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Distant Shore (album)

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Distant Shore
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2009 (2009-09)
StudioWindmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland)
Dark Horse Studios ( Nashville, Tennessee)
LabelSpring Hill, Green Hill Music
ProducerDan Shea
Eoghan O'Neill
Órla Fallon chronology
The Water is Wide
(2000)
Distant Shore
(2009)
Music of Ireland: Welcome Home
(2010)

Distant Shore is the second solo album by Irish singer Órla Fallon. It was released in September 2009 under label Spring Hill Music Group.[1] It was also released in 2010 under the label Green Hill Music on 20 April 2010.[2]

The album was produced by Dan Shea and Eoghan O'Neill. It was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland and at Dark Horse Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]

The album "mixes traditional, contemporary, and original compositions."[4]

Track listing

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No. Title[5] Composer(s) / Arranger(s) Length
1 Who Knows? Peter Eades, Orla Fallon[6] 4:37
2 Distant Shore Dan Shea, John Bettis 4:29
3 Dancing In The Moonlight Orla Fallon[4] 3:56
4 My Land Secret Garden (Rolf Lovland, Alana Graham, Brendan Graham) 3:56
5 Shooting Star Peter Eades, Orla Fallon 3:15
6 Bean An Ti Eoghan O'Neill, Des Moore[7] 2:51
7 Always There Secret Garden (Rolf Lovland, Brendan Graham) 4:08
8 Voices On The Wind Little Feat[2] 4:47
9 Simple Love Sarah Siskind[2] 4:30
10 My Waking World Ray Fean[8] 3:55
11 Eleanor Plunkett: Trip To Shanbally, Michael O'Dwyer's Turlough O'Carolan, Eoghan O'Neill, Des Moore[9] 4:43
12 You'll Never Be The Sun Donagh Long[10] 4:05
13 Hard Times Stephen Foster[4] 3:44

Note: Track 5 is a song that was originally written earlier for the 2005/2006 Celtic Woman world tours.

Personnel

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  • Shannon Forrest - drums
  • Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Dan Shea - acoustic guitar, mandolin, piano, keyboards
  • Des Moore - acoustic guitar
  • Noel Eccles - percussion
  • Jim Brickman - piano
  • Dónal Lunny - bouzouki
  • Liam Bradley
  • Orla Fallon - vocals, harp, background vocals
  • Feargal Murray
  • Máíire Breatnach - fiddle, viola
  • Robbie Harris - bodhran
  • Alan Smale - strings
  • Beth "Diva" Davis
  • David James, Jr.
  • Missi Hale - background vocals
  • Todd Denman - whistling, pipe

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References

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  1. ^ Orla Fallon (2009-09-22), Distant Shore, Spring Hill, ASIN B002LB6ELA
  2. ^ a b c d "Orla Fallon - Distant Shore CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  3. ^ Jones, Tyler. "Orla Fallon". Vitality Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  4. ^ a b c "Orla Fallon - Distant Shore (Album Review)". www.musicbox-online.com. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  5. ^ Orla Fallon (2009-09-22), Distant Shore, Spring Hill, ASIN B002LB6ELA
  6. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-07), Who Knows?, retrieved 2016-03-28
  7. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-07), Bean An Ti, retrieved 2016-03-28
  8. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-08), My Waking World, retrieved 2016-03-28
  9. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-07), Eleanor Plunkett: Trip to Shanbally, Michael O'Dwyer's, retrieved 2016-03-28
  10. ^ Órla Fallon - Topic (2014-11-08), You'll Never Be The Sun, retrieved 2016-03-28