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- Date Released: February 23, 1999
- Genre: International
- Label: RCA Victor
- Copyright: (P)1999, BMG Entertainment
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This album is a follow-up to the 1995 album The Long Black Veil. The idea is the same: the Chieftains play house band for many guest vocalists and musicians. The difference this time around is that all the musicians and vocalists featured are women. Sinéad O'Connor is the one return performance, and she justifies that honor with her sorrowful and beautiful rendition of the traditional song "Factory Girl." The roster of guests is diverse, and it is a credit to the musical ability of the Chieftains to keep a common thread going and blend their arrangements with all the different voices. Bonnie Raitt sounds just as much an Irish folk singer on her track "A Stor Mo Chrio" as Loreena McKennitt does on her version of "Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure." The trick is that Paddy Maloney's arrangements highlight the unique talents of each guest. Most of the songs are traditional Irish tunes with new arrangements, the exceptions being the haunting "The Magdalene Laundries" written and sung by Joni Mitchell and strange but somehow fitting "Sake in the Jar" written and sung by Akiko Yano. The song features Japanese percussion instruments and should stick out among the distinctly Celtic contributions here, but it blends right in. Paddy Maloney states in the liner notes that the point of the project was to "marry the many-faceted voices of contemporary women artists from around the world with the simple beauty of traditional Irish music." It is a job well done.
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| 01. |  |
Never Give all the Heart
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2:48 |
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| 02. | |
A Stór Mo Chroí
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3:46 |
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| 03. | |
The Lowlands of Holland |
3:47 |
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| 04. | |
The Magdalene Laundries
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4:58 |
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| 05. | |
Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór |
4:37 |
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| 06. | |
I Know My Love
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3:52 |
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| 07. | |
Factory Girl |
4:23 |
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| 08. | |
Deserted Soldier
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4:38 |
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| 09. | |
Ye Rambling Boys Of Pleasure |
4:34 |
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| 10. | |
Sake In The Jar
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4:28 |
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| 11. | |
Raglan Road |
6:18 |
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| 12. | |
Siúil A Run
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4:35 |
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| 13. | |
The Fiddling Ladies
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10:22 |
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| 14. | |
Danny Boy |
5:27 |
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14 Total Tracks, 68:33 Total Length
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Credits
- Derek Bell - Harp // Derek Bell - Keyboards // Derek Bell - Tiompan // Matt Molloy - Flute // Matt Molloy - Flute // Joni Mitchell - Guitar // Joni Mitchell - Vocals // Joni Mitchell - Performer // Bonnie Raitt - Dobro // Bonnie Raitt - Vocals // Matt Rollings - Piano // Russell Malone - Guitar // Akiko Yano - Piano // Akiko Yano - Vocals // Akiko Yano - Performer // Seán Keane - Fiddle // Gospel Jubilees - Choir, Chorus // Eileen Ivers - Fiddle // Eileen Ivers - Performer // Kweyao Agyapon - Djembe // Máire Breatnach - Fiddle // Máire Breatnach - Performer // James Blennerhassett - Double Bass // Noel Bridgeman - Percussion // Greg Calbi - Mastering // Mary Chapin Carpenter - Vocals // Mary Chapin Carpenter - Performer // Kevin Conneff - Bodhran // Martin Fay - Fiddle // Mike Griffith - Assistant Engineer // Troy Halderson - Editing // Rob Hyman - Keyboards // Chito Kawachi - Japanese Percussion // Jeffrey Lesser - Engineer // Paddy Moloney - Producer // Paddy Moloney - Uillean Pipes // Paddy Moloney - Tin Whistle // Paddy Moloney - Editing // Paddy Moloney - Mixing // Brian Masterson - Engineer // Brian Masterson - Editing // Brian Masterson - Mixing // Zan McLeod - Guitar // Arty McGlynn - Guitar // Loreena McKennitt - Harp // Loreena McKennitt - Vocals // Loreena McKennitt - Performer // Natalie Merchant - Vocals // Natalie Merchant - Performer // Martin O'Connor - Accordion // Sinéad O'Connor - Vocals // Sinéad O'Connor - Performer // William Wittman - Guitar // William Wittman - Engineer // Diana Krall - Vocals // Diana Krall - Performer // Anúna - Choir, Chorus // Anúna - Performer // Joan Osborne - Vocals // Joan Osborne - Performer // Annbjørg Lien - Fiddle // Annbjørg Lien - Fiddle // Annbjørg Lien - Performer // Annbjørg Lien - Performer // Tracey Dares - Piano // Natalie MacMaster - Fiddle // Natalie MacMaster - Performer // Frez-Albrecht - Assistant Engineer // John Morris Rankin - Piano // Sissel - Performer // Cookie Rankin - Vocals // Heather Rankin - Vocals // Jimmy Rankin - Guitar // Raylene Rankin - Vocals // Alex Marcou - Assistant Engineer // James OMara - Artwork // James OMara - Design // James OMara - Photography // Erik Della Penna - Guitar // Nathaniel Townsley - Choir, Chorus // Malachy Robinson - Double Bass // Ciaran Cahill - Assistant Engineer // Ciaran Cahill - Mixing // Caroline Corr - Vocals // Caroline Corr - Bodhran // Andrea Corr - Vocals // Andrea Corr - Tin Whistle // Sharon Corr - Fiddle // Sharon Corr - Vocals // George Fullan - Assistant Engineer // Jim Corr - Guitar // Richard McCullough - Assistant Engineer // Richard McCullough - Mixing // Wayne Wilkins - Assistant Engineer // Takahiro Nochimura - Engineer // Brenda Fricker - Vocals // Hutel Hutchinson - Bass // The Screaming Orphans - Vocals (Background) // Una Ni Chanarim - Cello // Patrick Fitzgerald - Keyboards // Jonathan Ford - Assistant Engineer // Kate Ryan - Artwork
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Performers
The Corrs // The Chieftains with Sinead O'Connor // Bishop Nathaniel Townsley, Jr., & Gospel Jubilee // Arúna -
Other Details
- Instrument:
- Vocals
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