The Stamping Ground

The Stamping Ground
Studio album by
Released6 May 2001 (UK)
RecordedCaVa Studios, Glasgow, Scotland / Lundgaard Studios, Denmark / Junk!, São Paulo, Brazil
GenreCeltic rock
Length56:39
LabelRidge
ProducerRunrig, Kristian Gislason, Paul Mounsey
Runrig chronology
In Search of Angels
(1999)
The Stamping Ground
(2001)
Proterra
(2003)

The Stamping Ground is the eleventh studio album by Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released on 6 May 2001 on Ridge Records. The album marks the final appearance of keyboardist Peter Wishart, who departed from the band to follow a career in politics.

A copy of the album was aboard STS-107, and it was among the personal effects that were recovered following the reentry destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia on 1 February 2003. The song "Running to the Light" had been used for astronaut Laurel Clark's wake-up call during the mission.[1]

  1. ^ "Skye rockers Runrig prepare for their final album". The Scotsman. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.