Dick Gaughan, Sail On - 53m 40s

Tracks & Durations

1. Land of the North Wind	3:07
2. Son of Man	4:01
3. Ruby Tuesday	4:29
4. Waist Deep in the Big Muddy	4:53
5. No Cause for Alarm	3:02
6. The 51st (Highland) Division's Farewell to Sicily	11:46
7. No Gods & Precious Few Heroes	3:58
8. Geronimo's Cadillac	3:22
9. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning	4:19
10. Sail On	5:18
11. The Freedom Come-All-Ye	5:16

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Review

The Scots guitarist, song interpreter, and sometimes-songwriter has succeeded in creating a fine album that is full of biting political insight, but which doesn't lack for romance, either. He is an active proponent for liberation in Scotland and around the world. Songs include Michael Martin Murphey's "Geronimo's Cadillac," Pete Seeger's anti-war tale "Waste Deep in the Big Muddy," and his own socialist manifesto, "No Cause for Alarm." The political high point is probably Brian McNeill's "No Gods and Precious Few Heroes," a powerful work about the real Scotland, delivered with just his voice and guitar. His guitar playing is not to be overlooked. On Richard Thompson's "52 Vincent Black Lightning" he takes the twisted love song and adds his own unique guitar sound to it, making the piece very much his own. A few songs have a stock rock band backing that does not detract from the strength of the singer and the song, but compared to his remarkably sensitive reiteration of "Ruby Tuesday" with just guitar and harp, the pop numbers pale. This is one of the more acoustic records Gaughan has made this decade, and a welcome addition to the collection. --Louis Gibson

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Sail On

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 53m 39s (-1m 59s)

Sail On

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 53m 33s (-1m 53s)

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