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Product Description:
Canadian edition of 1989 release from contemporary folk act.10 tracks. Standard jewel case.

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Average customer rating: disappointing Love it! wonderful compilation of world lullabies If you only get one lullabye cd, this should be it so-so sounds

Planet Sleeps Sherrilyne Blakey-Smith , The Rankin Family , Hun Sarath w/ Marc Marder , Houria Aichi , Familion , Boukman Eksperyans , Wes , Baluji Shrivastav , Sophie Meriem Rockwell , and Hinewehi Mohi Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Folk | Styles | Music India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Compilations | Children's Music | Styles | Music Lullabies | Children's Music | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lullaby: A Collection On a Starry Night Guitar Lullaby Dreamland African Lullaby ASIN: B000002BOW Release Date: 1997-05-06

Tracks:

1. Chi Mi Na Morbheanna - The Rankin Family
2. Yhanaway Hay Yowna - Sherrilyne Blakey-Smith
3. Phnom Penh Lullaby - Hun Sarath, Marc Marder
4. Ana Latu - The Kingdom Of Tonga Cultural Group
5. Berceuse - Houria Aichi
6. Hace Tuto Guagua - Familion
7. Mayi A Gaye - Boukman Eksperyans
8. Ag Criost An Siol - Maria Doyle-Kennedy, Kieran Kennedy
9. Sweet Bitowo - Wes
10. Sleep Queen Of The Dolls - Baluji Shrivastav
11. Fais Do Do, Colin Mon Petit Frere - Sophie Meriem Rockwell
12. Noomey - Yermi Kaplan, Haya Samir
13. Itsuki No Komoriuta - Traditional Japanese Music Ensemble Of New York
14. Schlafe Mein Prinzchen, Schlaf Ein - Michelle
15. Moe Moe - Hinewehi Mohi
16. Oj Talasi - The Trebevic Choir

Amazon.com

Everything about this CD, from its eye-popping cool packaging to its beautiful booklet, is wonderful, perhaps peerless. It's a study that spans 16 countries, catching paeans to childhood sleep from varied traditions. The set traverses the Cape Breton Gaelic tradition with the Rankin Family, Haiti with pop stars Boukman Eksperyans, and the African continent with music from Tonga, Algeria, and Cameroon. Despite their distances from each other, at times the songs sound quite alike. Voices might begin alone but then gather into choral size, with a reliance on wordless passages to emphasize the flow of time as sleep encroaches. In execution, the surprises are many. Algerian Houria Aïchi sounds East Indian; the Traditional Japanese Music Ensemble of New York sounds poised somewhere between a stately concert of historical court music and a touching homage to childhood; and German singer Michelle sounds pop-music ready even as she toes the line on singing a sleep-triggering song. Beyond being a great collection of international music, this is probably the most interesting mix available of cultural voices approaching the issue of children sleeping. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

disappointing.......2007-06-10

I purchased this CD in conjunction with another CD with lullabies for a friend who had just had a baby. She said the music is fine but it's got an audio portion that is totally useless for her. She said she's not been able to get the CD to play just the music w/out the video portion.

Love it!.......2007-05-12

I love this CD and so does my daughter. I have been putting her to sleep with this CD since the day she was born (she is now 10 mths old). I have bought this CD for a few friends of mine and they also love it. Great buy.

wonderful compilation of world lullabies.......2007-01-10

It's a wonderful compilation of world lullabies. It's good all over the world - doesn't matter if your baby is from Mars or Paris, Amazon or New York, it definitely works!

If you only get one lullabye cd, this should be it.......2007-01-04

We have over a dozen lullabye cds, and this is the only one we have worn out from constant use, and are replacing for baby #2. My daughter got hooked from the first track, Chi Mi Na Mór-Bheanna. As soon as it would come on, she would calm down and focus, and the other tracks would lull her to sleep. When we made the mistake of forgetting it at home on a road trip, I had to sing it to get her to stop crying (still learning the gaelic words to that!). It is a brilliant, well-compiled, album of tracks you won't find elsewhere (and which won't bore you, the parent). I have given it over and over as a baby present; it is tried and true. An earlier reviewer commented that the tracks were jarring; we don't find them to be, but then again, we don't like "new age" music (i.e., Wyndam Hill) because we find it too monotonous, so it is a question of musical tastes. Just an added note: the version featured of the classic French lullabye featured, Fais do-do, is truly lovely.

so-so sounds.......2006-08-03

This CD is okay, but has a number of high-pitched, almost whiny songs that aren't very soothing. It wasn't what I was expecting out of a lullaby CD.

