The Middle Kingdom (album)

The Middle Kingdom
Studio album by Cruachan
Released	June, 2000
Recorded	November, 1999
Genre	Celtic metal
Length	44:38
Language	English, Irish
Label	Hammerheart
Producer	Dennis Buckley
Cruachan chronology
Tuatha na Gael (1995) The Middle Kingdom (2000) Folk-Lore (2002)

The Middle Kingdom is the second studio album by the Irish Celtic metal band Cruachan released in 2000 on Hammerheart Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Celtic Mourning" (instrumental)	04:01
2.	"Celtica (Voice of the Morrigan)"	05:38
3.	"The Fianna"	04:53
4.	"A Druid's Passing"	03:22
5.	"Is Fuair an Chroí"	04:51
6.	"Cattle Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cuailnge)"	04:46
7.	"The Middle Kingdom"	04:38
8.	"Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" (traditional)	04:17
9.	"Unstabled (Steeds of Macha)"	04:26
10.	"The Butterfly"	03:46
11.	"To Hell or to Connaught" (limited edition bonus track)	03:52
Total length:		48:30

Personnel

• Keith Fay – vocals, guitars, mandolin, bodhrán, bones
• Karen Gilligan – vocals, percussion
• Joe Farrell – drums, percussion
• John O'Fathaigh – Irish flute, tin whistle, low whistle, recorder, uilleann pipes, artwork
• John Clohessy – bass, vocals (backing)

Additional personnel

• Andy Kelligan – Great Highland bagpipe
• John Munnelly – vocals on "Is Fuair an Chroí" and "To Hell or to Connaught"
• Marco Jeurissen – layout
• Dennis Buckley – engineering, producer