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Ashore is a folk album by June Tabor released in 2011 on Topic Records, catalogue number TSCD 577.

Ashore
Studio album by June Tabor
Released	21 February 2011 (2011-02-21)
Recorded	April 2010, Red Kite Studio, Llanwrada, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Genre	English Folk
Length	69:10
Label	Topic Records
June Tabor chronology
Apples (2007) Ashore (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Daily Telegraph	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
The Independent on Sunday	[4]
Mojo	[5]
Q	[6]
Uncut	[7]

It is a collection of songs concerning humankind's relationship with the sea.

Track listing

1. Finisterre (Ian Telfer)
2. The Bleacher Lassie Of Kelvinhaugh (Trad. arr. Tabor)
3. The Grey Funnel Line (Cyril Tawney)
4. Le Vingt-Cinquième du Mois d'Octobre (Trad. arr. Tabor, Cutting, Emerson)
5. Shipbuilding (Declan MacManus / Clive Langer)
6. Jamaica (arr. Emerson, Cutting, Harries)
7. The Great Selkie Of Sule Skerry (Trad. arr. Tabor, Warren)
8. Winter Comes In (words: Jack Renwick, music: Ronald Jamieson) / Vidlin Voe (Frank Jamieson)
9. The Oggie Man (Cyril Tawney)
10. I'll go and enlist for a soldier (Trad. arr. Cutting, Harries)
11. The Brean Lament (Trad. arr. Tabor, Warren)
12. Le Petit Navire (Trad. arr. Tabor, Cutting, Emerson)
13. Across The Wide Ocean (words Les Barker, tune trad)

Personnel

• June Tabor - vocals
• Andy Cutting - diatonic accordion
• Mark Emerson - viola & violin
• Tim Harries - double bass
• Huw Warren - piano

References

External links

• Page at record label
• BBC Review by Colin Irwin
• Interview with June Tabor by Peter Paphides

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