Average customer rating: Better and Better Reunion Rankin Family Love It!

Reunion The Rankin Family Manufacturer: Longview Canada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Backstage Pass Endless Seasons Do You Hear...Christmas With Heather, Cookie & Raylene Rankin Souvenir: 1989-1998 Rankin Family Collection ASIN: B000LXH0KE Release Date: 2007-01-15

Tracks:

1. Departing Song
2. Nothing to Believe
3. Nothing Like an Ocean
4. Sparrow
5. Johnny Cope
6. Sunday Morning
7. Way I Feel
8. Our Time Is Tonight
9. Hush the Waves
10. Hillsdale Medley
11. Sunset
12. Gone

Customer Reviews:

Better and Better.......2007-07-04

The Rankins have given us beautiful music from their very first CD, but Rankin Family Reunion outshines all the rest. I was afraid we'd never hear from them again as a family after John Morris' death, but not only do we get a new CD with no repeats, but one that shows that their voices and music age and blend like fine Scotch. I hope they never deprive us for so long again. It's a sin to let such talent go unheard.

Reunion Rankin Family.......2007-03-20

The Rankin family reunites eight years later and the CD delivers lovely traditional celtic tunes with the harmony that only this family brings to the stage. There are fiddle and piano tracks that John Morris taped before his death. Sunset, written and sung by his daughter Molly, as she plays the guitar while backed up by family members brought tears to my eyes. Molly delivers like her dad and family. The old tunes mixed in with the new find me playing this CD over and over and waiting for the next!!!

Love It!.......2007-03-20

I am so glad that the Rankin Family is finally back. After the tragedy of losing John Morris, the family stopped recording for several years. This is their first release since then, and there is a haunting maturity to their voices and harmonies. I love this CD, and look forward to more releases from them.

Average customer rating: Just a few words.... Canada's Best Kept Secret! Good golly What an introduction! A brilliant group

Rankin Family Collection The Rankin Family Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Uprooted Endless Seasons Do You Hear...Christmas With Heather, Cookie & Raylene Rankin North Country Souvenir: 1989-1998 ASIN: B00000JMCN Release Date: 1999-08-17

Tracks:

1. Roving Gypsy Boy (Remix)
2. Borders And Time
3. Down By The Sally Gardens
4. Christy Campbell Medley
5. Orangedale Whistle
6. Rise Again
7. You Feel The Same Way Too
8. Grey Dusk Of Eve (Portobello)
9. North Country
10. Fail Il E (Oran Luadhaidh)
11. Gillis Mountain
12. Fare Thee Well Love
13. Mull River Shuffle (Live)

Customer Reviews:

Just a few words...........2003-09-15

I have lived on Cape Breton Island for most of my 27 years. I have heard of many artists that have come from this beautiul Island and I am proud to be part of the tradition that exists here. I have listened to some of the music as well, and it brings me back home by the ocean everytime. I had no idea what heritage existed here, and I encourage those of you who have heard of Cape Breton Island to take in some of the music that is produced from artists who are take pride in every note that they produce. These artists deserve more appreciation and they will get more from me. The Rankin's (just to name a few artists from here) are awesome and I will make sure that they are within listening distance wherever I go.

Canada's Best Kept Secret!.......2002-09-07

A friend of mine at work knew of my love for good folk music and gave me a copy of this CD for my birthday. All I can say is that I'm glad she did! This is an absolutely lovely compilation of some of the best modern eclectic folk that I've ever heard. Though my tastes in folk music definately run toward the ethnomusicological/authentic, I have to make exceptions for groups as lovely as this.

The Rankin Family hails from Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. On of the most far-flung of Gaelic speaking areas, Cape Breton has kept pure the traditions of their Scots ancestors, with a fair mix of North American folk and sea chantey traditions. The Rankin Family is steeped in these traditions, singing ancient songs in Gaelic, with a beautiful choral blend. The men in the group are also excellent instrumentalists...the late John Rankin's fiddle playing is wonderful in an authentic Gaelic style.

