Play Gaelic
| Play Gaelic | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 1978 | |||
| Recorded | May 1977 | |||
| Studio | Black Gold, Kirkintilloch | |||
| Genre | Scottish folk | |||
| Length | 47:15 | |||
| Language | Scottish Gaelic | |||
| Label | Neptune | |||
| Producer | Ken Andrew, Ian McCredie | |||
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Play Gaelic is the first album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig. It was released in 1978 on LP and cassette tape by Neptune Records. The album was re-released in 1990 by Lismor Records, Neptune's parent company, with different cover art. This release included a CD version of the album for the first time.
The album is sung entirely in Scottish Gaelic and is notable as one of the first contemporary albums to use the language and as an early part of the late 20th century revival in Gaelic language and culture. It is considered important in the development of Gaelic contemporary music, opening the possibility of producing modern music entirely in the language. It is the only one of the band's studio albums to be written exclusively with Gaelic lyrics.