''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
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...
compilation series, their last release for RCA ending a 20-year history since signing with the label in 1986.
Track listing
Disc 1: ''The Chieftains Roots''
# "Lots of Drops of Brandy" – 3:43
# "O'Sullivan's March (The 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 (The 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 Do Lamh (Give Me Your Hand)" with James Galway - 4:29
# "Chasing the Fox" (From the ''
Ballad of the Irish Horse
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'') – 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
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People
*Buddy (nickname)
*Buddy (rapper), real name Simmie Sims III (1993–Present)
*Buddy Rogers (wrestler), ring name of American professional wrestler Herman Gustav Rohde, Jr. (1921–1992)
*Buddy Boeheim (born 1999), Amer ...
&
Julie Miller) – 3:13
# "Ladies Pantalettes/Belles of Blackville/First House in Connaught (Reels)" (with
Béla Fleck) – 4:14
# "The Foggy Dew" (with
Sinéad O'Connor
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) – 5:20
# "Red Is the Rose" (with
Nanci Griffith) – 3:25
# "The Squid Jiggin' Ground/Larry O'Gaff" (with
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Constant ...
) – 3:16
# "Lambs In the Greenfields" (with
Emmylou Harris
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) – 3:21
# "Guadalupe " (with
Linda Ronstadt &
Los Lobos
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) – 2:51
# "Mo Ghile Mear - Our Hero" (with
Sting
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* Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
* Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
Fictional characters and entities
* Sting (Middle-eart ...
) – 3:20
# "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (with
Ricky Skaggs) – 2:42
# "Molly Bán (Bawn)" (with
Alison Krauss) – 4:45
# "Long Journey Home (Anthem)" (with
Elvis Costello
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&
Anúna) – 4:17
# "The Rocky Road To Dublin" (with
The Rolling Stones) (not on all releases) – 5:03
# "Love Is Teasin'" (with
Marianne Faithfull) – 4:37
# "The Rebel Jesus" (with
Jackson Browne
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Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...
) – 3:49
# "Il Est Né/Ça Berger" (with
Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 5:19
# "Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór" (with
The Rankins
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) – 4:37
References
External links
The Chieftains official website*
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2006 greatest hits albums
The Chieftains albums
RCA Victor compilation albums