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Best Irish Recording I Have Heard So Far

Nancy Sherburne | Tucson, Arizona, USA | 11/19/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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.

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Not the Ultimate

Wallypn | Florida, USA | 08/18/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"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."

As Drunk As Drunk Could Be

Electric Tooth | VA, USA | 08/29/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I know this is traditional irish music but the audience for this is far reaching. If you enjoy the Pogues (who guest apear on this cd), The Dropkick Murphys, Floggin Molly, The Street Dogs, or anything of that nature you owe it to yourself to check this out. you may be surprised."