Red Hot Chilli Pipers // Music For The Kilted Generation

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The Bagrockers return with their third album, Music For The Kilted Generation, which once again brings the traditional and the modern together. So what have they got instore for us this time around

Long Way To The Top – If You Wanna Bagrock starts the album off as it means to go on: loud and rocking! It's quickly followed by Just For Willie, a track composed by members of the band for ex member, Willie Armstrong. Probably one of Snow Patrol's most well known tracks, Chasing Cars is given the Chilli Piper treatment and it actually isn't too bad. The arrangement works well even if it does have a little added section to it, that just adds to song making the Pipers own.

Hellbound Train starts very traditional but is soon joined by guitar and other instruments piece by piece building to the climax. The Hidden Gem is a little gem, kept a gentle pace and is a great little piece to lead into the next track, Amazing Grace, a track that once got to number one played on the bagpipes many years ago. For this version though, the Glasgow Gospel Truth Choir joins them.

Just as quickly as the pace slows, it's taken back up with Black Knight On The Crazy Train. The song they describe as you'll either love it or loathe it (due to the item that it was once used to advertise) is Low Rider, a great little track heard here and when performed live. Queen are once more given the Chilli treatment with a version of Radio GaGa.

Little Cascade has a sort of middle eastern feel to the beat and you can't help but sway along to it. The last three tracks to this album are somewhat more modern. There is a short song, Everybody Dance Now quickly followed by Robbie William's classic Let Me Entertain You. The album ends with The Who track Baba O'Riely, probably most commonly heard on CSI: New York

Overall, the album maintains what the band have been known for: mixing the traditional with the modern and bring the sound of the bagpipes to another generation. The line up might have changed slightly but the sound that the band bring hasn't. Well worth a listen if you're looking for just a tad different.

Rating:4/5