Released February 12, 1962 Producer Bob Morgan | Length 38:23 Release date 12 February 1962 Genre Folk music of Ireland | |
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Recorded November 10–18, 1961Chicago, IL Hearty and Hellish!(1962) The Boys Won't Leave The Girls Alone(1962) Similar The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem albums, Folk music of Ireland albums, Other albums | ||
Hearty and hellish
Hearty and Hellish! is a collection of traditional Irish folk songs performed by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. It was their second album for Columbia Records. In a January 1963 article, Time Magazine selected Hearty and Hellish! as one of the top 10 albums of 1962.
Contents
Shanachie Records released the album on CD in 1993. It was reissued in 2009 in mp3 only format.
Reception
Robert Shelton, writing in The New York Times, favorably compared album to the group's Grammy nominated first Columbia record, A Spontaneous Performance Recording. He considered Hearty and Hellish! to be "much more representative of these gifted performers," and he especially praised the number, "The 23rd of June," from the album.
Side one
- "Irish Rover"
- "The Barnyards of Delgaty"
- "October Winds (a.k.a. The Castle of Dromore)"
- "Courtin' in the Kitchen"
- "The Jolly Tinker"
- "Jug of This"
- "Johnny McEldoo"
- "Whiskey, You're the Devil"
Side two
- "Mountain Dew"
- "When I Was Single"
- "The 23rd of June"
- "The Rising of the Moon"
- "God Bless England"
- "Mr. Moses Ri-tooral-i-ay"
- "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye"
Credits
Songs
1Irish Rover2:11
2The Barnyards of Delgaty2:00
3October Winds2:38