Greatest Hits of Ireland [Import]

1. You're Such A Good Looking Woman

2. Five Little Fingers

3. Try To Remember

4. When Sun Says Goodbye To The Mountain

5. Blacksmith

6. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen

7. You Never Learned To Dance

8. I'll Be Your Sweetheart

9. I Just Want To Dance With You

10. Candy Store On The Corner

11. When You Were Sweet Sixteen

12. Alice In Wonderland

13. Ringsend Rosie

14. Lord Of The Dance

15. When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New

16. Riverdance

17. What'll I Do

18. Just For Old Times Sake

19. Make Me An Island

20. Working Man

See all 50 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Swear It Again
If I Let You Go [Radio Edit]
Flying Without Wings
I Have a Dream [Remix]
Fool Again [2000 Remix]
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) - Mariah Carey, Westlife
My Love [Radio Edit]
I Lay My Love on You
Uptown Girl [Radio Edit]
Queen of My Heart [Radio Edit]
World of Our Own [US Mix]
Bop Bop Baby
When You're Looking Like That [Single Remix]
Unbreakable [Single Remix]
Written in the Stars
How Does It Feel
Tonight
Love Takes Two
Miss You Nights
Flying Without Wings [*] - Boa Constrictor and Natural Vine, Westlife

Album Description

2002 compilation for the Irish boy band including 19 of their hits including, 'Flying Without Wings', 'Against All Odds' with Mariah Carey, 'Uptown Girl' (radio edit) (Billy Joel) & one new song, the title track & first single, 'Unbreakable'. BMG.

Album Details

They Are a Bonafide Pop Phenomenon with 10 UK Number One Singles to their Credit...more Than Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees Or N'sync. This Disc Combines Those Smashes (Including the Hit Duet Cover of Phil Collins' "Against all Odds" with Mariah Carey) with Two More of their Hits plus Six Songs Recorded Specially for this Collection. With Over 25 Million Units of their Product Sold Worldwide, Westlife Are the Pop's Best Selling Vocal Group Outside of the United States. This Disc Includes an Enhanced Portion that Lists the Band's Special "Thank You" to all Those who have Registered with their Fan Club! this Argentinean Version Includes the Bonus Track "Flying Without Wings".

Customer Reviews:

excellent album.......2007-05-24

This is one of the best greatest hits I have heard in a really long time. My personal favorite song is Unbreakable. Other songs I really like on the album is How Does It Feel, Against All Odds, and Uptown Girl.

Awesome Band!.......2007-02-20

Westlife to me is one of the greatest group of singers out there today! They have such beautiful voices and wonderful harmonies! They get compared to other boy bands, but they are definitely by far the best of them all. All their albums are absolutely awesome, so I'm not going to say that this one is the best. What I can say is that my most favorite song off this album is "Written in the Stars". I love the words and message to this song. The guys sound so incredible and the music goes perfect with their harmonies. Other songs that are also awesome are "Tonight" (my second most favorite), "Bop Bop Baby", "Queen of my Heart" and "I have a Dream". If you've never heard of these guys, give them a chance! I only wish that they'd make it as big over here in the U.S.A, as they have overseas! They deserve to be #1, because unlike N'Sync and the Backstreet Boys, they've released an album every year since they were discovered in 1999. That is a dedicated group. Even when Bryan (one of the five memebers) left, they didn't just give up, they carried on as a 4 some. That to me shows they love their fans and love the music. I hope they are around for many, many years to come.

All the Westlife hits you need!.......2006-04-05

This album has nearly all the Weatlife hits and unlike other "Greatest Hits" albums this is worth buying. Good album. Great compilation. All the songs are equally good. Worth every single cent you spend on it.

Another great Irish boyband!.......2006-01-12

Westlife is the group everybody is talking about! They have an amazing string of hits and they're worshipped by fans everywhere! This single has all their hits, including a duet with Mariah Carey: a FANTASTIC cover of Shrill Collins' "Against All Odds!" It's so amazing. This CD gets my highest possible reccomendation.

