Battlefield Band - On The Rise

(1986) John MacKenzie's Fancy * Carnlough Bay * The Pilgrim's March * Montrose * She's Late But She's Timely * Bad Moon Rising * The Clumsy Lover * The Dear Green Place * The Gale Warning * Island Earth No More * After Hours.

There is a wide range and diversity of music and emotion on this album. None of it seems out of place. One recent live reviewer put it this way -
"Battlefield Band were never short of daring, but their balance between the consummate, the stylish, the cute, the bizzare and the downright astonishing rightfully earned them one of the best receptions of the weekend". As the album sleeve says, "Scotland like you've never heard it" - well, except from Battlefield Band!

"Of wider appeal than just the conventional folk channels." (MUSIC WEEK)

"I think it is without doubt the best yet ... They are really tight and really rocking ... Don't get trampled in the rush." (FOLK ROOTS)