The Parting Tide

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The Parting Tide
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Studio album by
Nightnoise
Released1990
Recorded1990
Genre Irish traditional
Celtic
Chamber music
Jazz
Length46 minutes
Label Windham Hill Records
Producer Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
Nightnoise chronology
At the End of the Evening
(1988)
The Parting Tide
(1990)
Shadow of Time
(1993)

The Parting Tide is a studio album by Nightnoise. The album was released by Windham Hill Records (WD-1097) in 1990. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Bleu" by Brian Dunning (4:56)
  2. "An Irish Carol" by Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (8:00)
  3. "Jig of Sorts" by Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (3:29)
  4. "Through the Castle Garden" by Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (2:52)
  5. "Island of Hope and Tears" by Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (4:45)
  6. "The Kid in the Cot" by Brian Dunning (6:05)
  7. "The Tryst" by Billy Oskay (4:23)
  8. "Snow Is Lightly Falling" by Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (3:55)
  9. "The Abbot" by Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (7:41)

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References

  1. "The Parting Tide" . Retrieved 17 September 2011.