Out to an Other Side explained

Out to an Other Side
Type:	studio
Artist:	Liam O'Flynn
Cover:	Out_to_an_other_side.jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
Genre:	Celtic, Traditional Irish
Label:	Tara Music
Producer:	Shaun Davey
Next Title:	The Given Note
Next Year:	1995

Out to an Other Side is the third solo album by master uilleann piper and prominent Irish traditional musician Liam O'Flynn. Produced by Shaun Davey^[1] and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland, the album was released on the Tara Music label in 1993.^[2] As with a number of Liam's other album titles, Out to an Other Side comes from the writing of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney with whom Liam has performed live on numerous occasions.^[3]

Critical response

The Allmusic web site gave the album four and a half out of five stars, calling it O'Flynn's "most eclectic album" featuring "solo tracks as well as folk revival and orchestral arrangements".^[2]

Track listing

All songs are Traditional, except where noted.

1. "The Foxchase" – 9:5
2. "The Wild Geese" – 5:51
3. "The Dean's Pamphlet" – 3:55
4. "Gynt at the Gate" (Shaun Davey) – 4:33
5. "The Winter's End" (Shaun Davey) – 3:22
6. "After Aughrim's Great Disaster" – 3:21
7. "Blackwells" (Shaun Davey) – 4:08
8. "Ar Bhruach na Laoi" – 6:11
9. "Lady Dillon" – 4:13
10. "Dollards and the Harlequin Hornpipes" – 3:10
11. "Sean O Duibhir a Ghleanna – 3:59^[4]

Personnel

• Liam O'Flynn – uilleann piper (in D, C#, and C), whistle
• Bill Dowdall – flute, piccolo
• Matthew Manning – oboe, Cor anglais
• Carl Geraghty – saxophone
• Fergus O'Carroll – French horn
• Graham Hastings – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Noel Eccles – percussion
• Arty McGlynn – guitar
• Des Moore – guitar
• Helen Davies – Irish harp
• Sean Keane – violin
• Nollaig Casey – violin, viola
• Adele O'Dwyer – cello
• Joe Czibi jnr. – double bass
• Rod McVey – synthesizer
• Peter Connolly – electric bass
• Steve Cooney – electric bass
• Paul McAteer – drums
• The Voice Squad – vocals
• Rita Connolly – vocals
• Liam Ó Maonlaí – vocals^[4]

External links

• Record Label Catalogue 2009
• Album Sleevenotes

Notes and References

1. . 8 May 1993. 4 September 2013 . Global Music Pulse . 39. 105 . 19. Ken . Stewart . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. .
2. Web site: Out to an Other Side . Allmusic . 4 September 2013.
3. Out to an Other Side . Liam O'Flynn . 1993 . Liam . O'Flynn . Liam O'Flynn . booklet . . 3031 . Dublin.
4. Web site: Out to an Other Side . Discogs . 4 September 2013.