COMD2009 Battlefield Band - On The Rise

Battlefield Band - On The Rise
Battlefield Band
Alan Reid
Dougie Pincock
Brian McNeill
Alistair Russell
COMD2009

Released in 1986, there is a wide range and diversity of music and emotion on this album. None of it seems out of place. At the time, one live reviewer put it this way: "Battlefield Band were never short of daring, but their balance between the consummate, the stylish, the cute, the bizzare and the downright astonishing rightfully earned them one of the best receptions of the weekend". As the album sleeve says, "Scotland like you've never heard it" - well, except from Battlefield Band!

MUSIC WEEK Of wider appeal than just the conventional folk channels.

FOLK ROOTS I think it is without doubt the best yet ... They are really tight and really rocking ... Don't get trampled in the rush.

Track list

1. John MacKenzies Fancy
The Train Journey North
2. Carnlough Bay
3. The Pilgrims March
Scarlet & Black
The Struggle
Struy Lodge
4. Montrose
5. Shes Late But Shes Timely
6. Bad Moon Rising
The Rising Moon Reel
7. The Clumsy Lover
The Unmade Bed
Knopogue
8. The Dear Green Place
9. The Gale Warning
The Anchor Steam Reel
The Farmers Daughter
10. Island Earth No More
Flight Of The Eaglets
11. After Hours
The Green Gates
The Ship In Full Sail