Flying Without Wings.......2005-02-19

This in my opinon is the best boy band out their today and it's simply tragic they haven't caught on here in the States! With gorgeous looks and voices that blend perfectly together this is the group that has it all-- It's incrediable!

Their love songs are beautiful and touching great after you've gotten dumped or you've found that special one. I orginally bought this C.D. for the simple fact that Simon Cowell from American Idol produced this C.D.-- and if the hard to please Simon found this group good than I knew they were worth listening too.

This C.D. is their greatest hits and their is a not a bad track on this C.D. My favorite songs are "Flying Without Wings" which is better than the Ruben versiona and "Take A Look At Me Now" the duet with Mariah Carey. Buy this C.D. for your teen or pre-teen daughter and have her be amazed by U.K's "Backstreet Boys."

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Daniel O'Donnell - Greatest Hits
I play it over and over ...
Daniel O'Donnel
IRELAND
O.K. for people unable to recognize weak voices.

Daniel O'Donnell - Greatest Hits
Daniel O'Donnell
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Customer Reviews:

Daniel O'Donnell - Greatest Hits.......2006-02-23

I saw Daniel O'Donnell in Branson last November for the first time. I was very impressed with his style of singing and the ease with which the songs flowed from him. This album captures his style very well. Daniel O' Donnell is like a Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams others like them all rolled into one. The music is very relaxing and enjoyable.

I play it over and over ..........2006-01-20

I am over 50 and came from another country over ten years ago. I did not know who Daniel O' Donnell was when I purchased this CD set. But once I started to listen to the CDs, I could not stop. I absolutely loved them and play them over and over and over... Every time I listen to these songs, there is a warm and wonderful feeling inside me. I love his voice, the way he sings, and all the songs he selected. I would like to give these two CDs 6 stars.

Daniel O'Donnel.......2005-09-27

Twenty six of the most beautiful pieces of nostalgic music by one of my very favorite artists. What a bargain! My wife and I play it over and over. Great Ballroom dancing music, even for one not very adept, but inspired. Every piece is a winner.You will be transformed into a mellow mood. Perhaps more so if you are a little bit more mature.

IRELAND.......2005-09-11

I ordered this CD for my mother-in-law, who is from Balleyconnely, Ireland. She absolutely loved it. His voice is absouletly georgous and the songs are outstanding.

O.K. for people unable to recognize weak voices. .......2005-06-24

I listened to this and saw this guy on PBS. It amazes me how people are able to make a career out of a voice that shouldn't even make it into your local church choir. Very week, airy, and lacking any sense of vitality or resonance. But hey, it is fine for elevators and department stores.

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Clancy's are better live
Clancy Brothers Revisited after 30 YearsFan
Good mixture of mostly fun songs...
The Clancy Brothers- the way they should be heard.
The BEST!!

Clancy Brothers - Greatest Hits
The Clancy Brothers
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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Gallant Forty-TWA
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Holy Ground

Customer Reviews:

Clancy's are better live.......2006-11-13

My grandfather had an eight track of the Clancy Brothers performing a live concert. It made this hillbilly wish he was Irish. I have to say that the studio recordings on Greatest Hits loose a lot of the ebergy from that eight track.

Clancy Brothers Revisited after 30 YearsFan.......2005-07-20

Not listened to the Clancy Brothers for 3 decades. A number of the tracks - particularly 'the Jolly Tinker', 'Leaving of Liverpool'and 'the Holy Ground' - took me straight back to my youth. These were songs I used to sing quietly when carrying small children and trying to get them back to sleep in the middle of the night.

I will certainly be looking out for more CDs. Particular favourite tracks I will be looking for are 'Moses', 'the Rising of the Moon', and the ultimate anti-war song 'Jonny I Hardly Knew You'.

