Celtic Woman 2 [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Valley
• ASIN: B00004S2TK
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,691 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Although featuring some of the same singers who made Celtic Woman, vol. 1 so memorable (notably, Rita Connolly, Marian Bradfield, and Áine Furey), the overall tone of this second volume is at once more amorphous and less positive. New Age wall-of-sound close harmonies abound, and there are occasional nods to the Celtic electronica scene. But the tracks that make the strongest impressions are still those where the voice reigns supreme. Among the latter is The Fallen Angels' stunning a cappella version of She Moved Through The Fair, a tale of thwarted love that is surely Ireland's most chilling ghost story. Altan, led by Mairéad ni Mhaonaigh's girlish soprano, tells how easily an idealistic lover can become a embittered rake. Áine Uí Cheallaigh, accompanied only by a bodhrán, is uncommonly eloquent despite adhering to an old-style lack of histrionics. On the opposite extreme, Capercaillie's Scottish beats-and-puirt-a-beul (mouth music)-laced Hebridean Hale-Bopp is a jaunty, cutting-edge treat. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

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64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the quality of the first, March 7, 2002

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Robert Ritchie "Stormace" (Perth Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celtic Woman 2 (Audio CD)

I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of this CD, it took three weeks between the order and the time it arrived. Was it worth the wait? Yes, but I was still a little disappointed. It wasn't the CD that I was expecting. Celtic Women 1 was an amazing CD. This was still good, but not great.

Still, the CD features some return visitors from the first and a few great songs amongst them. Aine Furey makes a triumphant return with the song Vanities child, which highlights her haunting voice. I anxiously await the release of her band, Bohinta's new CD.

Highlights are:
Rita Connolly - Valparaiso
Fiona Joyce - Lifting the veil
Aine Furey - Vanity Child

If you don't have the first one, buy it first. Followed by the Faire Celts CD which is another tremendous display of the female Celtic voice.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Be careful - there are two series of "Celtic Women" albums. This is the worse one., May 28, 2006

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Also Ran "Also Ran" (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celtic Woman 2 (Audio CD)

My wife and I bought the album "Celtic Women" a few months ago and _loved_ it. We couldn't stop playing it. We even went to the concert when it came through our city. Then I saw this and thought it was the sequel, but it is not. It is nowhere near as good. The "Celtic Women" with a blue cover and a red-haired woman's face on the front was released in 2004. This "Celtic Women 2" was released in 2000, so it is apparently a different series. If you're like me and buy this thinking that it is a sequel you will be very dissappointed.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just not the same!, June 20, 2006

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Jody L. Cunningham "Traveler" (Dallas Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celtic Woman 2 (Audio CD)

I purchased this thinking it was the women from the PBS special. It wasn't, and it wasn't nearly as good. The singing had no emotion and the song selection wasn't that great. Skip and buy the real thing with Meav, Lisa, Chloe, et al. I gave this one and Celtic Woman, Vol. 1 away.