''Something Beautiful'' (stylized ''Something Beautiful*'') is the sixth studio album by

Great Big Sea Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year Irish, Scot ...

, released in Canada on February 24, 2004 and in the US on March 9, 2004. It is the first album the group has recorded without the contributions of former member

Darrell Power Darrell Power (born June 3, 1968) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, music producer, and former member of Canadian folk rock band Great Big Sea (1993–2003). He is a guest host of VOCM Nightline and Open Line. Power currently works as ...

. The album received five nominations for the 2005 ECMA's (

East Coast Music Awards The East Coast Music Association is a non-profit association that hosts an annual awards ceremony based in Atlantic Canada for music appreciation on the East Coast of Canada. Its mission is to develop, advance and celebrate East Coast Canadian mus ...

) including Single of the Year ("When I Am King"), Video of the Year ("When I Am King"), Pop Recording of the Year ("Something Beautiful"), Group of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year (Alan Doyle, "When I Am King"). The album is the band's fifth to debut in the Top 10 on Canadian sales charts.

Track listing

#"Shines Right Through Me" (Alan Doyle, Kalem Mahoney, Séan McCann) 3:18 #"When I Am King" (Alan Doyle) 2:31 #"Beat The Drum" (Calum MacDonald, Rory MacDonald) 3:09 #"Something Beautiful" (Alan Doyle) 3:49 #"Helmethead" (Bob Hallett) 2:47 #"Summer" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann) 3:25 #"Sally Ann" (Alan Doyle) 2:12 #"Somedays" (Séan McCann) 2:51 #"Let It Go" (Alan Doyle, Blair Daly, Gordie Sampson) 3:11 #"John Barbour" (Traditional, Arr. Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) 4:53 #"Lucky Me" (Alan Doyle, Gordie Sampson) 3:54 #"Love" (Séan McCann) 3:32 #"Chafe's Ceilidh" (Traditional, Arr. Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) 2:33

Song information

*"When I Am King" and "Shines Right Through Me" have been made into videos and have been released as radio singles. The video for "When I Am King" won Best Video of the Year at the ECMA's *"John Barbour" is based on

Child Ballad The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the 19th century. Their lyrics and Child's studies of them were published as '' ...

No. 100,

Willie o Winsbury Willie O Winsbury is Child Ballad 100 (Roud 64). The song, of which there are many variants, is a traditional Scottish ballad that dates from at least 1775, and is known under several other names, including "Johnnie Barbour" and "Lord Thomas of Win ...

. *"Beat The Drum" is a

cover version In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song release ...

of "Pride Of The Summer" by Scottish Gaelic band

Runrig Runrig were a Scottish Celtic rock band formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973. From its inception, the band's line-up included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The line-up during most of the 1980s and 1990s (the band's most succe ...

External links

''Something Beautiful*'' page at the Official GBS Website
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