Sweet Liberty (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Sweet Liberty
Type = studio
Artist = Cara Dillon


Released = September 22, 2003 (UK)
March 23, 2004 (worldwide)
Recorded = 2002-2003
Genre = Folk, Rock, Pop, Celtic
Length = 55:29
Label = Rough Trade
Producer = Sam Lakeman; John Reynolds "(track 4)"
Reviews =
* [http://rte.ie RTE] Rating|5|5 [http://www.rte.ie/arts/2003/1111/dillonc.html link]
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfixqwaldje link]
* [http://ArtistsDirect.com Artists Direct] Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2855950,00.html link]
*Hot Press (7/10) [http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2679844.html link]
Last album = "Cara Dillon"
(2001)
This album = "Sweet Liberty"
(2003)
Next album = "After The Morning"
(2006)
Misc = Singles
Name = Sweet Liberty
Type = studio
single 1 = High Tide "(Promo Only)"
single 2 = There Were Roses "(Promo Only)"
single 3 = Everywhere "(Promo Only)"
single 1 date = 2003
single 2 date = 2004
single 3 date = 2004

Sweet Liberty is the sophomore solo album from folk artist Cara Dillon. It was recorded at their home studio in Frome, Somerset. Similar to her debut album, "Sweet Liberty" was produced and recorded by Sam Lakeman, her husband and musical partner. Additional production was by John Reynolds, who also plays drums on the album and mixed it along with Alan Branch. The album features Dillon's popular version of Tommy Sands folk song on sectarianism and The Troubles in Northern Ireland, There Were Roses, which was recorded especially for Billy Connolly's TV series Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales. The popularity of Dillon's version of the song led to a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nomination for Tommy Sands in the "Best Original Song" category. [BBC Folk Awards "Previous Winners" [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folkawards2008/previouswinners.shtml link] ]

Promo 1-track singles of High Tide, There Were Roses & Everywhere were sent to radio to encourage airplay of the album. A 4-track album sampler was also released prior to the release of the album, including Black Is The Colour and "Blue Mountain River" from "Cara Dillon" and "There Were Roses" and "Everywhere".

Track listing

All songs traditional/arranged by Dillon/Lakeman, except: 3, 5, 9, 10 (written by Dillon/Lakeman); 1 (written by Dillon/Lakeman/Bigham); 4 (written by Sands); 11 (written by Moynihan/Woods)

#"High Tide" – 3:40
#"The Winding River Roe" – 4:28
#"Everywhere" – 3:24
#"There Were Roses" – 4:56
#"Where Are You" – 5:15
#"The Gem Of The Roe" – 2:49
#"Bonny Bonny" – 4:29
#"Erin The Green" – 3:42
#"Broken Bridges" – 6:44
#"Falling Like A Star" – 4:36
#"Standing On The Shore" – 4:46
#"The Emigrant's Farewell" - 5:58

Chart performance

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