Customer Reviews

The Album

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'Tell Me Ma,' the excellent opening track, was a big chart hit for Sham Rock. If you liked that, and enjoy feelgood songs that get you out of your armchair, then this is for you.
Whether it's their own songs or standards like Whiskey In The Jar, Sham Rock do a superb job, often with a completely new feel.
(Like the haunting 'Rock Of Ages' and the traditional Lavenders Blue - given a very clever new sound.)
'Watch Me Now' is a brilliant 'girl power', up tempo, foot-stomper that sounds like a sure fire hit to me.
But, it's not all about big, pop/rock/party songs. There are also some gorgeous ballads too. The album is worth buying just for the beautiful (& beautifully sung) Paul McCartney song 'I'm Carrying'.
For anyone who is bored with albums full of 'filler tracks' you wont be disappointed with this. There is not a 'dud' song on the whole album. A winner !

coming from an irish dancer's point of view, this is the best performance music! the upbeat rythms and lyrics make everyone want to clap and start dancing themselves! i definitely reccomend to all, not just IDers!

This is definitely worth adding to any CD collection. A mixed bag full of good all-round songs. A few covers which are given new life, "Whiskey in the Jar" to name one. A McCartney song, "I'm Carrying", which is always a good recommendation, adds credibility to the writers on this CD. However, Sir Paul is in good company as the other writers have also created some excellent new material. The most notable of these is "Watch Me Now", which blew me away. I great example of pop. Something I haven't heard in a while!

Recommendation - Just buy it - you'll love it :-)

I love "I'll tell me ma", but unfortunately it was the only really good track on this CD. Most of the others are treacly versions of songs that have been done better before. If you love the Pogues, the Chieftains, and so on, most of the tracks on this album will make you shudder.

The main reason I ordered this was for very last selection. It is a great line dance mix! As it wound up, I love the whole disc!