| Volume 1: Sound Magic | ||||
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| Released | 24 September 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995, February 1996 | |||
| Studio | Sonic Innovation, London Real World Studios, Box | |||
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| Length | 65:53 | |||
| Label | Real World | |||
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| Afro Celt Sound System chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Volume 1: Sound Magic | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| MusicHound World |  [2] |
Volume 1: Sound Magic is the first album by Afro Celt Sound System.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Saor (Free) / News from Nowhere"
| Browne, Bruce
| 8:21 |
| 2. | "Whirl-y-Reel 1 (Beard and Sandals Mix)" | Emmerson, McNally | 7:21 |
| 3. | "Inion (Daughter)" | Bruce, Ó Lionáird | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Sure-As-Not / Sure-As-Knot (Jungle Segue)"
| Emmerson, Russell, Cissokho, Myrdhin
| 9:58 |
| 5. | "Nil Cead Againn Dul Abhaile (We Cannot Go Home)" | Aslan, Jules Brookes, Ogada, Ó Lionáird, Cissokho | 7:20 |
| 6. | "Dark Moon, High Tide" (including "Farewell to Eireann") | Spillane, Emmerson, Russell | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Whirl-y-Reel 2 (Folk Police Mix)" | Emmerson, Spillane | 5:28 |
| 8. | "House of the Ancestors" | Ogada, Bruce, Ó Lionáird | 8:01 |
| 9. | "Eistigh Liomsa Sealad (Listen to Me) / Saor Reprise"
| traditional, arranged by Emmerson, Russell, Lavelle, Ó Lionáird, Myrdhin, Cissokho, Browne
| 10:53 |
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