''Banba'' is an album released by
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Clannad
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in 1993 on BMG records. It was re-issued in 2005 with the Afterlife mix bonus track of "I Will Find You". Banba was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
The Grammy Award for Best New Age Album is presented to recording artists for quality albums in the new-age music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several ca ...
, but was the runner-up to ''
Spanish Angel'' by
Paul Winter Consort
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Track listing
# "Na Laethe Bhí" –- 5:20
# "Banba Óir" – 3:26
# "There for You" – 4:10
# "
Mystery Game" – 4:24
# "Struggle" – 4:04
# "I Will Find You" (Theme from the
1992 film ''The Last of the Mohicans'') – 5:16
# "Soul Searcher" – 4:25
# "Caidé Sin do'n Té Sin" – 4:22
# "The Other Side" – 4:18
# "Sunset Dreams" – 4:12
# "A Gentle Place" (instrumental) – 3:11
# "I Will Find You" (Afterlife Mix) (only on 2005 reissue album) – 3:40
Charts
Singles
# "
Mystery Game"
Credits
* All songs were written by Ciarán Brennan except "Sunset Dreams" by Noel Duggan.
* Produced by Ciarán Brennan.
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Frankie Kennedy
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appears as a guest musician on flute.
* The album sleeve was designed and art directed by Bill Smith Studio with photography by Anton Corbijn.
Certifications and sales
References
External links
This album at Northern Skyline
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1993 albums
Clannad albums
RCA Records albums