From: owner-cranlist-digest@smoe.org (cranlist-digest) To: cranlist-digest@smoe.org Subject: cranlist-digest V4 #10 Reply-To: cranlist@smoe.org Sender: owner-cranlist-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-cranlist-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk cranlist-digest Tuesday, February 13 2001 Volume 04 : Number 010 Today's Subjects: ----------------- %Cran: Dreaming my Dreams [Suzy Aston ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:45:38 -0500 From: Suzy Aston Subject: %Cran: Dreaming my Dreams Cranberries are featured in this compilation. I received this information from the Sinead list. > VARIOUS ARTISTS FIELDS OF HOPE :: > > Dara 2000 65 mins > > Tracklisting: Dolores Keane  Storm in My Heart - > Altan  Castles in The Air - Van Morrison & The > Chieftans  Irish Heartbeat - Sinead Lohan  > Everything Around Me is Changing - Mary Black  Ae > Fond Kiss - David Gray  Lead Me Upstairs - U2  > Staring at The Sun - Sinead OConnor  Ode To Billie > Joe - Maire Brennan  Ceolfidh Mi - Christy Moore  > Lovely Young One - Dsnal Lunny & Coolfin  Butlers - > The Cranberries  Dreaming My Dreams - Jack L  > Rooftop Lullabye - The Corrs - Runaway > > Although it goes without saying that the thinking > behind it was a truly admirable demonstration of how > people power in a needy hour could really save lives, > the Band Aid single Do They Know Its Christmas?(Feed > The World) will always bring a bad taste to many > mouths. Apart from giving rise to countless other > cheesy charity tunes featuring duets from well > intended faltering stars who linked arms while > grinning inanely (you know who they are!), the music > itself amounted to little more than second rate, lame > pop. Several years on from this we have learnt the > hard way that like puppies, benefit albums are not > just for Christmas, but for life! Heres where this > album comes in. There are no ill-fitting duets or > sing-along anthems here, but quite a few rare tracks > which showcase some of Irelands most established > songwriters and musicians with a predominantly > traditional and folk vibe. Dolores Keanes distinctive > sean nss touch to an airy Storm in My Heart > complements the low-key acoustic touches of Sinead > Lohans Everything Around Me is Changing. Meanwhile > U2s live acoustic version of Staring at The Sun > proves that they can still churn out a striking tune > without the aid of their arsenal of electronic > gadgetry, just as David Grays sauntering sonnet Lead > Me Upstairs finds him in flying form on front of an > adoring audience. Doing more than their bit to > compensate for The Corrs uninspired, albeit well > delivered live rendition of Runaway, Sinead OConnor > offers her sparse, soulful recording of Ode To Billie > Joe while Kildare crooner jack L does his Scott > Walker thing on the wide screen Rooftop Lullabye. > More importantly, the distressing fact that 40,000 > children die every day from lack of food is a problem > that really shouldnt be forgotten until the next > Christmas compilation is rolled out. Buy this record, > not just because you feel you should, but because it > is worth the money. ------------------------------ End of cranlist-digest V4 #10 *****************************