''The Celts Strike Again'' is the second studio album by the

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Orthodox Celts Orthodox Celts is a Serbian band formed in Belgrade in 1992 which plays Irish folk music combined with rock elements. Despite their uncharacteristic genre in their home country, the band is one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene and has ...

released in 1997. ''The Celts Strike Again'' was the band's first album to feature their own songs – besides covers of traditional Irish songs, the album features two songs written by the members of the band, "Drinking Song" and "Blue". The album featured numerous guest musicians: actress

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on vocals (on the song "

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member Aleksandar Eraković on backing vocals, Stočari member Branko Vitas on

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, member of the band Pachamama (the band Orthodox Celts recorded the live album '' Muzičke paralele'' with) Milan Mihaljčić on

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and thin whistle, and Renesansa member Žorž Grujić on zurla and

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. In the cover of the traditional Irish song "

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" the band replaced the line "She's the belle of

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Track list

All songs are covers of traditional songs, except where noted.

Personnel

*Aleksandar Petrović - vocals *Dejan Lalić - guitar, banjo, mandolin, tin whistle, backing vocals *Vladan Jovković - guitar, backing vocals *Ana Đokić - violin *Dejan Jevtović - bass *Dušan Živanović - drums,

bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'' or ''bodhráns'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or othe ...

, percussion, accordion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

- vocals (on "Loch Lomond") *Aleksandar Eraković - backing vocals *Milan Mihaljčić *Branko Vitas - banjo *Žorž Grujić - zurla,

*Aleksandar Radosavljević - producer, engineer *Gojko Stojisavljević - engineer *Ivan Brusić - engineer *Aleksandar Mikić - design

References

''The Celts Strike Again'' at Discogs

External links

''The Celts Strike Again'' at Discogs
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