The Middle Kingdom (album)

The Middle Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
Studio album by Cruachan
Released	1 June 2000
Recorded	November 1999
Genre	Celtic metal
Length	44:38
Language	English, Irish
Label	Hammerheart
Producer	Dennis Buckley
Cruachan chronology

Released1 June 2000

RecordedNovember 1999

GenreCeltic metal

Length44:38

The Middle Kingdom is the second studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan released in 2000 on Hammerheart Records.^[1] According to Ryan Dyer of MetalSucks, the album saw the band take a more traditional approach.^[2]

[1]

[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Celtic Mourning" (instrumental)	4:01
2.	"Celtica (Voice of the Morrigan)"	5:38
3.	"The Fianna"	4:53
4.	"A Druid's Passing"	3:22
5.	"Is Fuair an Chroí"	4:51
6.	"Cattle Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cuailnge)"	4:46
7.	"The Middle Kingdom"	4:38
8.	"Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" (traditional)	4:17
9.	"Unstabled (Steeds of Macha)"	4:26
10.	"The Butterfly"	3:46
11.	"To Hell or to Connaught" (limited edition bonus track)	3:52
Total length:		48:30

v t e Cruachan
Keith Fay John Fay John Ryan Kieran Ball Eric Fletcher Mauro Frison
Studio albums	Tuatha na Gael The Middle Kingdom Folk-Lore Pagan The Morrigan's Call Blood on the Black Robe Blood for the Blood God Nine Years of Blood The Living and the Dead

The Middle Kingdom (album)

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