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Another Country
Studio album by The Chieftains (among others)
Released	29 September 1992
Recorded	9 March—28 April 1992
Studio	Nashville, Tennessee Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland
Genre	Celtic folk, Country, Bluegrass
Length	51:10
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Paddy Moloney
The Chieftains (among others) chronology
The Bells of Dublin (1991) Another Country (1992) An Irish Evening (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rambles	(favorable)

Another Country is a 1992 album by The Chieftains. It is a collaboration between the Irish band and many top country music musicians including Ricky Skaggs, Don Williams, Colin James, Emmylou Harris, members from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins and Sam Bush. The album won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and was nominated in three other categories: Best Pop Instrumental Performance (for "Tahitian Skies"), Best Country Vocal Collaboration (for "Killybegs"), and Best Country Instrumental Performance (for "Cotton Eyed Joe"). The Chieftains also took home the Award for Best Traditional Folk Album that year for their 1992 live album, An Irish Evening. There was also an Another Country documentary with video footage of the performances.

Track listing

1. "Happy to Meet" (Moloney) - 3:03
2. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Gibson) - 3:26
3. "Wabash Cannonball/Morning Dew/Father Kelly's Reels" (Moloney, Traditional) - 3:22
4. "Heartbreak Hotel/The Cliffs of Moher Jig" (Axton, Durden, Presley/traditional) - 3:19
5. "Goodnight Irene" (Leadbelly, Lomax) - 4:16
6. "Cúnla" (Traditional) - 3:36
7. "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (Davis, Pruett) - 3:37
8. "Cotton Eyed Joe" (Traditional) - 2:37
9. "Tahitian Skies" (Flacke) - 3:28
10. "Killybegs" (Ibbotson, Moloney) - 3:40
11. "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore" (Traditional) - 4:40
12. "Finale: Did You Ever Go-A-Courtin', Uncle Joe/Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (Traditional) - 12:06

Personnel

• Derek Bell - harp, tiompán, keyboards
• Martin Fay - fiddle
• Seán Keane - fiddle
• Kevin Conneff - bodhrán, vocals
• Matt Molloy - flute
• Paddy Moloney - uilleann pipes, tin whistle
• Guests:
• Jimmy Ibbotson - Guitar, vocals (1,10,12)
• Jeff Hanna - Guitar, vocals (1,10,12)
• Jimmy Fadden - Drums, harmonica (1,10,12)
• Don Williams - Guitar, vocals (2)
• Ricky Skaggs - Guitar, mandolin, vocals (3,8,12)
• Chet Atkins - Guitar (4,9,12)
• Willie Nelson - Vocals (5)
• Emmylou Harris - Vocals (7,12)

References

1. Gottlieb, Bob, "Review: The Chieftains - Another Country", Allmusic
2. Rossiter, Nicky, "Review: The Chieftains, Another Country (RCA Victor, 1992)", October 22, 2002

External links

• Another Country page at thechieftains.com

• 1992 collaborative albums
• RCA Victor albums
• The Chieftains albums