The Essential Chieftains

Greatest hits album by The Chieftains

Released

2006

The Chieftains chronology

Live From Dublin: A Tribute To Derek Bell
(2005)

The Essential Chieftains
(2006)

San Patricio
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Essential Chieftains is a career-spanning greatest hits album by The Chieftains first released in 2006. It is part of the on-going 'The Essential' Sony BMG compilation series.

Track listing

Disc 1: The Chieftains Roots

Lots of Drops of Brandy – 3:43
O'Sullivan's March (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 (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 DoLamh (Give Me Your Hand) – 4:29
Chasing the Fox (From the Ballad of the Irish Horse) – 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 & Julie Miller) – 3:13
Ladies Pantalettes/Belles of Blackville/First House in Connaught (With Béla Fleck) – 4:14
The Foggy Dew (With Sinéad O'Connor) – 5:20
Red Is the Rose (With Nanci Griffith) – 3:25
The Squid Jiggin' Ground/Larry O'Gaff (With The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) – 3:16
Lambs In the Greenfields (With Emmylou Harris) – 3:21
Guadalupe (With Linda Ronstadt & Los Lobos) – 2:51
Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero) (With Sting & Anúna) – 3:20
Cotton-Eyed Joe (With Ricky Skaggs) – 2:42
Molly Bán (Bawn) (With Alison Krauss) – 4:45
Long Journey Home (With Elvis Costello & Anúna) – 4:17
The Rocky Road To Dublin (With The Rolling Stones) – 5:03
Love Is Teasin' (With Marianne Faithfull) – 4:37
The Rebel Jesus (With Jackson Browne) – 3:49
Il Est Né/Ça Berger (With Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 5:19
Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór (With The Rankins) – 4:37

References

↑ Allmusic review

External links

The Chieftains official website – official website
The Essential Chieftains at AllMusic

The Chieftains

Paddy Moloney Seán Keane Kevin Conneff Matt Molloy Martin Fay Seán Potts Michael Tubridy David Fallon Peadar Mercier Derek Bell Ronnie McShane

Studio albums	The Chieftains (1963) The Chieftains 2 (1969) The Chieftains 3 (1971) The Chieftains 4 (1973) The Chieftains 5 (1975) The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte's Retreat (1976) The Chieftains 7 (1977) The Chieftains 8 (1978) The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early (1979) The Chieftains 10: Cotton-Eyed Joe (1980) The Chieftains in China (1985) Ballad of the Irish Horse (1986) Celtic Wedding (1987) Irish Heartbeat (with Van Morrison) (1988) A Chieftains Celebration (1989) The Bells of Dublin (1991) Another Country (1992) The Long Black Veil (1995) Santiago (1996) Tears of Stone (1999) Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions (2002) Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003) San Patricio (with Ry Cooder) (2010) Voice of Ages (2012)

Compilation albums	Film Cuts (1996) Fire in the Kitchen (1998) The Wide World Over (2002) The Essential Chieftains (2006)

Live albums	The Chieftains Live! (1977) An Irish Evening (1992) Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell (2005)

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