Best Of Mary Black, The Volume 2 (2CD)

Mary Black | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Curb
• ASIN: B00005QD51
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,939 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #29 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Celtic Folk
  • #86 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Irish Folk

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Turning Away

2. Still Believing

3. One and Only

4. Wonder Child

5. Don't Say OK

6. Wildest Dreams

7. Dimming of the Day

8. Babes in the Wood

9. Speaking with the Angel

10. I Misunderstood

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

2. Ring Them Bells [Live]

3. Saw You Running

4. Ae Fond Kiss

5. Across the Universe

6. Good Morning Heartache

7. Say a Little Prayer [Live]

8. If I Gave My Heart to You

9. Sonny

10. Once in a Very Blue Moon [Live]

See all 14 tracks on this disc

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71 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best lies hidden, November 16, 2001

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Mr. Geoffrey M. Teece "gmteece2" (Birmingham UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of Mary Black, The Volume 2 (2CD) (Audio CD)

This is an unusual 'best of'. In fact the two discs present two different ways to understand the title. Disc 1 is a traditional 'best of' containing some of the best songs from Mary's albums from 'Babes in the Wood' up until 'Speaking With the Angel'. It also contains two previously unreleased songs Eileen Laverty's 'Wildest Dreams' and Steve Cooney's 'Just a Journey'. Both are good additions to the Black repertoire but despite this, Disc 1 may appeal most to completists; mind you are the recordings remastered here because the tracks from 'Speaking With the Angel' seem clearer, crisper somehow? Happily for Black fans and those seeking an introduction, Disc 2 is a real gem. Called 'Hidden Harvest' it might have been called 'Hidden Treasure' and it is here that we have the other concept of 'best of'. Rather than being a selection of previously released tracks this offers Mary Black at her best, and her most versatile. There is Mary the interpreter of classic contemporary 'folk'(a crystal clear 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes?'), Mary the folk/pop singer (Into the Blue), Mary the accomplished jazz/blues singer (a beautiful Billy Holliday's 'Good Morning Heartache'), Mary the excellent interpreter of traditional songs (lovely versions of 'Ae Fond Kiss' and Bruach na Carraige Baine', the latter with with Seamus Begley), Mary the country singer ('Sony' with Emmylou Harris and Dolores Keane), and Mary Black the sublime live performer. And it is these live tracks in particular that make this CD such a gem. It has always puzzled me why she has never released a live album as none of her studio recordings match her live work (much as I love them). All the live tracks are great and the most suitable final track 'Without the Fanfare' transports you into the concert hall, where Mary has finished many a concert with this song. 'Hidden Harvest' may well be Mary Black's best recording to date.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Song and a Singer for Ireland and the World, November 7, 2001

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Mr. Cal Thomas - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of Mary Black, The Volume 2 (2CD) (Audio CD)

I fell in love with Mary Black's voice the moment I heard it on a tinny rental car radio while driving in Ireland in the summer of 2000. Since then I have bought everything she has recorded and have had the exquisite pleasure of meeting her. It is not right to say that each of her albums is better than previous ones, because they are all magnificent. Her writers and musicians are marvelous and she brings something to a song that is a unique blessing to all who listen. "The Best of Mary Black 1991-2001" is a outstanding collection that will touch your soul at its deepest levels and cause it to soar to heights it has never known. There is no one like her on the contemporary Irish (or American) scene. To anyone who loves Ireland and its music (and to anyone who loves brilliant lyrics, well-played and exquistely sung original music) this album is a must! This one deserve a lot of "fanfare."

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Must have for Black's die hard fans, November 14, 2001

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Terrie Rombold-Smith (Fresno, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of Mary Black, The Volume 2 (2CD) (Audio CD)

After seeing Mary in concert, I of course had to add this to my collection. Her voice is not as clear and pristine as it once was and the Best of CD (this is a 2 CD set) is clearly more contemporary than her early recordings. Some good ones are here though. I really liked the CD of compilations best. Her duets and some never before released songs, including a great one with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Emmy Lou Harris and Maura O'Connell (2 different songs there) If you are not familiar with Mary's work I would not suggest you get this as your introduction piece but it is a fine addition to a vast career of great songs with great musicians. She sang alot of these songs recently here in my hometown and I was so excited that she came here, I would have bought anything.