Beyond These Shores

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Beyond These Shores
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Studio album by
Released
  • 1993
  • November 3, 2003 (2003-11-03) (remastered rerelease)
RecordedJune to October, 1993
StudioThe Cutting Rooms, Manchester
Genre Progressive rock, Celtic rock, Christian rock
Length68:26
Label What Records, label of Word Records
Producer Dave Bainbridge
Iona chronology
The Book Of Kells
(1992)
Beyond These Shores
(00000000)
Journey Into The Morn
(1996)
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Beyond These Shores is a progressive rock album by Iona, released in 1993. Beyond These Shores is largely based on the story of St. Brendan's voyage. Brendan and a company of monks sailed from Ireland in a leather and wood boat in the sixth century to 'the promised land' which many[ who? ] believe to be America.

Contents

This time the majority of the recording was at:

with only additional work done at

The recording was remastered for the 2002 release The River Flows: Anthology and later re-released on Open Sky Records as a standalone album.

Credits

Band

Additional Musicians and Special Guests

Track listing

All track composed by Iona except where noted

  1. "Prayer on the Mountain" – 2:53
  2. "Treasure" – 4:26
  3. "Brendan's Voyage (Navigatio)" – 4:13
  4. "Edge of the World" – 4:47
  5. "Today" – 3:14
  6. "View of the Islands" – 2:30
  7. "Bird of Heaven" – 9:11
  8. "Murlough Bay" – 4:11
  9. "Burning Like Fire" – 4:57
  10. "Adrift" – 3:48
  11. "Beachy Head" – 5:46
  12. "Machrie Moor" (Fiona Davidson) – 4:34
  13. "Healing" (Davidson) – 4:47
  14. "Brendan's Return" – 4:16
  15. "Beyond These Shores" – 4:53

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