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Great Big Sea
Released 1996

Run Runaway
02:51
3,554 plays

Mari Mac (Live)
02:33
3,096 plays

The Old Black Rum (Live)
02:29
2,925 plays

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- 1
- Run Runaway
- 02:51
- 3,554 plays

- 2
- Goin Up (Live)
- 03:11
- 1,539 plays

- 3
- Fast As I Can (Live)
- 04:11
- 1,447 plays

- 4
- Mari Mac (Live)
- 02:33
- 3,096 plays

- 5
- Dancing with Mrs. White
- 02:07
- 1,262 plays

- 6
- Something to It
- 02:20
- 1,166 plays

- 7
- Buying Time
- 02:55
- 1,433 plays

- 8
- Lukey (Live)
- 03:10
- 2,590 plays

- 9
- The Old Black Rum (Live)
- 02:29
- 2,925 plays

- 10
- The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)
- 02:36
- 2,810 plays

- 11
- Wave Over Wave
- 03:49
- 2,385 plays

- 12
- Billy Peddle
- 02:49
- 1,393 plays

- 13
- Nothing Out Of Nothing
- 02:38
- 1,204 plays

- 14
- The Jolly Butcher
- 03:13
- 1,546 plays

- 15
- Rant & Roar
- 02:43
- 2,097 plays

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album review

Although Great Big Sea initially started out as a fairly traditional Newfoundland outfit, Up shows the band adding more rock muscle to the fiddles and accordions. It's still a pretty traditional sound by most standards, with jigs and reels galore, but it allows the band to do a revved-up cover of Slade's "Run Runaway" and make it appealing to both the traditionalist and the rock fan. There's everything you'd expect from a bunch of young Maritime musicians from Canada: a good dose of Celtic, songs about the sea and about drinking, a good dose of fun, but a healthy reverence for the musical tradition. "Mari-Mac," where the lyrics accelerate to a terrifying speed by the end, is worth the price of admission alone. ~ Sean Carruthers, All Music Guide