Essential Fureys

The Fureys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bci / Eclipse Music
• ASIN: B000765IKE
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,734 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. When You Were Sweet Sixteen

2. Leezy Lindsay

3. The Grand Affair

4. Steal Away

5. I Will Love You

6. My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose

7. The Lonesome Boatman

8. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen

9. The Red Rose Cafe

10. Maggie

11. Yesterday's People

12. The Old Man

13. Old Joe

14. Siege of a Nation

15. The Anniversary Waltz

16. The Green Fields of France

Editorial Reviews

The fureys are one of irelands biggest exports. They have been performing together for over 32 years and continue to tour on a regular basis. The big songs are on this 2cd set: when you were sweet sixteen, maggie and the red rose caf‚. Contains 28 of the fureys' biggest hits! --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It touched my Irish heart!, February 25, 2004

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Janice Flynn (NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Fureys (Audio CD)

From the first to the last song I am enamored. I never tire of this album and sing along with every song.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something old,something new,something borrowed,but all to become Irish classics., January 15, 2012

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J. Guild (Toronto,Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Fureys (Audio CD)

Of all the Irish groups I enjoy so much,I have to say I love the Fury's best.I have seen them perform several times and whether in a small or large venue;you get the feeling you are sitting beside them in their home or a small pub.This is an excellent collection of their music.If you've ever heard them sing "When You Were Sixteen";you'll never forget it."Leezy" is a not often heard traditional song."Steel Away", by the great Phil Coulter,tells what it means to leave your homeland and and "steal away and start anew".This song will undoubtly be heard whenever Irish gather in North America. Though The Fury's make this sound as Irish as any Irish love ballad,it was written by Tom Paxton. "My Love Is Like A Red Rose" is by one of Scotland's greatest poets,Robert (Robbie) Burns;read and recited,the world over,but never better than when done by the Fury's .It'll make you believe ,every poem should be sung and with music. "Lonesome Boatman" is hauntingly beautiful by Finbar Fury.Everyone associates "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" with being Irish;but in fact it was written by a German in the American
as a promise to bring his love back east;but has become an Irish classic. "The Red Rose Cafe" is a rollicking ,yet soft,baroom ballad.The Fury's version is done with voice and words that are unbelievable in feelings;another ballad heard wherever the Irish gather for some good "craic".("Everyone there shares in the laughter;everyone is so happy to be there"). "Maggie" ,one of the world's best known Irish love songs is anomaly.It was actually written by a school teacher in rural Ontario,Canada.But then again,the Irish can make any song their own,especially the Fury's. "Yesterday's People",by Finbar are sentimental thoughts of older people and their lives and dreams.Phil Coulter,a friend of the Fury's, wrote this song on the passing of the Fury's father.It too,is a classic,reminding everyone of their father for "they never will forget him,for he made me what I am". "Old Joe" a song about an old man who roams the country--"Nobody wants to talk to him,but that's OK;'cause he's not too keen on talking anyway". "Siege of a Nation" is an excellent example of the great instrumental abilities of the Fury's.The Fury's once again,with "The Anniversity Waltz", show that they can make an old favorite sound like it's the first time you've ever heard it. "The Green Fields of France",another Irish classic song ,is about seeing a gravestone of a young Irish soldier who died in France during the Great War,at the young age of 19.It asks the question so many ask about the senseless dying and destruction that results from wars.It brings out the futility of war,and leaving only this question to the young soldier who gave up his life;

"Did they beat the drum slowly,
Did they play the fife lowly,
Did they sound the death march,
As they lowered you down?
And did the band play,
The Last Post and the chorus,
And did the pipes play,
"The Flowers Of The Forest"?

If you are looking for Irish music as good as it gets,look no further ,you'll find it by one of Ireland's best; The Fury's.