But the Rankins are not just traditionalists. They also sing contemporary "celtic revival" songs and some things that have an almost country flair (not a fan of country myself, but this stuff is really good.) The songs reflect their love of Cape Breton and of the sea. I found myself haunted by so many of the tunes on this album.

And the singing is marvelous. The family is blessed with wonderful voices, particularly the women. The harmony is dense and absolutely pure. It reminds me of the best of family groups in the Appalachians and in Ireland. Highlights of the album include the lovely Gillis Mountain and Rise Again, which I can't stop listening to.

This is pure music, filled with love of people and land. There is a sweetness in the music that touches me deeply. If you like Clannad, Mary Black, or the McGarrigle Sisters, you will love this music. I can't recommend this album highly enough!

Good golly.......2000-07-16

Ever since I passed through Mabou, the delightful little Nova Scotian hometown of the Rankins, I have been dying to buy one of their recordings, and boy am I glad it was this one. The powerful lyrics and harmonies beautifully express the hundreds of years of struggles that Cape Bretoner's experienced. "Roving Gypsy Boy" tells the all-too-familiar tale of an individual searching for his place in life, and "Rise Again" proudly boasts that "we" (Nova Scotians in the case of the Rankins) take back seat to nobody. The tale of a Cape Bretoner then continues with tracks like "Christy Campbell Medley," an arrangement which represents the good old fashion fiddling that many Bretoners use to relieve the stress after a long hard day's of work. The CD then concludes with a highly energized rendition of "The Mull River Shuffle," a piece which leaves the soul feeling refreshed. I am ecstatic to add this recording to my Celtic collection of more than 40 CDs, and I highly recommend it to anyone.

What an introduction!.......2000-02-17

Sadly, I only learned of The Rankins upon hearing of the death of brother John Morris Rankin. I ordered "Collection" the next day and was not disappointed. The incredible sibling harmonies are mesmerizing and terribly addictive. I now wake up most mornings with Rankin melodies in my head.

One important note as yet unmentioned by other reviewers is that "Collection" is also a multimedia CD. Pop it in your PC or Mac and you get video clips, photos, history and sound clips from each song on the band's preceding albums. Very well done and a great bonus! I want all my CDs to be like this.

A brilliant group.......2000-01-21

The Canadian group The Rankin Family is absolutely phenomenal. Singer/songwriter Jim Rankin is an absolute genius, and the rest of the family complement him wonderfully. "Fare Thee Well Love" is a most beautiful song. Too bad only Canada got to hear this amazing group. Also, god bless the late John Morris Rankin. He will be missed.

Average customer rating: Terrific mix of styles Touched My Soul and Opened My Heart SOMEbody had to recognize the 5 stars this album deserves! Don't think, just close your eyes and listen Good tunes well played

Endless Seasons The Rankin Family Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Uprooted Rankin Family Collection North Country North Country Souvenir: 1989-1998 ASIN: B000002TW2 Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

1. As I Roved Out
2. The River
3. Natives
4. Oganaich An Or-Fhuilt Bhuidhe/Am Braighe
5. Forty Days And Nights
6. Eyes Of Margaret
7. You Feel The Same Way Too
8. Endless Seasons
9. Padstow
10. Blue Eyed Suzie
11. Your Boat's Lost At Sea

Album Description

1995 album for the Canadian folk act. Recorded in Nashville with country music bigwig John Jennings & a number of musical guests (including Mary Chapin Carpenter & Sam Bush). Highlights include, 'You Feel the Same Way Too'. 11 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Terrific mix of styles.......2001-01-14

The Rankins are a great all-round talented family. This album shows off their many talents to perfection. A cool mix of traditional celtic, and Rankin penned songs. Track #4, which comprises two songs, is sung in Gaelic. They are traditional Gaelic songs composed in Cape Breton and Nova Scotia respectively. For anyone who likes a mix of traditional with modern, pop and country, then you will love this album.

Touched My Soul and Opened My Heart.......2000-02-13

This is the first time I've heard the Rankin Family. The clarity and harmony of their voices is almost mesmerizing. This is a perfect example of contemporary Celtic music. Their talent and love of music comes across in each track. I recommend their music to anyone who loves the Irish/Scottish genre.

