''Proterra'' is the twelfth
album
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by the
Scottish
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*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
Celtic rock
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band
Runrig
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, with
Paul Mounsey
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A graduate of Trinity College, London, where he studied with Richard Arnell, Mounsey has composed for film, television, theatre, and television co ...
.
Track listing
# "The Old Boys" - 5:16
# "Proterra" - 5:35
# "Day of Days" - 3:38
# "Empty Glens" - 3:51
# "Gabriel's Sword" - 4:57
# "From the North" - 5:28
# "
An Toll Dubh"
(The Dungeon) - 2:28
# "There's a Need" - 3:34
# "Faileas air an Àirigh"
(Shadow on the Sheiling
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) - 4:06
# "Heading to Acadia" - 4:16
# "All the Miles" - 4:16
# "A Rèiteach"
(The Betrothal) - 5:19
# "Angels from the Ashes" - 3:25
Personnel
;Runrig
*Iain Bayne -
drums
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,
percussion
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*
Bruce Guthro
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-
lead vocals
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*Brian Hurren -
keyboards,
vocals
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*
Malcolm Jones -
guitar
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s,
accordion
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, vocals, pipes
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Calum Macdonald - percussion, vocals
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Rory Macdonald - vocals,
bass guitar
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Singles
Empty Glens
"Empty Glens" is a 2003 single released, released as the lead and only single from Proterra (2003). It was released via Ridge Records in the United Kingdom and by
in Germany, where it achieved moderate commercial success, debuting at number ninety-three on the German Singles Charts in August 2003. "Empty Glens" lyrically focuses on the transition away from churches and religion, and the reduced significance and role that religion has in the modern word. It notes that with the decline in religion and churches, the world appears to be moving "towards a more scientific world".
''Ultimate Guitar'' reviewed "Empty Glens", citing it as one of the "good songs" on the ''Proterra'' album, alongside "Proterra" and "Day Of Days". The review further commented that "Empty Glens", together with "Proterra" and "Day of Days" are "all alive with the sound of Runrig".
Commercially, "Empty Glens" received moderate success in Germany, where it debuted at number ninety-three and stayed on the German Singles Charts for one week.
CD single (Europe)
# "Empty Glens" (Radio Remix) – 3:31
# "Empty Glens" (Album Version) – 3:49
# "Running to the Light" (Radio Edit) – 3:26
# "Wall of China" (Live Version) – 4:42
CD single (UK)
# "Empty Glens" (Radio Remix) – 3:29
# "The Old Boys" – 5:13
# "Wall of China" (Live Version) – 4:41
CD single (Germany)
# "Empty Glens" (Radio Remix) – 3:31
# "Empty Glens" (Album Version) – 3:49
# "Running to the Light" (Radio Edit) – 3:26
# "Wall of China" (Live Version) – 4:42
References
Runrig albums
2003 albums
Scottish Gaelic music
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