Book of Invasions: Celtic Symphony [Import, Original recording remastered]

Horslips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Diablo Records UK
• ASIN: B00004W16I
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #521,036 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Daybreak

2. March Into Trouble

3. Trouble (With A Capitol T)

4. The Power And The Glory

5. The Rocks Remain

6. Dusk

7. Sword Of Light

8. Dark

9. Warm Sweet Breath Of Love

10. Fantasia (My Lagan Love)

11. King Of Morning, Queen Of Day

12. Sideways To The Sun

13. Drive The Cold Winter Away

14. Ride To Hell

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of 1976 album from Irish folk/progressive rock band.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still a moving work, December 27, 2002

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Tim Huffman (Charlotte, NC United States, author of "Slaver's Challenge") - See all my reviews

This review is from: Book of Invasions: Celtic Symphony (Audio CD)

I remember when the only top 40 hit that Horslips had came out and I remember going up the street from the rooming house where I lived and buying the album based on that single. I was not disappointed then and now, twenty five years after buying it the first time I happily purchased the CD and was immensely glad to find it. God bless the internet, that godsend to those who succumb to the temptations of a search engine and their credit line while under the influence of alcoholic nostalgia. Buy this album if you have ever wondered what Celtic music with balls sounded like.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invasions, April 6, 2003

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mike kelly (berkshire england) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Book of Invasions: Celtic Symphony (Audio CD)

This was the album of the 70's , this group took irish folk rock to the extremes and this was their best ever.I must have played the original version a thousand times and still you pick up on sounds that they or no one else has bettered.

It is a classic and johnny fean as guitar player is in excellent form.

horslips deserved to be huge and the tain was also brilliant , but they never made it in England , i went to see them in 1976 on the tour for this album in Uxbridge london and the audience was less than 30.

buy it if your into rock and irish music.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paving the way for Celtic Rock, September 15, 2004

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Claud D. Wolf Jr. "claud1961" (Ottumwa, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Book of Invasions: Celtic Symphony (Audio CD)

As far as I know, this is one of the early attempts to meld Celtic history with rock. And, as far as I can see, it is the best yet. If you don't like this, you won't enjoy the genre, such as it is. Groups like Clannad and Lorena McKennit modernize the old tunes, or create new ones in that mode, but Horslips did a modern retelling of a very old Irish story, the Book Of Invasions, concerning the invasion of Ireland by the Tua De Dannan. I have played this for nearly 2 decades, and it is still one of my reliable favorties. If you like the format, you can't go wrong with this one.