Proterra (album)

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Proterra
Runrig Proterra.jpg
Studio album by
Released17 August 2003 (UK)
Genre Celtic rock
Length56:01
Label Ridge
Producer Runrig, Paul Mounsey
Runrig chronology
The Stamping Ground
(2001)
Proterra
(2003)
Everything You See
(2007)

Proterra is the twelfth album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, with Paul Mounsey.

Track listing

  1. "The Old Boys" - 5:16
  2. "Proterra" - 5:35
  3. "Day of Days" - 3:38
  4. "Empty Glens" - 3:51
  5. "Gabriel's Sword" - 4:57
  6. "From the North" - 5:28
  7. "An Toll Dubh" (The Dungeon) - 2:28
  8. "There's a Need" - 3:34
  9. "Faileas air an Àirigh" (Shadow on the Sheiling) - 4:06
  10. "Heading to Acadia" - 4:16
  11. "All the Miles" - 4:16
  12. "A Rèiteach" (The Betrothal) - 5:19
  13. "Angels from the Ashes" - 3:25

Personnel

Runrig


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