''No Frontiers'' is an album by
Irish singer Mary Black
Mary Black (born 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both traditional folk and modern material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland.
Background
Mary Black was born into a m ...
. The album was one of Ireland's best selling albums of 1989 and introduced her to audiences elsewhere in Europe and in the United States and Japan. The album spent 56 weeks in the Irish Top 30.
Track listing
#"No Frontiers" (
Jimmy MacCarthy
James MacCarthy (born 1953) is an Irish singer-songwriter.
Early life and career (1953–1979)
MacCarthy was born in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland to Ted MacCarthy (died 1998) and Betty MacCarthy (died 2009). He has 11 siblings. The family ha ...
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Past the Point of Rescue
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Mick Hanly
Mick Hanly (born 3 July 1949) is an Irish singer and composer from Limerick. In the 1970s, he formed several folk music duos, first with Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, then with Andy Irvine and, more recently, with Dónal Lunny. From 1982 until 1985, ...
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#"The Shadow" (Donagh Long) – 5:46
#"Carolina Rua" (Thom Moore) – 5:04
#"Shuffle of the Buckled" (MacCarthy) – 4:17
#"Columbus" (Noel Brazil) – 4:10
#"Another Day" (MacCarthy) – 4:34
#"Fat Valley of Pain" (Brazil) – 6:20
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I Say a Little Prayer
"I Say a Little Prayer" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick, originally peaking at number four on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop singles chart in December 1967. On the R&B Singles chart it peaked at numbe ...
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Burt Bacharach,
Hal David
Harold Lane David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick.
Early life
David ...
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#"Vanities" (Brazil) – 4:38
#"The Fog in Monterey" (Moore) – 4:02
Personnel
*Mary Black - vocals
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Declan Sinnott
Declan Sinnott (born 29 July 1950) is an Irish musician and record producer.
Originally from Wexford town, where his father was an optician and jeweller on Main Street, he came to Dublin in the late 1960s. Around 1970 he was a member of the poe ...
- guitars, harmony vocals, producer
*Pat Crowley - accordion, keyboards, harmony vocals
*Garvan Gallagher - double bass, harmony vocals
*Noel Bridgeman - percussion, harmony vocals
*Carl Geraghty - saxophone
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Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays left-handed guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozai ...
- synthesizer (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7)
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Caroline Lavelle
Caroline Lavelle is an English singer-songwriter and cellist who has created three solo albums and contributed vocals, music, and production help to many other artists and bands.
Career
Lavelle studied at the Royal College of Music in London. ...
- cello (tracks 3, 6)
*Mandy Murphy - backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11)
*Tony Davis - backing vocals (tracks 2, 9)
;Technical
*DanDan FitzGerald - recording and mixing engineer
References
1989 albums
Mary Black albums
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