SOMEbody had to recognize the 5 stars this album deserves!.......1999-12-04

I probably listen to "Endless Seasons" more than just about any other album I own. Feeling depressed? Listen to "Feel the Same Way Too" and I guarantee it's going to be gone. Want to hear majesty in music? You won't beat "Boat's Lost at Sea". Like harmony in group singing? The Rankins can't be beat. I was not as happy with "North Country", but "Endless Seasons" is a jewel.

Don't think, just close your eyes and listen.......1998-12-01

The previous reviewers are working to hard at it -- this is a down home family making music the way they like it. I was travelling in Cape Breton when North Country was released, and it undoubtedly catches the mood and the feel of the place. The locals know them on a first name basis. These are your neighbors playing at the local festival, not some Kelto-country-pop synthesis-conspiracy carefully packaged for the masses. So grab a mug, sit down, relax, and listen. Oh, and push the repeat button so you won't have to get up.

Good tunes well played.......1998-09-11

Is it Celtic? Is it folk? Is it country? Is it pop? I don't care. This album is simply a lot of fun. The strengths: beautiful harmonies, catchy tunes, and some wonderful playing (notably by John Morris Rankin and Howie MacDonald). The biggest weaknesses: Jimmy Rankin's lyrics, which while better than past efforts will never be candidates for a poetry anthology, and vocals that occasionally cross the line to "precious." The best cuts, to my ear are "Eyes of Margaret" and "Blue Eyed Suzie" (both by John Morris) and Jimmy's "You'd Feel the Same Way Too." What do we need to do to get this group some U.S. airplay?

Average customer rating: The most consistent album from a talented family group Some cuts excellent, others so-so A great down-home folksome album A wonderful mix of new and traditional songs Celtic Music at it's Best

Fare Thee Well Love The Rankin Family Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: North Country Rankin Family Collection Endless Seasons Uprooted North Country ASIN: B000008JRE Release Date: 1992-11-17

Tracks:

1. Orangedale Whistle
2. T-Each Ruadh (The Red Horse)
3. Fair and Tender Ladies
4. Fiddle Medley: Lime Hill/Keep the Country Bonnie Lassie/Jack ...
5. Fisherman's Son
6. Tell My Ma
7. You Left a Flower
8. Fare Thee Well Love
9. Gillis Mountain
10. Gaelic Medley: Mo Shuil Ad' Dheidh/Buain A' Rainich/He Mo Leannan/Fail
11. Tripper's Jig

Album Description

Canadian edition of 1990 release from contemporary folk act.11 tracks. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

The most consistent album from a talented family group.......2004-05-03

Sometimes I surprise myself! Don't ask me why I bought their "Collection", but I did - and what a great album it was. As usual with me, I bought all the other albums and this is, for me, the most consistent of them all, in what is a very strong set of albums.

The Rankin Family produce excellent traditional tracks (like " Fair And Tender Ladies") and mix them with folk/pop songs like "Orangedale Whistle" and "Gilles Mountain" to name but two very good tracks. Others are "Fisherman's Son", "You Left A Flower" and the title track which keep the standard up to a very high level.

Simple arrangements, well played and with great individual singing or even better harmonies, this is an classic album unfortunately not known to most of the great British music public, which is a shame. Every time I hear it, I feel all the better for it - it makes you glad to be around.

All their albums are very good and it made me wonder why they decided to call "time" on singing as a group, but maybe they wanted to finish on a very big high. Also, maybe they thought the band had run its course. The fact that they stopped making albums will no doubt be the one thing that the "music fan from San Diego" will be pleased about, having read his/her review (what was (s)he expecting?). The number of people who read that and thought it helped make up their mind (a big zero) says it all.

Whatever, after buying the Collection, go and buy the rest. However, this should be the first - you won't regret it.

Some cuts excellent, others so-so.......2002-11-02

Every now and again I buy an album simply because one of the cuts is outstanding and moving. This was my motivation here. The selection Fair and Tender Ladies is even better than the sixties PPM version!

Fare Thee Well Love is also very heart felt and moving. The rest of the cuts are somewhere between outstanding and somewhat tedious to listen to.

None the less, I felt the price for the two songs mentioned was worth the price.

A great down-home folksome album.......2001-08-09

Now boys and girls.. gather 'round the fire. It's chilly out there, so let's warm ourselves with our voices and fiddles. And Ukeleles. And Kazoos. And Harmonicas. And geeetars.

