Máire (album)

Máire
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1992
RecordedCastle Sound Studio, Pencaitland, 1992
GenreCeltic rock
Length45:10
LabelBMG Records (UK)
Atlantic (USA)
ProducerCalum Malcolm, Dónal Lunny
Moya Brennan chronology
Máire
(1992)
Misty Eyed Adventures
(1995)

Máire is the debut album by Irish musician Máire Brennan, released in 1992.

Recording

A promotional video directed by the Douglas Brothers was made to accompany the single "Against the Wind". The song also appears on Moya Brennan's 2005 live album Óró - A Live Session and on 2008's Heart Strings.

Track listing

  1. "Cé Leis" – 4:05
  2. "Against the Wind" – 5:34
  3. "Oró" – 3:59
  4. "Voices of the Land" – 3:23
  5. "Jealous Heart" – 4:37
  6. "Land of Youth (Tir na nÓg)" – 5:53
  7. "I Believe (Deep Within)" – 3:57
  8. "Beating Heart" – 4:16
  9. "No Easy Way" – 5:24
  10. "Atlantic Shore" – 4:02

Personnel

Band

  • Máire Brennan – Vocals, Harp, Piano, Keyboards
  • Deirdre Brennan – Vocals
  • Brídín Brennan – Vocals
  • Calum Malcolm – Keyboards
  • Dónal Lunny – Bodhrán, Bouzouki, electric Bouzouki, Mandolin, Keyboards
  • Nigel Thomas – Drums, Percussion
  • Nigel Clarke – Acoustic Guitar
  • Alex Poots – Flugel Horn
  • Richie Buckley – Soprano Saxophone
  • Mick Taylor – Tin Whistle, Chinese Flute

Commercial singles

  1. "Against the Wind"
  2. "Jealous Heart"

Promotional singles

  1. "Beating Heart"