Searchlight (album)

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Searchlight
Studio album by Runrig
Released	1989
Recorded	Castlesound Studios, Pentcaitland, Scotland / Great Linford Manor, Milton Keynes, England
Genre	Celtic rock, pop
Length	49:12
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Richard Mainwaring
Runrig chronology
The Cutter and the Clan (1987) Searchlight (1989) The Big Wheel (1991)

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Record Mirror	[1]

Searchlight is a 1989 album, the sixth by Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig.

All songs written by Calum Macdonald and Rory Macdonald.

1. "News from Heaven" - 3:36
2. "Every River" - 4:46
3. "City of Lights" - 4:25
4. "Èirinn" (Ireland) - 4:55
5. "Tìr A' Mhurain" (Land of the Marram Grass) - 3:54
6. "World Appeal" - 2:20
7. "Tear Down These Walls" - 4:08
8. "Only the Brave" - 3:58
9. "Sìol Ghoraidh" (The Genealogy of Goraidh) - 5:21
10. "That Final Mile" - 3:07
11. "Smalltown" - 4:02
12. "Precious Years" - 4:46

Runrig

• Iain Bayne - drums, percussion
• Malcolm Jones - guitars, mandolin, accordion
• Calum Macdonald - percussion
• Rory Macdonald - vocals, bass guitar
• Donnie Munro - lead vocals
• Peter Wishart - keyboards

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