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Expatriate Irishman Luka Bloom cloaks his Celtic folk songs in furious strumming on his "electro-acoustic" guitar, added instrumentation, and echo effects on everything, but he is still a folkie, blowing up his feelings to heroic proportions, whether it's the autobiography of "The Man Is Alive" or the romantic fantasy of "An Irishman In Chinatown." But the content is less convincing than the expression, which is more a characteristic of rock than folk. It isn't that Bloom has much to say, it's that he's so passionate about saying it: he's more Bono than Bob Dylan. Maybe it's an Irish thing.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Kevin Moore, Composer - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Bloom, Composer - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer, Keyboards
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer, Keyboards
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer, Electric Guitar, Keyboards
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ronnie S. Champagne, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Bob Riley, Drums, Percussion - Liam O'Maonlai, Musician - Luka Bloom, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist - MARK LINETT, Mixer - Mike Krowiak, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - Ali Fatemi, Musician - Conor Byrne, Flute - David Hofstra, Bass - Ed Tomney, Electric Guitar - Jeffrey Wood, Producer
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records
Album review
Expatriate Irishman Luka Bloom cloaks his Celtic folk songs in furious strumming on his "electro-acoustic" guitar, added instrumentation, and echo effects on everything, but he is still a folkie, blowing up his feelings to heroic proportions, whether it's the autobiography of "The Man Is Alive" or the romantic fantasy of "An Irishman In Chinatown." But the content is less convincing than the expression, which is more a characteristic of rock than folk. It isn't that Bloom has much to say, it's that he's so passionate about saying it: he's more Bono than Bob Dylan. Maybe it's an Irish thing.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:16
- Main artists: Luka Bloom
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Reprise
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 1990 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.
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