Rankin Family – Fare Thee Well Love

Fare Thee Well Love is the second album from the Rankin Family and their first to garner widespread acceptance, selling over 500,000 copies, being nominated as the best roots & traditional album at the 1992 Juno Awards, and leading to a record deal with Capitol. AllMusic gives it four stars (out of five).

Fare Thee Well Love, which consists of original songs mixed with traditional jigs, reels, and Celtic songs, topped the Canadian country album charts and peaked at number five on the top albums. It spawned three hit singles: "Orangedale Whistle" (#7 country,#25 adult contemporary), "Fare Thee Well Love" (#8 adult contemporary, #9 country, #14 top singles), and "Gillis Mountain" (#4 country, #6 adult contemporary).

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Track Listing

1. "Orangedale Whistle" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:25
2. "An T-Each Ruadh (The Red Horse)" (traditional, arranged by The Rankin Family) – 2:10
3. "Fair and Tender Ladies" (traditional) – 3:58
4. "Fiddle Medley" – 3:43
   • "Fime Hill" (Dan R. MacDonald)
   • "Keep the Country Bonnie Lassie" (traditional)
   • "Jack Daniel'd Reel" (John Morris Rankin)
   • "Little Donald in the Pig Pen" (traditional)
5. "Fisherman's Son" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:30
6. "Tell My Ma" (traditional, arranged by The Rankin Family) – 2:15
7. "You Left a Flower" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:25
8. "Fare Thee Well Love" (Jimmy Rankin) – 4:29
9. "Gillis Mountain" (Raylene Rankin) – 3:04
10. "Gaelic Medley" (traditional, arranged by The Rankin Family) – 4:07
    • "Mo Shuil ad' dheidh"
    • "Buain a' Rainich"
    • "He Mo Leannan"
    • "Fail 'il o"
11. "Tripper's Jig" (traditional) – 1:24

Personnel

• Cookie Rankin – vocals
• Heather Rankin – vocals
• Jimmy Rankin – vocals, guitar
• John Morris Rankin – piano, fiddle
• Raylene Rankin – vocals