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This Is the Day (album)

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Released
  
2001

Release date
  
2001

Genre
  
Folk music

Artist
  
Christy Moore

Label
  
COLUMBIA

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This is the Day(2001)
  
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This is the Day is an album released by Irish folk singer/songwriter Christy Moore in 2001.

Contents

It contains a tribute to Veronica Guerin, an Irish journalist who was murdered in 1996 by drug dealers. Moore also covers the song "Victor Jara", a tribute to the Chilean folk singer with lyrics by Adrian Mitchell and music by Arlo Guthrie. The song makes reference to the brutal murder of Jara during the Chilean coup of 1973.

Track listing

  1. "How Long"
  2. "So Do I"
  3. "Johnny Don't Go To Ballincollig"
  4. "Veronica"
  5. "Jack Doyle" (AKA "The Contender")
  6. "Compañeros"
  7. "Cry Like A Man"
  8. "A Stitch In Time"
  9. "Victor Jara"
  10. "Scallcrows"
  11. "The Pipers Path"

Songs

1How Long3:57
2So Do I4:21
3Johnny Don't Go3:00

References

This Is the Day (album) Wikipedia
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