Ultimate Collection: The Spirit of the Irish

1. The Irish Rover (with The Pogues)

2. The Rocky Road To Dublin

3. McAlpine's Fusiliers

4. Seven Drunken Nights

5. The Fields Of Athenry

6. The Wild Rover

7. Dicey Reilly

8. Black Velvet Band

9. The Auld Triangle

10. The Marino Waltz (instrumental)

11. Maids When You're Young (Never Wed An Old Man)

12. Whiskey In The Jar

13. Finnegan's Wake

14. Carrickfergus

15. Monto

16. The Mason's Apron (Instrumental)

17. Dirty Old Town

18. Ragman's Ball

19. The Mountain Dew (with The Pogues)

20. The Town I Loved So Well

Tracks:

The Irish Rover (with The Pogues)
The Rocky Road To Dublin
McAlpine's Fusiliers
Seven Drunken Nights
The Fields Of Athenry
The Wild Rover
Dicey Reilly
Black Velvet Band
The Auld Triangle
The Marino Waltz (instrumental)
Maids When You're Young (Never Wed An Old Man)
Whiskey In The Jar
Finnegan's Wake
Carrickfergus
Monto
The Mason's Apron (Instrumental)
Dirty Old Town
Ragman's Ball
The Mountain Dew (with The Pogues)
The Town I Loved So Well

Customer Reviews:

Best Irish Recording I Have Heard So Far.......2006-11-19

I have a collection of Irish music CDs from the Irish Rovers, the Clancy Brothers - with and without Tommy Makem, The Chieftains, Bing Crosby, the Jolly Beggerman, and various Irish artists. I love them all, but when I listened to this CD I immediately became a big Dubliners fan, though I admit to knowing very little about them. On some tracks, the lead singer is a tenor, while on others a bass. I can hear their Irish accents which is a big plus. There are 20 tracks on the CD and quite varied from the marching Rocky Road to Dublin and The Gentleman Soldier (track 11 on my disk) to the gentleness of Fields of Athenry and Carrickfergus. They even do Seven Drunken Nights but only sing the first five verses as the other two would not be appropriate for mixed company. They also have two instrumentals, the first being a beautiful number played on a fiddle called The Marino Waltz which I would love to hear performed on flute by James Galway, and the more-rousing The Mason's Apron. It was a mixture of songs I knew such as Finnegan's Wake, The Irish Rover and The Wild Rover, and new songs such as the haunting Dirty Old Town and The Town I Loved So Well. Two are done a capella - The Auld Triangle which is also titled The Royal Canal on other CDs, and Monto. Since playing it, I have not played very many of my other Irish CDs. Whenever I feel like listening to Irish music, which is most of the time, I almost always put on The Dubliners Ultimate Collection. I highly recommend it to all who either love Irish music, or want to experience it.

The Ultimate Collection - Spirit of the Irish

Average customer rating:

Not the Ultimate
AMAZING!!!

The Ultimate Collection - Spirit of the Irish
The Dubliners
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music

Irish Songs of Rebellion/Irish Drinking Songs

ASIN: B000092Q4P
Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

Irish Rover, The - (with The Pogues)
Rocky Road To Dublin
McAlpine's Fusiliers
Seven Drunken Nights
Fields Of Athenry
Wild Rover, The
Dicey Riley
Black Velvet Band
The Old Triangle
Marino Waltz - (instrumental)
Gentleman Soldier
Whiskey In The Jar
Finnegan's Wake
Carrickfergus
Monto
Mason's Apron
Dirty Old Town
Ragman's Ball
Mountain Dew - (with The Pogues)
The Town I Loved So Well

Customer Reviews:

Not the Ultimate.......2004-08-18

This is a good CD, but hardly "the ultimate collection." I say this because it consists of primarily recent recordings; 14 of 20 cuts in fact are 1987 or newer, with only 3 cuts from the 60's. Not that this is all bad; the latter day Dubliners are generally more polished than the older line-ups. The point is, if you are looking for stuff from the Luke Kelly/Ciaran Burke era, this isn't the collection you want.

AMAZING!!!.......2003-12-06

i'm 15 and listen to punk music and irish folk type stuff like the pogues, flogging molly, and the tossers. this and a clancy brothers/hammond CD were really my first true folk CD's. holy effin' hell it's awesome! this is definately my favorite album ever. i was very impressed. there are about 10 songs on there that i've heard other versions of by bands like those i mentioned above. every one of them is better by the dubliners. there's not a bad song, or even okay song on it. they're all good or great. the dubliners definately know how to make awesome music. if you like irish folk, buy it. if you don't, expand your music horizons and buy it. you won't be disappointed unless you have horrible taste in music. ; )

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