''Again'' is the

Alan Stivell Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a French, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically ...

's seventeenth album released in 1993 under the Keltia III label by

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and

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. He registers again his greatest successes of the seventies with updated arrangements and help of prestigious guests :

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from the Irish group

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, the Senegal singer Doudou Ndiaye Rose, the French singers

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and Breton singers

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and

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. The album, several times golden record with more than 300.000 sold copies, boosts the interest for the

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, the base for a new wave of his popularity, especially in

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and in France. The public immediately acclaimed the album and Stivell during his French tour, with two concerts at the

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, Paris, in January 1994. That is when the Héritage des Celtes of his former guitarist

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is going to arouse the craze of the general public.

Track listing

Personnel

* Alan Stivell - Arranger, Bombard, Harp (Celtic Acoustic & Electric), Composer, Dulcimer, Irish flute, Keyboards, Percussion, Pipes, Vocals * Dan Ar Braz - Electric Guitar * Herve Batteux - Drums, Percussion * Philippe Chasseloup - Harmonica * Jean-Luc Chevalier - Electric Guitar * Carlos Delgado - Kena, Pan Flute *

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- Bass * Karel Holas - Violin, Violin (Electric) * Herve Kefelean - Banjo * Robert Le Gall - Electric violin * Pierrick Lemou - Bouzouki, Violin * Charlie Morgan - Drums *

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- Guitar * Patrice Paichereau - Guitar * Dina Rakotomanga - Bass, Double Bass * Doudou N'Daiye Rose - Percussion * Catherine Saint-James - Cello * Guillaume Saint-James - Keyboards, Saxophone * Michal Senbauer - Guitar *

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- Pipe * Vocals :

(Arranger, Keyboards, Producer),

, Laurent Voulzy, Gilles Servat, Yann-Fañch Kemener, Gweltaz-Thierry Adeux, James Wood, Gill O'Donovan, Ffran May

Recording

* Laurent Dayot - Engineer (Transaction - Ubu,

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) * Erik Chauvieres - Mixing (Arpège Studio,

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) * Herve Le Coz - Mixing *

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- Mixing (

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) * Frederic Marin - Mastering (Translab) * Jean-Baptiste Millot - Photography

Discography

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References

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