Celebration

The Chieftains | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1989)
• Original Release Date: January 31, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• ASIN: B000002WBM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,065 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. O'Mahoney's Frolics

2. Galicia

3. Coolin Medley

4. Here's a Health to the Company

5. Planxty Browne/The William Davis's/Lady Wrixon

6. Boffyflow and Spike

7. The Strayaway Child

8. The Iron Man/The Marquis of Tully Baratine/The Forfeit O'Da Ship

9. The Wexford Carol

10. Gaftaí Baile Buí

11. Millennium Celtic Suite

Editorial Reviews

Insert autographed by 5 of 6 Chieftans.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bag of (mixed) tricks, May 28, 1998

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P. Lozar "plozar" (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celebration (Audio CD)

When the Chieftains do their traditional thing, they're matchless. Even some of their more experimental tracks are riveting, such as Matt Molloy's spooky arrangement of "The Strayaway Child" and Van Morrison's lively "Boffyflow and Spike." The Nanci Griffith solo is less effective, mainly because the recording accentuates the piercing quality of her voice (on the average boom box, this track is downright painful to listen to!). The "Millennium Celtic Suite" leaves me cold because it doesn't show off any of the participants well; I guess you had to have been there. In general, this is an interesting album, but the overall quality isn't as high as on many of their others.

5.0 out of 5 stars These guys are classic!, May 8, 2009

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E. R. Stolpe (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celebration (Audio CD)

I very good representation of their stuff, I especially like the Wexford Carol sung by Nanci Griffith.

5.0 out of 5 stars Chieftains are always "Best", March 23, 2007

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Linda D. Terrell "Nomad & Standby" (Dunedin, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celebration (Audio CD)

"...Matt Molloy's spooky arrangement of "The Strayaway Child". . .

You managed not to mention that a digeridoo shows up on the background through half the tune rendering it one of the most haunting sounds I've ever heard.

And Millennium Suite is just plain fun!