Year of the Flood
Runrig · 2008
68 min · 14 tracks · Celtic music
Rain-soaked concert sound carries Gaelic-inflected songs from intimate verses toward wide-open communal choruses.
Top tracks — play these first
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Year of the Flood — The title track gives the concert recording its weather-beaten identity, carrying a recent Runrig song into the conditions that came to define the event.
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Proterra — The title song from the band’s 2003 album brings a more contemporary production-minded chapter of Runrig’s career into the live set.
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Every River — This song from The Big Wheel reaches back to the Donnie Munro era, letting the later lineup bring its expansive chorus to the Loch Ness audience.
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Hearts of Olden Glory — A song associated with the band’s earlier years, it places their attachment to Highland history and landscape at the center of the concert.
Moments worth listening for
Where the writing does something specific.
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Every River
The chorus repeats the image of rivers making their way toward the sea.
The recurring destination gives the song’s promise of connection a clear geographic shape.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Intro Music 2:20
- 2 Year of the Flood 4:29
- 3 Pride of the Summer 4:20
- 4 Road Trip 5:13
- 5 Proterra 6:37
- 6 The Ocean Road 6:13
- 7 Sona 4:05
- 8 The Engine Room 4:21
- 9 Every River 5:25
- 10 In Scandinavia 5:59
- 11 Clash of the Ash 4:52
- 12 Hearts of Olden Glory 5:16
- 13 Something's Got to Give 3:46
- 14 Protect and Survive 5:33
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