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First studio recording with a major record company, means that sales increase dramatically and the album takes Runrig to national prominence, reaching number 11 in the UK album charts. Highlights include Siol Ghoraidh and Every River.
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The band's biggest selling album, launched in front of 50,000 fans at the historic midsummer night's concert at Balloch Country Park, Loch Lomond, 1991. It reached number 4 in the UK album charts, with the single Hearthammer becoming the band's first Top 40 hit single. Other stand out tracks include Flower of the West, and Edge of the World. |
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Environment and Media Album of the Year for 1993. Amazing Things achieved Runrig's highest ever chart position, reaching number 2, and missing out on the top slot by one Gallup point. Hit singles from the album were Wonderful and The Greatest Flame. |
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Released to mark the end of one era for the band, with Donnie's departure, and also the end of the recording contract with Chrysalis. The tracks were chosen by the fanclub membership. One new track recorded for the album, was a cover of Rod Stewart's Rhythm of My Heart, which was released as a single. |
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The breakthrough album taking the band from cottage industry to the international stage. Originally recorded on band's own Ridge label, it was taken on board by Chrysalis Records as part of their 1987major recording contract. Highlights include the song An Ubhal as Airde, which was later to become the first and only Scottish Gaelic language song to get into the UK Top 20, reaching number 18 in 1997. |
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Runrig were attracting a formidable reputation as a live act, and the new record company, Chrysalis Records, wanted to highlight this aspect of the band before embarking on their first new studio album together. This album typifies the big live landscape sound of early Runrig. Recorded in Scotland at the Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow; and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, throughout 1988. |
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