Uprooted (The Rankin Family album)

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Uprooted
Uprooted (The Rankin Family album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by The Rankins
Released April 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Genre Country, folk
Length57:24
Label EMI
Producer George Massenburg
The Rankins chronology
Do You Hear…Christmas
(1997) Do You Hear…Christmas1997
Uprooted
(1998)
Souvenir: 1989—1998
(2003) Souvenir: 1989—19982003
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Uprooted is the fifth studio album by Canadian folk music group The Rankins. It was released by EMI on April 28, 1998. The album peaked at number 30 on the RPM Top Albums chart. [2]

Folk music musical and poetic creativity of the people

Folk music includes traditional folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that.

The Rankin Family Canadian musical family group

The Rankin Family is a Canadian musical family group from Mabou, Nova Scotia. The group has won many Canadian music awards, including 15 East Coast Music Awards, six Juno Awards, four SOCAN Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards and two Big Country Music Awards.

EMI British music recording and publishing company

EMI Group Limited was a British Transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the big four record companies ; its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now owned by other companies.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Movin' On" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:34
  2. "Let It Go" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:58
  3. "Bells" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:28
  4. "Maybe You're Right" (Cookie Rankin, Gordie Sampson) – 4:13
  5. "Long Way to Go" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:28
  6. "Cold Winds" (Heather Rankin) – 4:04
  7. "Weddings, Wakes and Funerals" (Rod Campbell, Kevin MacMichael, Jimmy Rankin, Traditional) – 4:53
  8. "One Day I Walk" (Bruce Cockburn) – 4:28
  9. "Parlour Medley" (John Morris Rankin, Traditional) – 5:56
  10. "O Tha Mo Dhuil Ruit (Oh How I Love Thee)" (Neil MacLeod, Traditional) – 2:59
  11. "Tailor's Daughter" (Jimmy Rankin) – 5:07
  12. "An Innis Àigh (The Happy Isle)" (Traditional) – 3:30
  13. "Greenberg Medley" (David Greenberg, Dan Hugie McEachern, Traditional) – 4:11
  14. "Farewell to Lochaber" (Traditional) – 3:35

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Albums 30

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References

  1. Badgley, Aaron. "Uprooted review". Allmusic . Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  2. "RPM Top Albums for May 25, 1998". RPM . Retrieved 7 March 2011.