A major collaboration album featuring some of the biggest artists in the music world, such as Sting, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, Sinéad O’ Connor, Van Morrison, Tom Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Ry Cooder and Mark Knopfler, performing some of the best loved and known Irish tunes, ballads and songs. It is one of The Chieftains’ most successful albums to date.
The track ‘Have I Told You Lately’ won a Grammy award for ‘Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals’ in 1996. ‘The Long Black Veil’ was also nominated for 2 other Grammys in the same year.
Track Listing
- Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero) (with Sting)
- The Long Black Veil (with Mick Jagger)
- The Foggy Dew (with Sinéad O’ Connor)
- Have I told You Lately That I Love You? (with Van Morrison)
- Changing Your Demeanour
- The Lily of the West (with Mark Knopfler)
- Coast of Malabar (with Ry Cooder)
- Dunmore Lassies (with Ry Cooder)
- Love is Teasin’ (with Marianne Faithfull)
Madam Cole
- He Moved Through the Fair (with Sinéad O’ Connor)
- Ferny Hill
- Tennessee Waltz/Tennessee Mazurka (with Tom Jones)
- The Rocky Road to Dublin (with The Rolling Stones)