The album sure left me speechless! Never before have I had the opportunity to hear such a wide variety of groovin' tunes. Here's an album that'll help y'all get down with yer funky selves. Now clap along everyone! The Rankin Family's a comin' and they're bringin' a trainload of goopy nostalgia and folksy yet weary melodrama. Tell my ma when I get home, I wish the Rankins would leave me alone!

A wonderful mix of new and traditional songs.......2000-12-17

Whether singing original compositions or traditional ones, no-one does it quite like the Rankins. This is their 2nd album and every bit as good as their first, which I recommend also. They also sing some of the traditional songs in Gaelic which makes for a refreshing change. Unfortunately John Morris Rankin was killed in a freak accident last year, and will be very sadly missed by all. For anyone interested in East Coast/Maritime music, this is a must.

Celtic Music at it's Best.......2000-06-18

If your looking for a nice celtic cd, then this is it. Rankin Family does celtic music like no other. They have a balance of slow and up beat selections, and do them all with style. This is definatly a great CD to pick up.

Average customer rating: North Country The best of the best A beautiful, deeply affecting album Wonderful Canadian Celtic/Pop Fusion passionate music!

North Country The Rankin Family Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rankin Family Collection Endless Seasons Uprooted Fare Thee Well Love Do You Hear...Christmas With Heather, Cookie & Raylene Rankin ASIN: B000002UK5 Release Date: 1995-03-07

Tracks:

1. North Country
2. Borders And Time
3. Orangedale Whistle
4. Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach (Ho Ro My Nut Brown Maiden)
5. Gillis Mountain
6. Fare Thee Well Love
7. Christy Campbell Medley
8. Tramp Miner
9. Rise Again
10. Grey Dusk Of Eye (Portobello) (Leis An Lurgainn Remix)
11. Fisherman's Son
12. Tell My Ma
13. Turn That Boat Around

Amazon.com

A delightful introduction to a marvelous group. Cookie Rankin sings the melancholy alto lead on the separation ballad, "Borders and Time;" Raylene lends her high soprano to the pastoral paean, "Gillis Mountain;" and Heather belts out "Fisherman's Son." All three sisters are standout lead singers, and when they blend voices on the old Irish folk songs, "My Nut Brown Maiden" and "Tell My Ma," they're overpowering. Fiddler/pianist John Morris Rankin is the family's instrumental whiz who leads the way on a medley of reels. The group's most crucial talent, though, is Jimmy Rankin, who has written some of the finest folk-pop songs of the '90s, both love ballads like "Fare Thee Well" and working-class laments like "Tramp Miner" and "Orangedale Whistle." --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

North Country.......2000-07-21

I bought this blind. I love this CD. It is true chicken skin music! It is addictive. The songs are haunting. I love making a new discovery. All I can say is take a chance on something you have never heard before.

The best of the best.......2000-06-27

In a growing genre crowded with talent, the Rankin Family is arguably the best C3 (Contemporary Canadian Celtic) group around. And North Country is their best album. The song writing is inspired and the varied voices of the brothers and sisters, from husky to sweet, knit together beautifully to create a warm, richly textured hour of music.

By the way, it's worth trying to catch the Rankin Family in concert. The sisters bang out a mean step dance.

A beautiful, deeply affecting album.......2000-02-27

This is a suberb CD. The Rankins can lift you up, and can break your heart. I bought this CD after hearing the Rankins on a Chieftains CD. I'm so glad I did. "Rise Again", especially, almost always moves me to tears. Just beautiful.

Wonderful Canadian Celtic/Pop Fusion.......2000-02-06

I first heard the Rankins when I was living in Canada with my husband (he's from Nova Scotia). I loved their music at first hearing, and this album only grows better with each listening. As a family with Irish blood all through, and with a husband who loves all things Arcadian, this is a classic for us. Don't hesitate, you'll love the lush harmonies and fabulous vocalizations!

passionate music!.......1999-12-11

I became a Rankin fan a few months back when I happened upon a PBS concert special on TV. What an incredibly talented family. Their music reaches your soul. This CD happens to be my favorite. I could play it over and over and over and over........ Buy it and fall in love. Unfortunately they are no longer touring together.

