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The original release was a hardcover book-style package, and Rice reportedly borrowed $500 from his father. Hot Press found that sometimes three songs were recorded in one evening, in Dublin, Killarney, London and Paris. Others on the record include Caroline Fogerty on djembe, Doreen Curran as mezzo-soprano, Nicholas Dodd conducting, Colm Mac Con Iomaire on violin and Conor Donovan on timpani. A 2009 poll of over 200 Irish musicians ranked it tenth, and Hot Press called it deceptively romantic. It was reissued in 2003, 2004, 2005 and on vinyl in 2018.