Banba (album)

Banba is an album released by Irish folk

group Clannad in 1993 on BMG records. It
was re-issued in 2005 with the Afterlife
mix bonus track of "I Will Find You". Banba
was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best New Age Album, but was the runner-
up to Spanish Angel by Paul Winter
Consort.
 Banba

Original 1993 album cover

Studio album by Clannad

Released 3 May 1993

Genre Folk, New-age music

Label Atlantic

Producer Ciarán Brennan

Clannad chronology
 Anam Banba Lore
(1990) (1993) (1996)

Alternative cover

2005 Reissue album cover

Professional ratings
Review scores

Source Rating

Allmusic [1]
Track listing
1. "Na Laethe Bhí" –- 5:20
2. "Banba Óir" – 3:26
3. "There for You" – 4:10
4. "Mystery Game" – 4:24
5. "Struggle" – 4:04
6. "I Will Find You" (Theme from the
1992 film The Last of the Mohicans) –
5:16
7. "Soul Searcher" – 4:25
8. "Caidé Sin do'n Té Sin" – 4:22
9. "The Other Side" – 4:18
10. "Sunset Dreams" – 4:12
 11. "A Gentle Place" (instrumental) – 3:11
12. "I Will Find You" (Afterlife Mix) (only
on 2005 reissue album) – 3:40

Charts
Peak
Chart (1993)
position

U.S Billboard Billboard Top World Albums 1

U.S Billboard Billboard 200 110

UK Album Chart 5

Singles
1. "Mystery Game"

Credits
All songs were written by Ciarán
Brennan except "Sunset Dreams" by
Noel Duggan.
 Produced by Ciarán Brennan.
Frankie Kennedy appears as a guest
musician on flute.
The album sleeve was designed and art
directed by Bill Smith Studio with
photography by Anton Corbijn.

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales

United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 349,000[2]

References
1. Allmusic review (https://www.allmusic.co
m/album/r184041)

2. "World's greatest" (https://books.google.co

m/books?id=1xIEAAAAMBAJ&q=the+mask
 +and+mirror+loreena+mckennitt+nielsen+s
oundscan&pg=PA28) . Billboard. 16 June
2007. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

3. "American album certifications – Clannad –

Banba" (https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinu
m/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Clannad&
ti=Banba&format=Album&type=#search_se
ction) . Recording Industry Association of
America.

External links
This album at Northern Skyline (http://w
ww.clannad.org.uk/music/album-banb
a/)
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