Altan仍旧在不断的发展壮大。虽然1994年乐队创建人Frankie Kennedy的离世使乐队看似有一丝解散的迹象，但乐队仍以坚强的信念延续了下来，并以此推进了对爱尔兰音乐创作的脚步。但是当你已如此之好——如今他们已经成为最佳爱尔兰乐队，并如此卓有成就——你就不必再做出巨大的进展。然而他们的新曲目“Daily Growing”又使乐迷们为之一震，其中Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh与Paul Brady重新编排的歌曲在保留了民族特点的基础上，又有了新的特色。“The Pretty Young Girl”一曲加入了Dolly Parton的演奏。她看上去似乎不适合这种参与，但是实际上她表现的非常好——毕竟她展现了一些爱尔兰本土的山间音乐。同往常一样，乐队在乐器和歌唱之间加入了新鲜元素，恰当的同时照顾到了两种音乐演绎类型。事实上，专集大部分都是在录音棚现场录制而成，但是乐队的整体性却显示的很差，尤其是在Ni Mhaonaigh的“Slainte Theilinn”一曲中集中体现了这种缺陷。乐曲“Comb Your Hair and Curl It”中融入了爵士调，“Gweebarra Bridge”则是以欢快的苏格兰双人舞曲为结尾曲目。公平的说，Altan乐队从未做过如此差的专集，但是准确点说他们应该做的更好，此时他们确实应该消除各种不利因素，排除忧伤情绪，重新振奋精神，以其作品为其自身争得发言权

专辑名称：《The Blue Idol 蓝色梦幻》(歌曲选）
艺术家：Altan                     
发行日期：2002年
唱片公司：Virgin Records

01.Daily Growing [Song]'4:53
http://www.qingyinyue.com/alalei/celtic/Altan/The%20Blue%20Idol/01-Daily%20Growing.wma

04.The Pretty Young Girl [Song]'4:39
http://www.qingyinyue.com/alalei/celtic/Altan/The%20Blue%20Idol/04-The%20Pretty%20Young%20Girl.wma

Daily Growing

The trees they grow high, the leaves they do grow green,
Many is the time my true love I\'ve seen,
Many an hour I have watched him all alone,
He\'s young but he\'s daily growing.
Father, dear father, you\'ve done me great wrong,
You have married me to a boy who is too young,
I am twice twelve and he is but fourteen,
He\'s young but he\'s daily growing.
Daughter, dear daughter, I\'ve done you no wrong,
I have married you to a great lord\'s son,
He will be a man for you when I am dead and gone,
He\'s young but he\'s daily growing
Father, dear father, if you see fit,
We\'ll send him to college for another year yet,
I\'ll tie a blue ribbon all around his head,
To let the maidens know that he is married.
One day I was looking over my father\'s castle wall,
I spied all the boys playing with a ball,
And my own true love was the flower of them all,
He\'s young but he\'s daily growing.
And so early in the morning at the dawning of the day,
They went into a hayfield to have some sport and play,
And what they did there she never would declare,
But she never more complained of his growing.
At the age of fourteen he was a married man,
At the age of fifteen the father of my son,
At the age of sixteen his grave it was green,
And death had put an end to his growing.
I\'ll buy my love some flannel, I\'ll make my love a shroud,
With every stitch I put in it, the tears they will pour down,
With every stitch I put in it, how the tears they will flow,
Cruel fate has put an end to his growing.

歌词大意：一个女子在年轻的时候由于父亲的安排
嫁给了一个显贵的子弟，她开始担心自己的年龄
有一天会成为感情悲剧的主因，她埋怨父亲
错误的将自己嫁给了一个比她小很多的男子
婚后第二年，他们有了自己的孩子，而她的夫君
却也还是一个孩子，在一天天的长大
她送他去上学，为他裹了蓝色的头巾，
她怕别人抢走父亲为自己选定依存的真爱
而命运的捉弄，却使她很快成了寡妇
在为爱人缝制寿衣的时候
她的悲哀成了整个曲子的灵魂……

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专辑名称：《Another Sky 不一样的天空》
艺术家：Altan
发行日期：2000年
唱片公司：VIRGIN MUSIC

01.Beidh Aonach Amarach (There's a Fair 4:20
http://www.qingyinyue.com/alalei/celtic/Altan/Another%20Sky/01-Altan%20-%20Beidh%20Aonach%20Amarach%20(There's%20a%20Fair%20Tommorrow).wma
http://music.2t.cn/qing/A/2004117/81658/298191.wma
当小提琴的演奏开始之前，就用节日中吉他跳跃的富有质感的即兴演奏，和歌手用盖尔语演唱的歌声定下了整首歌的基调

02.Green Grow the Rashes, O 3:56
http://www.qingyinyue.com/alalei/celtic/Altan/Another%20Sky/02-Altan%20-%20Green%20Grow%20the%20Rushes.wma
以空灵的歌声为特点的温柔的浪漫，以及手风琴营造的微妙的和谐。

04.Island Girl (Cooney) - 4:09
http://www.qingyinyue.com/alalei/celtic/Altan/Another%20Sky/04-Altan%20-%20Island%20Girl.wma

06.Ten Thousand Miles 3:05
http://www.qingyinyue.com/alalei/celtic/Altan/Another%20Sky/06-Altan%20-%20Ten%20Thousand%20Miles.wma

08.Girl from the North Country (Dylan) - 3:28
http://www.qingyinyue.com/alalei/celtic/Altan/Another%20Sky/08-Altan%20-%20Girl%20from%20the%20North%20Country.wma
一首新的柔和版的鲍勃·迪伦的“Girl From the North Country”带着一点的美国口味

09.The Verdant Braces of Screen 3:25
http://www.qingyinyue.com/alalei/celtic/Altan/Another%20Sky/09-Altan%20-%20The%20Verdant%20Braes%20of%20Screen.wma