Good mixture of mostly fun songs..........2002-10-20

Without Tommy Makem, Clancy Brothers' albums lose a bit of their Irishness, both in vocals and in playing, but it is definitely not a fatal blow. Lou Killen is a skilled singer and musician, and this 1973 double-LP has much that is worthily done. In fact, it would be my recommendation as an introduction to the Clancys for anyone who might find their bitter anti--Brit renditions, or mournful (and bitter as well) anti-World War I songs a bit much. This collection strikes a nice balance...the humorous songs are not as silly as some the Brothers have recorded, and the serious tunes are not as grim as others in their repertoire available on other CD's. For the beginner in Clancy lore, this should hook 'em. I've been a fan since 1962 or so. The ones I like best on this disc include "Gallant Forty-twa"; "Whistling Gypsy"; "Roddy McCaulay"; "Irish Rover;" "Old Woman From Wexford" and "Holy Ground." For the price, I don't think there is a better or larger collection available. (Just as an aside, I want to thank the original Kingston Trio for putting out several of these songs on their albums between 1958 and 1962. They led me to not only the Clancy Brothers, but to Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Cisco Houston as well...and probably others, and those artists led me to investigate their own inspirations, role models and favorite writers. Such is the connective power of good music.)

The Clancy Brothers- the way they should be heard........2002-03-13

This is one of my favorite Irish ballad CDs.The tunes are well chosen for sadness, Patriot Game to the funny Old Maid In The Garrett.There is humor and rebellion and history here, all to be enjoyed by the Irish where ever they maybe,and as my father used to say, those that wish they were Irish.

The BEST!!.......2000-12-18

This is by far the best Clancy Brothers CD I have listened to. Not only is the price right but there are 24 songs on here with a wide range of appeal. Many are upbeat arrangements by the Clancy Brothers but there is also traditional fare here as well. BUY THIS AND YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!!

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Recommended, but a.k.a. K-Tel "Celtic Collections"
Music from another world
Irish rock
the creators of eire-rock

Greatest Hits
Horslips
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King of the Fairies
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Customer Reviews:

Recommended, but a.k.a. K-Tel "Celtic Collections".......2006-06-16

This album with a different cover (a barren tree, stone wall, stormy clouds) but identical track listings was issued in Ireland 1996 by K-Tel in its Celtic Collections series. Often the same 12 tracks have been issued as "Greatest Hits" and "Celtic Collections: Horslips" (K-Tel Ireland) "The Very Best of Horslips" and "[The] Horslips Greatest Hits." These are not the re-mastered, band-approved recordings that Horslips began issuing in the new century. Worth knowing, for many packagings of this pioneering band exist. "Greatest Hits" may be hyperbole, but Horslips could conjure up at their strongest truly stirring and naggingly unforgettable (in the true sense) hard rock/prog folk.

Horslips after decades of legal battles has re-released re-mastered versions of all their albums, the good, the bad, and the blah. I have all of their LPs, and some of these on CDs issued during said legal limbo (I apologize to the band, but I am a loyal fan, and there was no way of knowing especially in faraway lands about the band's being ripped off by their labels back in the 80s when I bought 'em.) If you live in America, these new issues are pricy beyond even what import CDs typically cost. So, in the meantime while you save your dough, this is a great appetizer and a fine introduction to lure new listeners. Despite what sounds a dubious K-Tel compilation, you get here a good case made for what the cover calls "the ultimate folk-rock album."

From their first album, "Happy to Meet": "An Bratach Ban." The Irish journalist (and former beau of Sinead O'Connor) John Waters wrote that when he heard this, he thought of what Irish music could have been like if the past 800 years of British rule had never happened. That is, how Irish music might have sounded if it had been exported and crossbred. This melds a reggae-ish bass & drum rhythm to a hoedown C&W banjo break atop Irish trad-meets-sprightly folk, not to mention Irish-language lyrics. Surely a unique song, and a catchy one, as are all on this album.

