Great Big Sea (album)
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Great Big Sea is Great Big Sea's
self-titled, independently-released debut album. Originally released in 1993, it was later redistributed by Warner Music Canada
when the band was signed.
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...
self-titled, independently-released debut album. Originally released in 1993, it was later redistributed by Warner Music Canada
Warner Music Canada
Warner Music Canada is the Canadian division of Warner Music Group. The label previously operated as WEA Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International, which later changed its name to Warner Music International in 1990. It was founded in 1967 as Warner Reprise Canada Ltd...
when the band was signed.
Track listing
- "Great Big Sea/Gone By The Board" (Traditional Arranged Bob Hallett) 3:39
- "Someday Soon" (Alan Doyle) 4:18
- "Excursion Around The BayExcursion Around the Bay"Excursion Around The Bay" is a popular Newfoundland folk song. It was written by Johnny Burke , a popular St. John's, Newfoundland balladeer....
" (Johnny Burke) 2:30 - "What Are Ya' At?" (Alan Doyle) 3:12
- "The Fisherman's Lament" (Séan McCann) 5:11
- "I'se The B'yI's the B'y"I's The B'y" is a traditional Newfoundland folk song/ballad. "I's the B'y" is in the Newfoundland English dialect, and translates to standard English as "I'm the Buddy"...
" (Traditional) 1:57 - "Drunken SailorDrunken SailorDrunken Sailor is a traditional sea shanty also known as What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?It begins with the question, "What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?" Each verse thereafter suggests a method of sobering—or castigating, or simply abusing—the sailor.The song...
" (Traditional) 2:54 - "Irish Paddy/Festival Reel/Roger's Reel" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power, Benoit / Guinchard) 4:20
- "Time Brings" (Séan McCann) 4:31
- "Jigs: Eavesdropper's/Both Meat & Drink/Off We Go" (Reavy, Traditional) 3:01
- "Berry Picking Time" (Traditional) 3:20
Song information
- "Great Big Sea/Gone By The Board" is one song that goes by two names.
- "Irish Paddy/Festival Reel/Roger's Reel" and "Jigs: Eavesdropper's/Both Meat & Drink/Off We Go" are each three separate folk songs that Great Big Sea arranged into a single track.
- "Excursion Around the Bay" was written by Johnny BurkeJohnny BurkeJohnny Burke was a Newfoundland songwriter and musician. He was nicknamed the 'Bard of Prescott Street'. He wrote many popular songs that artists in the 1930s and 1940s released.Popular songs by Burke include:* The Night Paddy Murphy Died...
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