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''Rant and Roar'' is an album by
Great Big Sea Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year Irish, Scot ...
. Released in 1998 only to the USA, it is a compilation of some of the tracks from ''Up'' and ''Play'' also by Great Big Sea. This album was created because the band wanted to expand beyond their mostly Canadian fan base. The album's title comes from the first line of the traditional song "
The Ryans and the Pittmans "The Ryans and The Pittmans" is a popular Newfoundland folk song. It tells of the romantic entanglements of a sailor named Bob Pittman, and his desire to sail home to finally marry his "sweet Biddy". The song is also known as "We'll Rant and We'll ...
", which is generally more well known than the song's actual name.


Track listing

#"Ordinary Day" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann) 3:09 #"When I'm Up" ( Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones) 3:24 #"Mari-Mac" (Arranged By Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 2:33 #" End of the World" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) 2:42 #"Fast As I Can" (Alan Doyle) 4:11 #" The Night Pat Murphy Died" (Alan Doyle) 3:02 #"Goin Up" (Alan Doyle) 3:12 #"General Taylor" (Arranged By Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 2:53 #"Dancing With Mrs.White" (Traditional) 2:07 #"Something To It" (Séan McCann) 2:21 #" Lukey" (Arranged By Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 3:10 #"The Old Black Rum" (Bob Hallett) 2:29 #"
Rant and Roar ''Rant and Roar'' is an album by Great Big Sea. Released in 1998 only to the USA, it is a compilation of some of the tracks from Up (Great Big Sea Album), ''Up'' and Play (Great Big Sea Album), ''Play'' also by Great Big Sea. This album was crea ...
" (Traditional) 2:40 #"Jolly Beggarman idden track (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 3:00


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External links


''Rant and Roar'' page at the Official GBS Website
1998 compilation albums Great Big Sea albums Warner Music Group albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub