Loudest Whisper Discography of CDs

Loudest Whisper albums There can't be many bands more obscure than Loudest Whisper who've had a six-CD box set spanning almost 25 years of recordings. But that's what this 1000-copy limited-edition release is, containing mounds of rarities and unreleased recordings in its second half. Its first three CDs are the more conventional half, devoting a disc each to their first three LPs (1973's The Children of Lir, 1981's Loudest Whisper, and 1982's Hard Times), adding just one bonus track (a television broadcast of the song "Children of Lir"). The other three CDs really go to town, however, with no less than 30 tracks from 1974-1990 non-LP singles (though four of these cuts are taken from a 1989 cassette EP), and 17 demos and unreleased alternates/outtakes/live tracks from 1973-1996 on the final disc, though most that material originates from 1973-1977. A six-CD box set of almost anyone is likely to cover a lot of stylistic ground, of course, but this particular one covers so much territory that it's hard to neatly summarize the music. Generally speaking, Loudest Whisper are in the British Isles folk-rock camp, though with more of a bent toward mainstream rock than many artists who've been placed in that category. On the non-LP singles and rarities in particular, though, they try out so many directions that the cliché "it could almost be the work several bands, not one" applies. There's pedestrian blues-rock; quirky likeable instrumentals with a touch of cinematic ambience, even venturing into electronic rock; almost medieval-sounding folk; ...

Loudest Whisper music CDs Additional Tracks Track Listing of songs: Overture; Lir's Lament; Good Day, My Friend; Wedding Song; Children's Song; Mannanan I; Mannanan II; Children Of The Dawn; Dawning Of The Day; Septimus; Farewell Song; Cold Winds Blow; Sad Children; William B; False Prophets; Wrong And Right; Silent O'Moyle; Wheel Of Life; Children Of Lir;

Loudest Whisper discography Long awaited reissue of 1973 album. Part of Kissing Spell's 'Underground Folk-Rock Series 1968-1978'. 2002.

Loudest Whisper songs Long awaited reissue of 1975 album. Part of Kissing Spell's 'Underground Folk-Rock Series 1968-1978'. 2002.