Secret People:

Secret People
  1. Bonaparte.Trad.arr (source Norman Maclean)
  2. Grace and Pride. (Manus Lunny)
  3. Tobar Mhoire. (Trad.arr source Flora McNeil)
  4. Four Stone Walls. (John Saich)
  5. Crime of Passion . (Donald Shaw)
  6. The Whinney Hills Jigs. (Trad.arr)
  7. An Eala Bhan. ( D.MacDonald/Trad.arr)
  8. Seice Ruairidh. (Trad.arr)
  9. Stinging Rain. (Manus Lunny)
  10. Hi Rim Bo. (Trad.arr)
  11. The Miracle of Being. (Donald Shaw)
  12. The Harley Ashtray. (Charlie McKerron/Marc Duff)
  13. Oran. (Words: Aonghas MacNeacail Music: D.Shaw)
  14. Black Fields. (John Saich)

Released in 1993, this record has been certified as a silver album with over 60,000 UK sales. This record captures the band in full flight. The performances and playing are spectacular and a number of the tracks here remained in the band's live set over the years. Notable songs include Manus' 'Grace and Pride' which was used on the million selling 'Celtic Moods' album, and 'Tobermory' a powerful driving rythm backig Karen's dramatic Gaelic chant.

"Afro percussion, dancefloor synth zaps, funky soulful organ, and shaftular wah-wah, reeling fiddles and whistles overlaid with the poised and elegant voice of Karen Matheson"
Q Mag

"Few woman fronting any kind of British band possess a voice to touch Karen Matheson's, remarkable in English but breathtaking when she draws on Hebridean roots to sing in Gaelic"
Daily Telegraph

The Artists

Karen Matheson (Vocals)
Charlie McKerron (Fiddle)
John Saich (Bass, Guitar, Backing vocals, Synthbass Grace & Pride)
Manus Lunny (Bouzouki, Guitar, Backing vocals, Vocal: Stinging Rain, Grace & Pride)
Marc Duff (Whistles, Bodhran, Wind Synth)
Donald Shaw (Accordion, Keyboards, Backing vocals)
James Mackintosh (Drums and percussion except Miracle of Being)
Ian Murray (Drums on Miracle of Being, additional percussion)
Donal Lunny (Bodhran on The Harley Ashtray)

Available to buy from the Survival Shop.