 3:51
  10. "Watery Grave" (Steve Twigger) - 4:15
  11. "Whiskey Johnny" - 2:41
  12. "William Hollander" - 4:39

All are arrangements of traditional songs, except Watery Grave. [2]

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References

  1. "The Boathouse" . Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  2. 1 2 "Gaelic Storm Goes to Sea with The Boathouse" . Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  3. "World Albums - Sep 14, 2013" . Retrieved 2013-11-04.