| Young Celts | ||||
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| Released | 13 October 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Edinburgh, Scotland | |||
| Genre | Pop, folk, Celtic | |||
| Label | The Music Kitchen | |||
| Producer | Stuart Wood | |||
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Young Celts is the fourth studio album by Scottish duo The MacDonald Brothers. The album was released on 13 October 2008 via Scottish independent record label The Music Kitchen. Commercially, Young Celts debuted within the top ten of the Scottish Album Chart, peaking at number eight. [1]
The album was preceded by three previous studio albums – The MacDonald Brothers and The World Outside – both of which were released in 2007. Commercially, both albums performed well, particularly in their native Scotland, peaking at number one and number two respectively on the Scottish Albums Charts. [2] [3] Their previous album, With Love, was released in February 2008 and reached number twenty-two on the Scottish Album Charts whilst failing to chart within the Top 100 of the UK Albums Charts. [4] Commercially, Young Celts marked the return to the Top 10 of the Scottish Albums Charts for the duo, following a peak position of number eight in Scotland. [1]
Young Celts was released on October 13, 2008 by The Music Kitchen. The album, featuring mostly Scottish songs (hence the title), featuring songs such as "Loch Lomond" and other songs such as "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (by The Proclaimers) and "Ae Fond Kiss".
The album was recorded after the release of their third album With Love which was released earlier in 2008 and once again was produced by Scottish musician and producer Stuart Wood who had served as album producer on their earlier studio albums.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Scottish Albums (OCC) [5] | 8 |
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