Average customer rating: aloomis

Do You Hear...Christmas With Heather, Cookie & Raylene Rankin The Rankin Family Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Rankin Family Collection Souvenir: 1989-1998 Uprooted Endless Seasons Lamb's in Spring ASIN: B00006L6AR Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

1. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
2. The Christmas Star
3. I Wonder As I Wander
4. Jesus Christ, The Apple Tree
5. Do You Hear What I Hear?
6. Taladh Chriosda (The Christ-Child's Lullaby)
7. A'Challuinn (The New Year)
8. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
9. Quelle Est Cette Odeur? (What Is This Scent So Pure And Lovely?)
10. Ave Maria
11. Welcome Yule
12. The Coventry Carol
13. Children Go Where I Send You
14. Angels We Have Heard On High
15. Oh Night Of Joy And Gladness

Album Details

A Perenially Best Selling Christmas Album from the Three Sisters of Canada's Popular Rankin Family. Their Unique Sisterly Harmonies Are Another Wonder of the World. If You Liked the Roches "Star of Wonder", You'll Love "do You Hear..."!

Customer Reviews:

aloomis.......2002-12-29

Beautiful Christmas Album. Heather, Cookie and Raylene have once again shared their beautiful voices with us. Their versatility is very apparent as they shift from the traditional carols like "Angels We Have Heard On High" and "Do You Hear" to the Gaelic "Taladh Chriosda" and "A' Challuinn" to the contemporary songs like "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" and an almost Cajun sounding "Children Go Where I Send You".
This disk is definately worth buying.

Average customer rating: Ya Just Gotta Have it Rankins rock

Souvenir: 1989-1998 The Rankin Family Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rankin Family Collection Do You Hear...Christmas With Heather, Cookie & Raylene Rankin Uprooted Endless Seasons North Country ASIN: B00008OM7Q Release Date: 2003-04-14

Tracks:

1. You Feel the Same Way Too
2. Borders and Time
3. Rise Again
4. North Country
5. Orangedale Whistle
6. River
7. Let It Go
8. Maybe You're Right
9. Bells
10. Gillis Mountain
11. Forty Days and Nights [Radio Edit]
12. Movin' On
13. Roving Gypsy Boy [Remix]

Tracks:

1. Fare Thee Well Love
2. O Tha Mo Dhuil Ruit (Oh How I Love Thee)
3. Greenberg Medley
4. Down by the Sally Gardens
5. Grey Dusk of Eve (Portobello) [Leis an Lurgainn Remix]
6. Christy Campbell Medley
7. Innis gh (The Happy Isle)
8. Parlour Medley: Mary MacDonald Strathspey/Reddie's Reel/Port-A ...
9. Mull River Shuffle [Live]
10. Farewell to Lochaber
11. Weddings, Wakes and Funerals [Big Mind Radio Mix]

Album Description

2003 compilation for the Canadian Celtic/folk act. 24 tracks including, 'Forty Days & Nights' (Radio Edit), 'Roving Gypsy Boy' (Remix), 'Grey Dusk Of Eve (Portobello)' (Leis An Lurgainn Remix), 'Mull River Shuffle' (Live), & 'Wedding Wakes & Funerals' (Big Mind Radio Mix). Copy-Controlled CD. Capitol.

Album Details

A Beautiful Collection of One of Canada's Most Beloved Folk Groups Ever. 24 Great Songs with all the Appropos Remixes and Special Live Versions Where Needed, Including the Leis an Lurgainn Remix of "Grey Dusk of Eve (Portobello), Recorded with Liam Ó Maonlaí (Ex of Hothouse Flowers).

Customer Reviews:

Ya Just Gotta Have it.......2007-01-02

I first saw the Rankin Family on a CBC awards program some years ago while stationed in Tacoma WA, and have been collecting their CD's ever since. This is an absolutely great CD, especially for the car, since I don't have to juggle other Rankin CD's while dodging Phoenix traffic just to hear my favourites. They are one of the few artists I switch off my XM radio for. The voices are clear and crisp, the lyrics still hold the meanings, and the music just fantastic. Next best thing to seeing them live, which unfortunately being in Phoenix, I doubt seriously will be the case.

