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The Rankin Family (album)

album by The Rankin Family

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ7759418 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Rankin Family is the debut album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family. The album was originally self-released by the siblings in 1989. Featuring a mixture of Cape Breton fiddle tunes, Scottish Gaelic songs and English language songs, the album was re-issued by Capitol Records in 1992 and certified Platinum by the CRIA.

Track listing

Mo Rùn Geal Dìleas (My Faithful Fair One)

Lonely Island

Loving Arms

Piano Medley: Memories of Bishop MacDonald/The Tweeddale Club/MacFarlane's Rant/Lively Steps

Mairi's Wedding (Michael Rankin's Reel)

Roving Gypsy Boy

Chì Mi na Mòrbheanna (Mist-Covered Mountains)

Fiddle Medley: The Warlock's/Bog an Lochain/Nine Pint Coggie/Mr.

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“The Rankin Family (album)” enters the record as album by The Rankin Family. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rankin, Family and album can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1989-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Rankin, Family and album.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7759418. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989 and 1992.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Rankin Family (album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.