01	Ri Na Cruinne						04:04
	02	In A Lifetime			(Duet with Bono)			03:10
	03	Anam						04:05
	04	In Fortune's Hand						03:57
	05	The Poison Glen						03:55
	06	Wilderness						02:08
	07	Harry's Game			(From the Motion Picture 'Patriot Games')			02:31
	08	Why Worry?						04:30
	09	Uirchill An Chreagain						04:25
	10	Love and Affection						04:58
	11	You're The One						03:57
	12	Dobhar						02:37

Atlantic
Year: 1992
Catalog Number: 7 82409-2

Anam
Date of Release 1992

With the release of Anam in 1992, the Irish family act, with more than a dozen albums and 20 years behind them, had been pared to a quartet. Saxophonist Mel Collins spices things up on the jaunty "In Fortune's Hand," but most of Anam is slower and softer, mixing keyboard-based ballads with more folk-inflected tracks. Maire Brennan's voice is a thing of beauty, wispy and crystal clear, making the lyrics almost inconsequential (which they will be to most listeners, anyhow, as several tracks are sung in Gaelic). Her duet with Bono on "In a Lifetime" had already appeared years earlier, but its inclusion is one of the set's highlights, as is "Harry's Game" (recognizable from its commercial use). It's all the perfect fit for folk fans wanting something more pop-oriented and new age fans wanting something not so sterile. - Tom Demalon


Bono - Performer
Maire Brennan - Harp, Vocals
Ciaran Brennan - Synthesizer, Guitar, Piano, Arranger, Bass (Electric), Vocals, Producer, Double Bass
Richard Dodd - Producer
Anton Drennan - Dobro, Guitar (Electric)
Noel Duggan - Guitar
Pat Duggan - Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Mandolin
Pearse Dunne - Engineer, Mixing
Paul Moran - Percussion, Drums
Steve Nye - Producer
Ian Parker - Keyboards
Paul Ridout - Programming, Producer
Bridin Brennan - Harmony Vocals
Lorraine Francis - Assistant Engineer
Andy Earl - Photography

CD Atlantic 82409
1992 CS Atlantic 82409
CD Tara TAR3025
1990 Atlantic 82409



In a Lifetime
Composed By Ciaran Brennan/Paul Brennan

AMG REVIEW: Taken from its 1986 LP, Macalla (Gaelic for echo), "In a Lifetime" emerges a hauntingly edgy duet between Maire Brennan and U2's Bono, and marks the first time that this usually insular family unit recorded with an outside musician. With lyrics inspired, according to the band, from a raging thunderstorm that broke over the beginning of the recording sessions, the passionate vocals in this love song certainly had to have been influenced by the elements. And while this particular pairing would seem, perhaps, to be a disparate mix, Bono's gruff and tumble throatiness is sublimely played off Brennan's crystal-clear pipes, resulting in a firecracker performance.
"In a Lifetime" would enjoy several lifetimes of its own, marked by two independent runs on the British singles charts. It climbed to number 20 on its initial release in January 1986, and then returned to peak a little higher (number 17) in 1989. Further accolades were forthcoming upon its inclusion in the soundtrack for the 1992 film Into the West. - Amy Hanson