Artist: Clannad
Release: Macalla
Discogs: 2124120
Released: 1985
Label: Tara / RCA
Catalog#: TARA 3016 / 74321 16035 2
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Style: Folk, World, & Country, Folk

Tracklisting:

01. Caislean Õir (2:06)
02. The Wild Cry (4:41)
03. Closer To Your Heart (3:29)
04. In A Lifetime (3:08)
05. Almost Seems (Too Late To Turn) (4:51)
06. Indoor (3:53)
07. Buachaill On Eirne (3:08)
08. Blackstairs (4:15)
09. Journey's End (2:42)
10. Northern Skyline (4:58)

Credits:
Administrator [Original Publisher]: John J. Lappin
Booking [Agent]: Kenny Bell
Booking [Agent]: World Service Agency
Drums: Paul Moran
Electric Guitar: Anthony Drennan
Engineer: Kevin Maloney
Engineer: Louis Austin
Engineer: Martin Pearson
Engineer: Ron Kurz
Engineer [Assistant Engineer]: John Grimes
Engineer [Assistant Engineer]: Justin Birt
Keyboards: Steve Nye
Keyboards, Synth: James Delaney
Management: David A. Kavanagh
Management [Special Assistant]: Murty Kavanagh
Management [Tour Manager]: Leon Brennan
Mastered By: Kevin Metcalfe
Percussion: Danny Cummings
Performer [Clannad Are]: Ciarán Brennan
Performer [Clannad Are]: Maire Brennan
Performer [Clannad Are]: Noel Duggan
Performer [Clannad Are]: Padraig Duggan
Performer [Clannad Are]: Pól Brennan
Photography By: Jill Furmanovsky
Producer: Steve Nye
Saxophone [Sax]: Mel Collins
Vocals [Additional]: Bono (4)

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[Back sleeve]
© 1985 RCA/Ariola Limited
Distributed by BMG · A Bertelsmann Music Group Company · RCA is a registered trademark of General Electric Company, USA · Printed in Germany

[Disc]
Made in Germany,
1985 RCA/Ariola Limited

Wiki wrote:
Macalla is a 1985 musical album by Irish folk group Clannad. It is their ninth album and became prominent with a collaboration between Clannad's singer Moya Brennan and U2 vocalist Bono on the duet "In a Lifetime". Furthermore, it featured some internationally renowned artists such as art rock saxophone player Mel Collins, an ex-King Crimson member and famous for his solo on The Rolling Stones' "Miss You", and Anton Corbijn's photography.

The album's title is Irish for "echo". Two of its songs are sung entirely in Irish: "Caisleán Óir", which translates as "golden castle", and "Buachaill Ón Éirne", which means "boy from the Erne".


AllMusic Review
1985's Macalla is one of Clannad's strongest albums. The songs are mainly mid-tempo or slower, and combine the poignant beauty of Irish balladry with the immediacy of a rock band line-up. Traditional Irish instruments come and go, along with touches of sax and on "In a Lifetime," soulful guest vocals by fellow Irishman Bono, of U2. Macalla is a well-rounded album of melodic folk pop, infused with that beautiful warm sadness that seems to pervade Irish music and culture.