Year of the Dog (album)

1994 studio album by Wolfstone

Year of the Dog

Studio album by

Wolfstone

Released| 1 July 1994
Recorded| Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre| Celtic rock
Length| 46:06
Label| Green Linnet
Producer| Phil Cunningham
Wolfstone chronology
| The Chase
(1992)  | Year of the Dog
(1994)  | The Half Tail
(1996)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
The Living Tradition| (favourable)
The Herald| (mixed)
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Year of the Dog is the third album by Scottish Celtic rock group Wolfstone. It was released in 1994.

## Track listing

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1. "Holy Ground" - 3:57
2. "Ballavanich" - 4:45
* The Boys from Ballavanich
* Mrs. Crehan's
3. "The Sea King" - 6:03
4. "Brave Foot Soldiers" - 4:50
5. "Double Rise Set" - 5:25
* Gingerhog's No.2
* The Double Rise
* Crossing the Mince
* Give Us a Drink of Water
6. "White Gown" - 4:26
7. "Morag's Reels" - 5:19
* Morag's Reel
* Laura Lynn Cunningham
* The Harsh February
* Miss Lyall
8. "Braes of Sutherland" - 7:29
* Braes of Sutherland
* The Youngest Ancient Mariner
9. "Dinner's Set" - 4:14
* Dinner's Dangerous River Jacket
* Richard Dwyer's Reel
* Sandy MacLeod of Garafad

## Liner notes

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* "Holy Ground": This song was written about the Irish conflict where religion is still used as an excuse for violence.
* "The Sea King": This song came to life through an old traditional Orkney poem which Ivan unearthed and set to music some years ago.
* "Brave Foot Soldiers": In August 1993 two separate groups of people began a march that would take one from Wick in the north and the other, from Stranraer in the south to meet in Edinburgh. The march, organised by the Scottish Trades Union Congress, was designed as a protest to the government over what many Scottish people regarded as a denial of a basic human right: the right to work.
* "White Gown": In February 1993 we played a concert on the east coast of America. That night we were aware of a KKK rally being held not half an hour away. The KKK is organised bigotry at its worst but will only ever be overcome by the strength of pacifism.
* "Braes of Sutherland": Ivan wrote this song after reading the story of a Sutherland woman who was forced to emigrate sometime around the late 18th and early 19th century. Sadly, there are countless other similar tales.

## Personnel

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* Duncan Chisholm: fiddle
* Stuart Eaglesham: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
* Struan Eaglesham: keyboards
* Ivan Drever: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bouzouki
* Wayne Mackenzie: bass guitar
* Mop Youngson: drums
* Taj Wyzgowski: electric guitar
* Gordon Duncan: pipes
* Phil Cunningham: accordion, whistle

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Wolfstone

* Duncan Chisholm
* Stuart Eaglesham
* Stevie Saint
* Alyn Cosker
* Colin Cunningham
* Davie Dunsmuir

Studio albums|

| Main albums|

* Unleashed
* The Chase
* Year of the Dog
* The Half Tail
* Seven
* Almost an Island
* Terra Firma

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Other albums|

* Wolfstone
* Wolfstone II
* This Strange Place

Compilations|

* Pick of the Litter

Live albums|

* Not Enough Shouting

EPs|

* Unleashed: The Preview
* Burning Horizons
* Time for Walking & Back of Beyond

Further contributions|

* The Best Scottish Album in the World...Ever!
* Green Linnet Records

See also|

| People|

* Ivan Drever
* Gordon Duncan
* Martyn Bennett

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Albums|

* The Lewis Blue
* Farrar
* Canaich

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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