Rankins rock.......2004-03-13

This is an excellent summary of the work the Rankin family has done over the past ten years. They picked out their favourite and their fans favourite songs and stuck it on here. I love it, it's a two cd set and most of the songs are damn perfect east coast music. Seriously best cd I've bought in a long time. Worth the money no matter what you spend on it

Average customer rating: 4 Disk delight Disk 3 Best collection of Canadian pop, rock ever assembled

Oh What a Feeling V.1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Oh What a Feeling, Vol. 3 Oh What a Feeling, Vol. 2: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music ASIN: B00005J8ZG Release Date: 1996-02-12

Customer Reviews:

4 Disk delight.......2004-11-29

If you don't love these 4 CD's of music, then you don't like Canadian Music. Period. None of these disk is "Crap" as mentioned in earlier reviews. This set (and its retarded little brother Oh What a Feeling 2) are mainstays on my MP3 player. I bop to the stuff my much older sibs and cousins loved (first half of disk 3). I rock to the stuff I grew up with (disks 1 and 2, and some of 4). The later tracks on disk 3 still bring a sentimental tear to my eyes everytime! Ok Celine and K.D. make me barf, but this is gold!
I think it is OOP - find a way to get your hands on it!

Disk 3.......2004-10-03

If ever there was an awsome compalation of good music it's Oh what a feeling Disk 3. Don't be taken aback by Anne Murray on track 1. It gets much better. From Mashmakan's "As the years go by" to Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the sun" it is pure Canadian Gold. Un fortunatlly the other three disks are pretty much crap. The whole set is worth it for disk 3.

Best collection of Canadian pop, rock ever assembled.......2001-06-17

This four-cd, 77-song box, first released in 1996 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Canada's Juno Awards, is a lovingly-created tribute to the best music out of the Great White North. Just about every notable Canuck act is represented with one track, including the Guess Who (American Woman and These Eyes, one of few with two songs), BTO (Takin' Care Of Business), Alanis Morrissette (You Oughta Know), Triumph (Magic Power), Steppenwolf (Born To Be Wild), Sarah McLachlan (Hold On), Cowboy Junkies (Misguided Angel), Tom Cochrane (Life Is A Highway) and dozens more. There are plenty of rarities here, simply because lots of these acts were one or two-hit wonders and never made it to CD.

If anything, Oh What A Feeling suggests Canadian rock and pop has been pretty safe. But that's understandable; it's hard to push the boundaries and make a living when your market is just 30 million potential music buyers. Still, this package is filled with so many classic rock gems that it's hard to imagine anybody being disappointed.

Average customer rating: amazing Excellent

North Country Rankin Family Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Endless Seasons Rankin Family Collection Uprooted Souvenir: 1989-1998 Do You Hear...Christmas With Heather, Cookie & Raylene Rankin ASIN: B000065M1M Release Date: 2004-03-15

Tracks:

1. North Country
2. Oich U Agus H-Iuraibh Eile
3. Borders And Time
4. Mull River Shuffle
5. Lisa Brown
6. Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach
7. Tramp Miner
8. Rise Again
9. Leis An Lurgain
10. Christy Campbell Medley
11. Saved In The Arms
12. Johnny Tulloch
13. Turn That Boat Around

Album Description

1993 album for the successful Canadian Folk/Country outfit. North Country solidifies the group's wholesome reputation. You can always count on The Rankins for at least one exquisite, stand-out pop melody per recording, that one here is the title track's tribute to Canadian wilderness. The voices of Cookie, Heather, and Raylene Rankin blend effectively with an intuitive sense of harmony. These are pure, attractive voices, but with a certain lack of emotional depth that parallels Jimmy and John Morris Rankin's sometimes over-sweetened, keyboard-dominated instrumentation.

Customer Reviews:

amazing.......2006-05-17

this cd is beautiful! as an enya fan I find it equally amazing. this is a must have for any diehard relaxation music fan!

Excellent.......2003-10-07

The Rankin Family is a little known group from Cape Breton. Their music is excellent for celtic music. This album includes North Country, Lisa Brown, the hilarious Mull River Shuffle, and Rise Again which had lots of radio play in the early 1990's. It is definantly a cd must have for every Canadian.

Music Album:

1. The Stewart Years [Box set] [Live]
2. The Stewart Years [Box set] [Live] [Import]
3. The Vinyl Skyway
4. The Women of Silverwolf [Box set]
5. Trails Plowed Under, Legends of the West
6. Trios [Import]
7. Un-PC [Explicit Lyrics]
8. Under the Rainbow
9. Wait For Your Spring
10. We All Need Heroes

Music Album