Four strong songs from "The Book of Invasions" and two from "The Táin" sample their two best LPs, those joining ancient legends with hard folk-rock akin to a prog-Tull blend circa mid-70s. Even their last album, the failed "Short Stories," gives the decent track "Guests of the Nation," although why this shares the title with Frank O'Connor's heartrending story from Ireland's war for independence eludes me. "The High Reel" also shows C%W and American folk's Irish roots well, and is a cut not on any of their studio CDs, only on the odds-and-sods "Tracks from the Vaults." From the first of their two humdrum stretches you get a fine trad version of "King of their Fairies;" their later lurch towards stadium rock anthems gives the bold "The Man Who Built America" title track (too many whirling keyboards for me, but it does stick in your memory) while the transitional, very Tull-sounding (not only to me) "Aliens" provides another trad song done heartily, "Speed the Plough."

Like I said, this is the most inexpensive assortment of Horslips available, and if you live outside Ireland or Britain, I recommend it, but warn you that you may well wish that you could easily afford their albums proper. But read carefully before buying them, as the band made very good albums yet at other times quite dull albums, although their knack for memorable tunes never completely failed them even in their two fallow periods amidst their more Irish-trad themed fertile sonic harvests. Literate, ambitious, clever music, they were Ireland's first DIY rock band, and future generations surely took notice of them in the mid-70s.

Music from another world.......2005-11-09

Hey! I just discovered this band. I love how their music feels likes it's coming from another world. It reminds me of Outgrabe. When I'm listening it helps me get out of my same-old same-old headspace and dream. Really dream

Irish rock.......2005-08-30

I really enjoy this album. Generally, it contains all the features of Irish folk music, but with a pop/ rock frame. Some of the chorusing sounds repetitive and dated, but this is more than compensated by their "feel good" factor.

the creators of eire-rock.......2005-08-02

The great Irish rock group Horslips were the first group to successfully meld traditional themes of Celtic music with rock and roll. Long before the current "new wave of Irish rock and roll", long before Thin Lizzy, or Stiff Little Fingers, or U2, or The Cranberries, or the Pogues and Shane MacGowan, there was Horslips. Their glorious renderings of the Irish and Irish-American experience are captured in such songs as "The Man Who Built America," "The Power and the Glory," and "Trouble (With a Capital 'T')," all of which were minor FM radio hits in the mid-to-late '70's. The only possible misgiving to be had with this disc is that it's missing "Loneliness," which is without doubt the most joyous song you'll ever hear about the title condition. Happily enough, that particular song can be found on the re-release of the band's classic recording "The Man Who Built America."

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Great CD
Ireland's Greatest Hits
Ireland's Greatest Hits
Ireland's Greatest Hits
If You're Not Irish - You Will Be, After You Hear This!

Ireland's Greatest Hits
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Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2007-05-13

I first heard this CD when my dad (an Irishman) played it for me. I was sold, and had to have my own copy. Fortunately, I found it on Amazon.

Ireland's Greatest Hits.......2007-04-27

Such beautiful music. Just sit back and close your eyes and you will be swept away to the Emerald Isle. I never get tired of listening to this CD. All the artists are so talented.

Ireland's Greatest Hits.......2000-02-10

It's getting near St. Patrick's Day, and if you are looking for a CD containing the best versions of "That's an Irish Lullaby", Mother Machree, My Wild Irish Rose, I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen A Little Bit Of Heaven, and Danny Boy, you've found the right site because John Gary's versions of the aforementioned songs are the greatest renditions, I have ever heard, and that includes Frank Patterson. Leo Mc Caffrey's version of the "Wild Colonial Boy" is excellant. If you're old

