Released 2006 | Release date 2006 Label Legacy Recordings | |
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The Essential Chieftains is a career-spanning greatest hits album by The Chieftains first released in 2006. It is part of the on-going 'The Essential' Sony BMG compilation series.
Contents
Disc 1: The Chieftains Roots
- Lots of Drops of Brandy – 3:43
- O'Sullivan's March (Theme from Rob Roy) – 3:59
- An Poc Ar Buile/The Dingle Set – 5:57
- Carolan's Concerto – 3:05
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley/The Reel with the Beryle – 2:51
- Sea Image – 6:11
- Boil the Breakfast Early – 3:55
- The Women of Ireland (Love Theme from Barry Lyndon)/The Morning Dew – 5:15
- Full of Joy – 2:31
- The Green Fields of America – 5:39
- Santiago de Cuba – 3:39
- The Donegal Set – 5:46
- Jabadaw – 3:06
- The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve – 3:06
- The French March – 4:51
- The Stone – 6:23
- The Munster Cloak/Tabhair Dom DoLamh (Give Me Your Hand) with James Galway - 4:29
- Chasing the Fox (From the Ballad of the Irish Horse) – 3:26
Disc 2: The Chieftains And Friends
- I Know My Love (With The Corrs) – 3:52
- Shenandoah (With Van Morrison) – 3:52
- Country Blues (With Buddy & Julie Miller) – 3:13
- Ladies Pantalettes/Belles of Blackville/First House in Connaught (With Béla Fleck) – 4:14
- The Foggy Dew (With Sinéad O'Connor) – 5:20
- Red Is the Rose (With Nanci Griffith) – 3:25
- The Squid Jiggin' Ground/Larry O'Gaff (With The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) – 3:16
- Lambs In the Greenfields (With Emmylou Harris) – 3:21
- Guadalupe (With Linda Ronstadt & Los Lobos) – 2:51
- Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero) (With Sting & Anúna) – 3:20
- Cotton-Eyed Joe (With Ricky Skaggs) – 2:42
- Molly Bán (Bawn) (With Alison Krauss) – 4:45
- Long Journey Home (With Elvis Costello & Anúna) – 4:17
- The Rocky Road To Dublin (With The Rolling Stones) – 5:03
- Love Is Teasin' (With Marianne Faithfull) – 4:37
- The Rebel Jesus (With Jackson Browne) – 3:49
- Il Est Né/Ça Berger (With Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 5:19
- Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór (With The Rankins) – 4:37
Songs
1Lots of Drops of Brandy3:43
2O’Sullivan’s March3:59
3An Poc Ar Buile / The Dingle Set5:57
References
The Essential Chieftains Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA