Clannad - Greatest Hits
BMG  (2000)
New Age

In Collection

7*
CD  69:42
18 tracks
   01   Theme From Harry's Game             02:29
   02   Buachaill En Eirne             03:09
   03   Skelling             04:48
   04   Scarlet Inside             05:12
   05   I See Red             04:27
   06   The Wild Cry             04:46
   07   Robin (The Hooded Man)             02:52
   08   Coinleach Glas An Fhomair             05:59
   09   Lady Marian             03:24
   10   Caislean Oir             02:09
   11   Something To Believe In             04:47
   12   Ta Me Mo Shui             03:16
   13   In A Lifetime             03:13
   14   The Fairy Queen             02:43
   15   Turning Tide             04:42
   16   Almost Seems (To Late To Turn)             04:48
   17   Now Is Here             03:34
   18   Many Roads             03:24
Personal Details
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Country Ireland
Original Release Date 2000
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Notes
Clannad

Formed 1970 in Ireland

Clannad bridged the gap between traditional Celtic music and pop. Usually, their results were an entrancing, enchanting form of pop that managed to fuse the disparate elements together rather seamlessly. Such fusions have earned the band an international cult of fans.
Taking their name from the Gaelic word for "family," Clannad formed in 1970 when the Brennan family - Maire (vocals, harp), Ciaran (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Pol (guitar, percussion, flute, vocals) - began playing at their father Leo's tavern with two of their uncles, Padraig Duggan (guitar, vocals, mandolin) and Noel Duggan (guitar, vocals). Soon afterward, the group began playing folk festivals in Ireland. They released their self-titled first album in 1973, yet the band didn't earn any widespread success until they toured Germany in 1975. Maire's sister, Enya, joined the group in 1979, yet left in 1982, just as the group was beginning to come into some pop success in the U.K. Clannad recorded the theme song for the television program Harry's Game; the single hit number five on the charts and won the band an Ivor Novello Award. The band recorded the soundtrack to the television production Robin of Sherwood in 1984; it won a British Academy Award for best soundtrack the next year. Clannad's success continued in 1986, when U2's Bono was featured on the Top 20 hit "In a Lifetime." The band continued to release albums into the 1990s, building their pop following without losing their folk audience. Landmarks, was issued in early 1998. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine


1973 Clannad Royal
1974 Clannad 2 Shanachie
1976 Dulaman Shanachie
1978 Clannad in Concert [live] Shanachie
1980 Crann Ull Tara
1982 Pretty Maid Philips
1982 Fuaim Atlantic
1983 Magical Ring RCA
1985 Macalla RCA
1987 Sirius RCA
1989 Pastpresent RCA
1989 Atlantic Realm BBC
1990 Anam Atlantic
1994 Banba Atlantic
1995 The Angel and the Soldier Boy BMG
1995 Clannad Themes Celtic
1996 Lore Atlantic
1996 Themes Cel Tic
1998 Landmarks Atlantic
2000 The Celtic Voice Erin