''Secret People'' is the fifth studio

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band

Capercaillie ''Tetrao'' is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse. Taxonomy The genus ''Tetrao'' was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his ...

. It reached number 40 in the UK album charts. It was re-released in North America by

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in 2003.

Track listing

# "Bonaparte" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 4:43 # "Grace and Pride" (Manus Lunny) – 5:12 # "Tobar Mhoire (Tobermory)" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 3:48 # "Four Stone Walls" (John Saich) – 3:16 # "Crime of Passion" ( Donald Shaw) – 4:58 # "The Whinney Hills Jigs" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 6:10 # "An Eala Bhàn (The White Swan)" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 5:30 # "Seice Ruairidh (Roddy's Drum)" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 4:24 # "Stinging Rain" (M. Lunny) – 4:50 # "Hi Rim Bo" (Trad. Arr. Capercaillie) – 3:34 # "The Miracle of Being" (Shaw) – 6:12 # "The Harley Ashtray" (Charlie McKerron/Marc Duff) – 4:06 # "Oran" (Words: Aonghas MacNeacail Music: Shaw) – 2:24 # "Black Fields" (John Saich) – 4:33

Credits

Karen Matheson Karen Matheson OBE (born 11 February 1963) is a Scottish folk singer who frequently sings in Gaelic. She is the lead singer of the group Capercaillie and was a member of Dan Ar Braz's group L'Héritage des Celtes, with whom she often sang lea ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Charlie McKerron -

Fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

*John Saich - Bass,

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, Backing vocals, Synthbass on track 1 *Manus Lunny -

Bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

, Guitar, Backing vocals, Vocals on tracks 2 and 9 *Marc Duff -

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, Bodhran, Wind Synth *Donald Shaw -

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, Backing vocals *James Mackintosh -

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and percussion except for track 11 *Ian Murray - Drums on track 11, additional percussion *Donal Lunny - Bodhran on track 12

External links

Information about the album on Capercaillie's official website

References

Capercaillie (band) albums 1993 albums Scottish Gaelic music {{1990s-folk-album-stub