enough to remember Dennis Day who was popular in the 40's and 50's - and if you liked his vocal renditions of Irish songs, then you are in for a treat, because John Gary is light years ahead of Dennis Day. John Gary sings these songs exactly the way you would envision them being sung in Ireland by a mother to her child in "That's An Irish Lullaby" or a father to his son in "Danny Boy". I own 147 Irish CD's - from Patterson to Paddy Reilly - from the Clancy Brothers to the Dublin City Ramblers, etc. John Gary's voice is the best I have ever heard, including Frank Patterson. Leo Mc Caffrey's version of Danny Boy and the Rose Of Tralee are fabulous, but unfortunately they are not included on this CD. There are six Mc Caffrey songs on this CD, and I have yet to hear him sing a bad song. Dennis Day sings his songs as if he's American Irish, which is OK I guess, but not for me. In short, this is the finest and most cherished CD that I possess for the simple reason of John Gary's voice. But one for yourself, and one for a friend.

Ireland's Greatest Hits.......2000-02-10

If You're Not Irish - You Will Be, After You Hear This!.......2000-01-26

This recording, is most likely the BEST overall compilation of Irish Standards, ever! I mainly purchased it, to hear 10 (out of 23)songs by John Gary, who voice carries you to Ireland on the wings of angels. Rounding out this recording are Dennis Day and Leo McCaffrey, whose Irish tenor voices also take us back to another place and time. This is the ULTIMATE recording for St. Patrick's Day or for any other day you'd like to sit back and relax and visit Ireland...if only in your mind and heart.

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Dioltas, Cernunnos! Hoy, gevalt!
The hits just keep on coming!
Maybe the Last You Will Hear of Them
Recommended to me by an Irishman
Fine Collection

The Wolfe Tones Greatest Hits
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The Wolfe Tones got together in the mid-1960s to sing patriotic ballads and rebel songs in the style of vocal groups like the Dubliners and the Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem. Greatest Hits collects 16 of their best, including "Streets of New York," "God Save Ireland," and "A Nation Once Again." In the early days the group's songs were drawn from the traditional repertoire, but they soon discovered that band member Brian Warfield was a gifted songwriter. Many of the Wolfe Tones' finest songs come from his pen, including "Irish Eyes," "Some Say the Devil is Dead," and the bittersweet ballad, "Dreams of Home." The Wolfe Tones perform these songs with a hearty verve that wouldn't be out of a place at a sing-along at your favorite pub. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews:

Dioltas, Cernunnos! Hoy, gevalt!.......2005-09-18

The Wolfe Tones do lots of illegal sounds, but it's all that cac about OOOoooo, me wee hee-lan laddeeee; that and twang-diddy-twang demi-bluegrass. But the voices are beyond excellent and the musicianship is better than not. People who relish this kind of stuff are like people who like cheese in their coffee: Very rare and with particular tastes. BUT this stuff is just excellent. Too much of it is like too much chocolate or a dinner made completely of marachino cherries: But when you hear the suffering, the stories, the nearly-forgotten and perpetually neglected slavery, genocide of the Celtic N-(white slang for Nigerian)s, as with "Armistad" or "Braveheart" (or the "Passion of Christ"), it fair makes one weep.

BUFFY: (Eating Gile's candy) This is good chocolate. There is NO problem that can't be solved by chocolate---
WILLOW: (Looking ill) Oh---I think i'm gonna barf.
BUFFY: ---except that.

The hits just keep on coming!.......2004-03-14

If I had to select one group as my all-time favorite Irish band, the choice would be crystal-clear: the Wolfe Tones. Although there are many fine Irish groups around, none of them move me as do the Wolfe Tones. The Wolfies inject massive amounts of sincerity and heart into everything they sing. They have an uncanny ability to make me feel the sadness, hope, joy, pride and tenacity of the Irish who struggle, and have struggled, throughout the years for their own identity.

Many of the their songs are political, and the Tones offer no apologies. The British government has violated and mistreated the Irish for hundreds of years, just as they did the early colonists until we banded together and sent them running back to England crying for their Queen mother. The Tones are a musical reflection of the Irish who simply wanted the sense of freedom that only self-government can bestow.

