Souvenir: 1989-1998 (2003)

About this title: EMI's two-disc collection Souvenir: 1989-1998 rather nicely chronicles the decade when the Rankin Family rose to prominence in the Canadian pop/folk scene and opened a floodgate of likeminded musicians who brought Celtic influences into the contemporary scene. The collection is evenly focused on their entire career, with a bit of emphasis on the albums North Country and Uprooted, but also properly serves as an end cap to an impressive career (the Rankins disbanded in 1999) and as a memorial to the late John Morris Rankin (1959-2000). It is the perfect place to start for the curious and a fine ... read more

Tracks:

1. You Feel the Same Way Too [Rankin]
2. Borders and Time [Rankin]
3. Rise Again [Dubinsky]
4. North Country [Rankin]
5. Orangedale Whistle [Rankin]
6. The River [Rankin]
7. Let It Go [Rankin]
8. Maybe You're Right [Rankin/Sampson]
9. Bells [Rankin]
10. Gillis Mountain [Rankin]
11. Forty Days and Nights [Radio Edit] [Rankin]
12. Movin' On [Rankin]
13. Roving Gypsy Boy [Remix] [Rankin]
14. Fare Thee Well Love [Rankin]
15. O Tha Mo Dhuil Ruit (Oh How I Love Thee) [Traditional]
16. Greenberg Medley [Greenberg]
17. Down by the Sally Gardens [Traditional/Yeats]
18. Grey Dusk of Eve (Portobello) [Leis an Lurgainn Remix] [Rankin Family/Field]
19. Christy Campbell Medley [Traditional/Rankin]
20. An Innis Àigh (The Happy Isle) [Traditional]
21. Parlour Medley: Mary MacDonald Strathspey/Reddie's Reel/Port-A ...
22. Mull River Shuffle [Live] [Rankin]
23. Farewell to Lochaber [Traditional]
24. Weddings, Wakes and Funerals [Big Mind Radio Mix] [Rankin/MacMichael]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.