Emerald Rock [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Thunderbolt
• ASIN: B00004U3TT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,038,439 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Saturday Night - The Frank And Walters

2. The Dancer - The Frames

3. The New Life - The Waterboys

4. Goldfinger - Ash

5. Loose - Therapy?

6. 1000% - Fatima Mansions

7. Checkin' In, Checkin' Out Alpaca Park - High Llamas

8. Zombie - The Cranberries

9. I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats

10. Five Point - Black 47

11. Pardon Me - Mundy

12. Haunted - Shane MacGowan & The Popes

13. U2 - Mysterious Ways (Manifesto Mix)

14. Rain Street - The Pogues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars U2 fans beware!, August 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Emerald Rock (Audio CD)

Watch out if you are buying this CD because you are a U2 fan. The CD only has one U2 song --a techno remix of Mysterious Ways. Other than that, I found the CD dissappointing. The only other track I was familiar with was "Zombie" by the Cranberries. 98% of the CD is tracks by obscure Irish bands that range from boring to cute but not worth buying the CD for. It's not even as if U2 has submitted fresh material for this one. Unless you are looking for a sample of Irish rock culture, this CD is probably not for you.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for Irish music fans, September 22, 2000

By 

Amy Battis (Beverly, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emerald Rock (Audio CD)

I must write to let people know that contrary to what a previous reviewer wrote, this is an excellent collection of contemporary Irish bands. I am sorry for the person who does not know of The Frames, Black 47, Shane McGowan, Ash, Therapy, The Boomtown Rats or The Waterboys. I think all of them are well worth the listen, and this is a nice collection of some of their more interesting songs. All of these songs appear on the artists' own albums, this is just a "Various Artists" collection, so it is unreasonable to think that this is all "new" material.

Don't just buy something for U2, for goodness' sake! Expose yourself to something good and new!

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great bands Yanks have never heard of., September 18, 2000

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Dr Richard Holland (Lincoln, Nebraska United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emerald Rock (Audio CD)

Unlike the other people who reviewed this CD I have heard of most of the bands included. If you were fooled into buying it just because you thought it had a new U2 song on it..thank you for playing anyway. However, you are lucky enough to be introduced to music from a country where styles of music other than Rap, heavy metal and neo-punk are frequently played on the radio and thus each band sounds different. You will be introduced to the likes of Therapy and Ash, two well known bands on the more tasteful side of the pond, and you will get a copy of the Boomtown rats "don't like mondays", unbelievable! Stop whining and appreciate good music.