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'''The Middle Kingdom''' is an album released in [[2000]] by [[Celtic Metal]] band [[Cruachan_(band)|Cruachan]].

{{Infobox album

#| name = The Middle Kingdom (4:41)

| type = studio

| artist = [[Cruachan (band)|Cruachan]]

| cover = Cruachan_TheMiddleKingdom.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1 June 2000

| recorded = November 1999

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = [[Celtic metal]]

| length = {{Duration|m=44|s=38}}

| language = [[English language|English]], [[Irish language|Irish]]

| label = [[Hammerheart Records|Hammerheart]]

| producer = Dennis Buckley

| prev_title = [[Tuatha na Gael]]

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = [[Folk-Lore]]

| next_year = 2002

}}

'''''The Middle Kingdom''''' is the second studio album by Irish [[folk metal]] band [[Cruachan (band)|Cruachan]] released in 2000 on [[Hammerheart Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barry |first=Aoife |date=2015-03-21 |title="We tour Russia more than any Irish band. I think that should be recognised" |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/metal-band-russia-cruachan-2001887-Mar2015/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=TheJournal.ie |language=en}}</ref> According to Ryan Dyer of [[MetalSucks]], the album saw the band take a more traditional approach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dyer |first=Ryan |date=2023-03-17 |title=Saint Patrick’s Doom and Sludge - 20 Irish Metal Bands |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/03/17/saint-patricks-doom-and-sludge-20-irish-metal-bands/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}}</ref>

==Track listing==

{{tracklist

#Celtica Mourning (4:05)

| total_length = 48:30

#Celtica (Voice of the Morrigan) (5:40)

| title1 = A Celtic Mourning

#The Fianna (4:53)

| note1 = ''instrumental''

#A Druid's Passing (3:25)

| length1 = 4:01

#Is Fuair an Chroi (4:53)

#| title2 = Celtica (Voice of the Morrigan) (5:40)

#Cattle Raid of Cooley (Taín Bó Cuailgne) (4:47)

| length2 = 5:38

#The Middle Kingdom (4:41)

| title3 = The Fianna

#Óró, Sé Do Bheatha Abhaile (4:18)

| length3 = 4:53

#Unstabled (Steeds of Macha) (4:28)

| title4 = A Druid's Passing

#Butterfly (3:48)

| length4 = 3:22

#To Hell or to Connaught (3:52) (Bonus Track)

| title5 = Is Fuair an Chroí

| length5 = 4:51

#| title6 = Cattle Raid of Cooley (TaínTáin Bó Cuailgne) (4:47Cuailnge)

| length6 = 4:46

| title7 = The Middle Kingdom

| length7 = 4:38

| title8 = [[Óró sé do bheatha abhaile]]

| note8 = ''traditional''

| length8 = 4:17

#| title9 = Unstabled (Steeds of Macha) (4:28)

| length9 = 4:26

| title10 = The Butterfly

| length10 = 3:46

| title11 = To Hell or to Connaught

| note11 = ''limited edition bonus track''

| length11 = 3:52

}}

==Personnel==

*[[Keith Fay]] -– [[electric guitar]]vocals, [[acoustic guitar]]guitars, [[Musical_keyboard|keyboardmandolin]], [[vocalsbodhrán]], [[bodhran]],bones [[mandolin]], [[percussion(instrument)|bones]].

*[[Karen Gilligan]] -– [[vocals]], [[percussion]]

*[[Joe Farrell]] -– [[drums]], [[percussion]]

*[[John Clohessy]] - [[bass guitar|bass]]

*John O'Fathaigh – [[Irish flute]], [[tin whistle]], [[low whistle]], [[recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]], [[uilleann pipes]], artwork

*[[Joe Farrell]] - [[drums]], [[percussion]]

*[[John Clohessy]] -– [[bass, guitar|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

== References ==

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{{Reflist}}{{Cruachan}}

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[[Category:Cruachan (band) albums]]

[[Category:2000 albums]]

[[Category:Hammerheart Records albums]]

[[Category:2000s in Irish music]]

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