This album comes with 2 CDs.Disc 1 has 16 songs on it and disc 2 has 18 on it.A total of 34 songs!..thats a very good deal.True most of these songs are on their other albums but everone might not have all of their albums.This also comes with a neat little bonus.A 42 page book-let with lots of pictures and the biography of the band including some on Enya.Speaking of Enya,track 12 on disc 1 features her on lead.You can hear how her voice has matured over the years.If you already have all of their albums then there is no point in getting this one.If not,then this album will be a great deal for the money.
I love Clannad. Since I first discovered them with MACALLA I was in love with sound! So I began to collect their albums. I now have them all including this GATHERING. My main problem matches similar reviews.
Let's make something clear. Clannad are not a hit machine. They have had a few hits in Europe and a few flukes in America considering soundtracks and such. But you won't find them performing at this year's MTV awards. So why all the hits albums, hmm?!
Ok let's start...CLANNAD LIVE was released in the 70s as a compilation of early tunes live. (Really, why hasn't Clannad done another live album since?)
Then around the mid 80s K-Tel releases THE CLANNAD COLLECTION...a hits album. Which includes music from the 70s to mid 80s.
Then in 1989 they released PASTPRESENT. A collection of their music of the 80s but including two new tracks "The Hunter" and "World of difference". A worthy hits package this!
Then in 1992 to prmote the re-release of THE CELTS by Enya and the US release of ANAM a promotion CD was released...FAMILY TREE. Although it was not comercially available the CD was interesting as it featured Maire's solo stuff, Clannad and Enya.
Then in the mid 90s they released ROGHA:THE BEST OF CLANNAD which featured music from the 80s...yeah.
Then there was AN DOLIAN a collection of 70s music and then there was ULTIMATE COLLECTION and then, and then, and so on and so on! Sheesh! Oh yeah and then they released A MAGICAL GATHERING which features 70s,80s, and 90s with a rather nice informative booklet which is why I gave it three stars.
Except for LIVE and PASTPRESENT none of these albums offer anything unique from the band. No rare tracks, demos, live songs............nada! So Clannad, I love you but please put out a new album...your hits CDs are starting to stack higher than your albums!!!
A wonderful made CD. If you like Celtic music you'll like this CD. I have 3 of their other CD
This album is a joke! No offense to Clannad fans but this entire release is a 2 CD album of works from their early albums trough their 1998 Landmarks CD and everyone of these songs are on numerous other collections.
They already had like 6 collections plus there was the Greatest Hits that was put out a couple of years ago and numerous collections too. This anthology offers nothing new. It's time for some new material and new album!
Clannad is an incredibly talented band with powerful tracks but all these collections and samplers is becoming extremely redundant plus it diminishes the power of their songs too(in my opinion).
This anthology is everything I already have! END OF STORY!
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