Christy Moore

Christy Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000002IMA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,309 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Biko Drum

2. Natives

3. No Time for Love

4. Lisdoonvarna

5. Quiet Desperation

6. The City of Chicago

7. Ordinary Man

8. Ride On

9. Delirium Tremens

10. Unfinished Revolution

11. The Dying Soldier

12. Sweet Music Roll On

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why not a 2 CD set, eh?, November 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Christy Moore (Audio CD)

This CD is more or less a "best of", though to fit that description, I think 3 or more discs would fit better. Cuts on this album come from 4 of Christy's wonderful mid-80's string: 1983's Time Has Come, Ride On ('84), Ordinary Man ('85), and Unfinished Revolution ('87), which are all out of press in the US, & rare in Ireland. If this CD perks your interest, grab the 1st three, plus his 1972 solo debut, Prosperous. Ride On was my first exposure to his music, and is still my fave. This little collection is nice, but just not enough.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Music Roll On, February 25, 2001

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"figtreejohn" (Costa Mesa, Ca.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christy Moore (Audio CD)

He's an institution in Ireland. That wonderful deep expressive voice, he's mostly an interpreter of otherpeoples songs, but can write with the best of them (lisdoonvarne is the barnstormer here). This collectionis great as an introduction to his work, his soothing tone and subversive taste in material will bring out the activist in you, never falling short in quality. No filler. For those who want more, check out "Prosperous" andthe subsequent Planxty records, a band he formed in the 70's that spearheaded the Irish folk revival. Of his later post-Planxty solo work "Ride On" is my favorite. Very Political yet drenched in melody and traditional arrangements. As for this hits collection the true standouts are "Natives" which will bring you to tears, "City Of Chicago" written by his brother Barry (who changed his name to Luka Bloom) and the awesome "Sweet Music Roll On" which contains my all-time favorite vocal, you will fall in love with this man. Enjoy!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wide variety of styles on one c.d., October 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Christy Moore (Audio CD)

I wanted to get an Irish c.d. for my mother-in-law for Christmas. My brother-in-law is an avid Irish music fan. He is hip to the Irish scene in Boston. He told me to get her a Christie Moore C.D. The C.D. came to the house, and to my suprise Christie Moore is not a female. I was quickly impressed with his voice. He has a voice that is rough as sandpaper when he wants it to be, or as smooth as silk for a ballad. I liked most of the songs on the C.D. Most of them were not composed by him, but come from leading composers in Ireland. I especially liked Biko the song dedicated to Steven Biko. It rivals the Biko song done by Peter Gabriel. I also like the one song Moore himself composed. A good beer drinking pub song if I ever heard one. Since I am not familiar with too many popular Irish composers I don't know how he ranks abroad. But to my U.S. ears he is very talanted.