In 1977, Canongate Books published "Reothairt is Contraigh: Taghadh de Dhàin 1932–72" (). MacLean changed the ordering of the "Dàin do Eimhir" sequence, altering many poems and omitting others. In the original version of "An Cuilthionn", MacLean had asked the Red Army to invade Scotland. This passage was expunged, among other alterations and omissions that led the Scottish Poetry Library to describe the 1977 version as having been "bowdlerized". MacLean said that he would only consent to publishing the parts of his older work that he found "tolerable". The critical acclaim and fame that MacLean achieved was almost entirely from critics who did not understand his poetry in the original Gaelic. In 1989, a further compilation of his poetry, "O Choille gu Bearradh / From Wood to Ridge: Collected Poems in Gaelic and English" won him lasting critical acclaim. Complete annotated editions of his work have since been published.