The Chieftains, The Best of the Chieftains - 49m 10s

Tracks & Durations

1. Up Against The Buachalawns	4:03
2. Boil The Breakfast Early	3:55
3. Friel's Kitchen	4:42
4. No. 6 The Coombe	3:52
5. O'Sullivan's March	4:01
6. Sea Image	6:13
7. An Speic Seoigheach	3:38
8. The Dogs Among The Bushes	2:07
9. The Job Of Journeywork	4:17
10. Oh! The Breeches Full Of Stiches	4:23
11. GirlThe Pretty Girl	5:02
12. Eryle	2:50

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Review

The tracks on The Best of the Chieftains are drawn from The Chieftains 7, The Chieftains 8, and Boil the Breakfast Early--three of the band's recordings from the late 1970s. This was the period when former Bothy Band and Planxty flautist Matt Molloy and vocalist/bodhran player Kevin Cunniffe joined up and finally fulfilled Paddy Maloney's vision of what the band should sound like. It also marks the last time the Chieftains recorded pure, unadulterated traditional Irish music. Not long after making these albums, the band set off on a new career that has included numerous movie and TV soundtracks, collaborations with pop stars of various stripes, and guest appearances with symphony orchestras. Although some purists decry the band's later attempts at crossover, the near perfection of tracks such as the exquisitely performed suite of dance tunes "Chase Around the Windmill" show that the Chieftains had taken the old tunes about as far as they could go. The group may have gone on to make better-selling records, but they never topped the traditional grace and charm of the songs on The Best of the Chieftains. --Michael Simmons

Other Versions

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The Best of the Chieftains

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 49m 9s (-1m 59s)

The Best of the Chieftains

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 49m 31s (+0m 21s)

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