The Chieftains - Essential [2 CD, 2006]

 The Essential Chieftains is a career-spanning greatest hits album by The Chieftains first released in 2006. It is part of the ongoing 'The Essential' Sony BMG compilation series, their last release for RCA ending a 20-year history since signing with the label in 1986.


RCA Legacy's The Essential Chieftains breaks the legendary Irish collective's career into two sections. The first disc focuses on 18 of the group's finest traditional works like "Boil the Breakfast Early," "The Wind That Shakes the Barley/The Reel with the Beryle," and "Donegal Set," while the second disc relies on 17 of the band's billion or so collaborations, such as "Mo Ghile Mear" with Sting, "Shenandoah" with Van Morrison, and "Foggy Dew" with Sinéad O'Connor. At this point in their long and storied career -- 40 albums over 40 years -- a truly comprehensive anthology would have required the box set to end all box sets, but this Essential collection is fair enough for purists and accessible enough for casual fans to fill the void until that time comes. 





Disc 1: The Chieftains Roots

  1.     "Lots of Drops of Brandy" – 3:43
  2.     "O'Sullivan's March (Theme from Rob Roy)" – 3:59
  3.     "An Poc Ar Buile/The Dingle Set" – 5:57
  4.     "Carolan's Concerto" – 3:05
  5.     "The Wind That Shakes the Barley/The Reel with the Beryle" – 2:51
  6.     "Sea Image" – 6:11
  7.     "Boil the Breakfast Early" – 3:55
  8.     "The Women of Ireland (Love Theme from Barry Lyndon)/The Morning Dew" – 5:15
  9.     "Full of Joy" – 2:31
  10.     "The Green Fields of America" – 5:39
  11.     "Santiago de Cuba" – 3:39
  12.     "The Donegal Set" – 5:46
  13.     "Jabadaw" – 3:06
  14.     "The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve" – 3:06
  15.     "The French March" – 4:51
  16.     "The Stone" – 6:23
  17.     "The Munster Cloak/Tabhair Dom DoLamh (Give Me Your Hand)" with James Galway - 4:29
  18.     "Chasing the Fox" (From the Ballad of the Irish Horse) – 3:26

Disc 2: The Chieftains and Friends

  1.     "I Know My Love" (with The Corrs) – 3:52
  2.     "Shenandoah" (with Van Morrison) – 3:52
  3.     "Country Blues" (with Buddy & Julie Miller) – 3:13
  4.     "Ladies Pantalettes/Belles of Blackville/First House in Connaught" (with Béla Fleck) – 4:14
  5.     "The Foggy Dew" (with Sinéad O'Connor) – 5:20
  6.     "Red Is the Rose" (with Nanci Griffith) – 3:25
  7.     "The Squid Jiggin' Ground/Larry O'Gaff" (with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) – 3:16
  8.     "Lambs In the Greenfields" (with Emmylou Harris) – 3:21
  9.     "Guadalupe " (with Linda Ronstadt & Los Lobos) – 2:51
  10.     "Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)" (with Sting & Anúna) – 3:20
  11.     "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (with Ricky Skaggs) – 2:42
  12.     "Molly Bán (Bawn)" (with Alison Krauss) – 4:45
  13.     "Long Journey Home" (with Elvis Costello & Anúna) – 4:17
  14.     "The Rocky Road To Dublin" (with The Rolling Stones) (not on all releases) – 5:03
  15.     "Love Is Teasin'" (with Marianne Faithfull) – 4:37
  16.     "The Rebel Jesus" (with Jackson Browne) – 3:49
  17.     "Il Est Né/Ça Berger" (with Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 5:19
  18.     "Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór" (with The Rankins) – 4:37





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