This CD is a superb sample of what the Wolfe Tones have to offer. Songs such as "On the One Road, "God Save Ireland," and "A Nation Once Again" are uplifting and reflect the unity and pride that Americans who have any sense of history can appreciate. "Some Say the Divil is Dead" and "Uncle Nobby's Steamboat" are lighthearted, fun songs that make you want to sing along. Reflecting love and hope are songs as "My Heart is in Ireland," "Let the People Sing," and "Irish Eyes." If you've never heard of the Wolfe Tones, get this fine CD and expand your musical horizons. I'm confident that you'll be wanting more. I know I did.

The Wolfe Tones are truly rebels with applause. They've got something to say and they say it with passion, style and pride. I have 14 of their CDs and hope they continue turning them out for years to come. They have not been together 40 years for nothing. Do yourself a favor and check out these fine lads.

Maybe the Last You Will Hear of Them.......2002-01-27

Since the group broke up on January 8, 2002, this may be the last album seen under the Wolfe Tones name. Brian, Noel and Tommy have stayed to form a new group and record more of Brian's songs, but Derrick has gone his own way. Get these albums while you can.

Recommended to me by an Irishman.......2001-01-23

When I heard a native Irishman talking about this CD, I knew I had to have it. I'm usually an instrumental celtic fan, but i decided that i need something to sing along, and this is the perfect CD. The CD says they are "probably the most famous ballad group in Ireland today," but their ballads seem different. Many groups sing ballads like death marches, but not the case here. Even when they sing about sad themes, the music still cheers you up. I especially like "Quare Things in Dublin" when they sing about "five legged cats, two headed monkeys, and three legged donkeys. The CD begins with a powerful and heart felt rendition of "My Heart is in Ireland," and ends with an equally emotional "A Nation Once Again". In between are 14 equally incredible tracks that tell the tale of Irish pride, the desire to be free, and the sacrifices made by ancestors. Even if you are not Irish, you can still be empathetic to the messages. I love this CD. If you don't believe me, then believe the Irishman who recommended it to me.

Fine Collection.......2000-03-29

This cd is a fine compilation of the Wolfe Tones work. The Wolfe Tones have been able to obtain international recognition for their work, yet they have still been able to maintain a body of work that demonstrates their love and desire for a free Ireland. This cd includes some wonderful songs, and these songs do a good job of encompassing the group's range. A fine cd for first and long time listeners alike.

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The Wolfe Tones Greatest Hits
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Streets of New York
Dreams of Home
Only Our Rivers Run Free
Quare Things in Dublin
Padraic Pearse
On the One Road
God Save Ireland
Irish Eyes
Song of Liberty
Uncle Nobby's Steamboat
Spancil Hill
Paddle Your Canoe
Some Say the Devil Is Dead
Let the People Sing
Nation Once Again

Average customer rating:

Short but Solid

Boomtown Rats - Greatest Hits
The Boomtown Rats
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

British Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Back to Black

ASIN: B000008DO9
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

I Don't Like Mondays
Rat Trap
She's So Modern
Banana Republic
Skin on Skin
Up All Night
Joey's on the Street Again
Elephant's Graveyard
House on Fire
Never in a Million Years

Customer Reviews:

Short but Solid.......2003-10-16

This compilation was shoved out pretty quickly to cash in on Bob Geldof's high profile during the Live Aid period. At ten songs, it was a brief set but has a lot of great material. The main reason to have this in tandem with "Great Songs Of Indifference" is that it includes the amazing "Joey's On The Street Again." Since the US version of "Tonic For The Troops" is out of print, this is one of the only places to find that song. Also here is the strange "Never In A Million Years," a synth heavy ballad that was on the "V Deep" album and recorded while Geldof was riding high on his role in Pink Floyd's movie version of "The Wall." Add the "Mondo Bongo" song "Up All Night," and you have three reasons to have this Rat Trap in your collection. Had there been more material added as bonus tracks (this was just a straight transfer of an existing album to CD), the rating would have been higher.