Greatest Irish Bands (Bonus Dvd)

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B0001BS4RE
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,891 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Where The Streets Have No Names / U2

2. Whiskey In A Jar / Thin Lizzy

3. Nothing Compares 2 U / Sinead O’Connor

4. I Don’t Like Mondays / Boomtown Rats

5. In A Lifetime / Clannad (with Bono)

6. Fairytale of New York / The Pogues featuring Kristy MacColl

7. Alternative Ulster / Stiff Little Fingers

8. Tattooed Lady / Rory Gallagher

9. Linger / The Cranberries

10. Breathless/ The Corrs

11. Don’t Go / Hothouse Flowers

12. Teenage Kicks / The Undertones

13. Brown Eyed Girl / Van Morrison

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

If a fan could create the ultimate Irish rock concert, Greatest Irish Bands (Hip-O/UTV Records), released February 24, 2004, just three weeks before St. Patrick’s Day, would be that Celtic rockfest. With signature songs from U2, Sinéad O’Connor, The Pogues, Van Morrison, Thin Lizzy, The Corrs, Stiff Little Fingers, Hothouse Flowers, The Undertones, Boomtown Rats, The Cranberries, Rory Gallagher, and Clannad featuring Bono plus the bonus DVD short film Sightings Of Bono, a must-have-for-any-U2-fan available for the first time, Greatest Irish Bands rocks the Emerald Isle and beyond. U2 is heard with "Where The Streets Have No Name," the Top 20 hit from 1987’s The Joshua Tree, the band’s first #1 album. Bono is also part of Sightings Of Bono, a seven-minute film shot in Dublin in 2000 about a girl who sees the U2 lead singer everywhere until she eventually meets him in the shop where she works. The short was seen in a few theaters and on the Internet but has never been released elsewhere until now. Another Bono appearance is as guest vocalist on Clannad’s "In A Lifetime" from the trad-pop family band’s 1986 Macalla album. And another recent Irish family band, The Corrs, chimes in with "Breathless," their Top 40 hit from 2000’s In Blue. The Cranberries, the biggest-selling Irish rock artists outside of U2, are represented by "Linger," their gold Top 10 hit from their 1993 breakthrough Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? Sinéad O’Connor’s Prince-penned "Nothing Compares 2 U" was a stunning #1 from her 1990 #1 album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got. The album also extends back in time, beginning with Van Morrison’s 1967 Top 10 classic "Brown-Eyed Girl." In 1973, legendary blues-rock guitarist-singer-songwriter Rory Gallagher released "Tattoo’d Lady." That same year, the Phil Lynott-led Thin Lizzy reached the U.K. Top 10 with a rock version of the traditional Irish pub ballad "Whiskey In The Jar." Then came punk. The Undertones first issued "Teenage Kicks" in 1978 before putting it on the band’s 1979 self-titled debut album and opening for the Clash on their U.S. tour. Also that year, Stiff Little Fingers, known as "The Irish Clash," was heard with "Alternative Ulster." Another track that year, "I Don’t Like Mondays," was the second straight U.K. #1 for the Boomtown Rats. Yet the most admired Irish punk band is The Pogues, led by Shane MacGowan. Their biggest hit (#2 U.K.) was 1988’s "Fairy Tale Of New York," which featured Kirsty MacColl. 1988 also saw the Hothouse Flowers’ "Don’t Go," a #2 U.K. hit. So raise a pint and turn up the stereo to Greatest Irish Bands.

Product Description

NO "DANNY BOY", NO "ROSE OF TRALEE" JUST GREAT IRISH BANDS PERFORMING THE SONGS THAT MADE THEM FAMOUS.

Featuring signature songs from U2, Sinéad O’Connor, The Pogues, Van Morrison, Thin Lizzy, The Corrs, Stiff Little Fingers, Hothouse Flowers, The Undertones, Boomtown Rats, The Cranberries, Rory Gallagher, and Clannad featuring Bono.

GREATEST IRISH BANDS comes with a BONUS DVD featuring "SIGHTINGS OF BONO," the much talked about short film featuring BONO! The comedic film is about one young woman’s obsessive quest to document her frequent sightings of Dublin’s most famous man about town. AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER and ONLY WITH GREATEST IRISH BANDS! A must have for any U2 FAN!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Ireland's top artists get it in gear for U2", February 26, 2004

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Irish Bands (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day ~ from Hip-O Records "Greatest Irish Bands", featuring some of the best selling artists from the green hills of Ireland. This release gives the listener thirteen ultimate rockin' tunes from U2, Thin Lizzy, Sinead O'Connor, The Boomtown Rats, Clannad Featuring Bono, The Pogues Featuring Kristy MacColl, Stiff Little Fingers, Rory Gallager, The Cranberries, The Corrs, Hothouse Flowers, The Undertones and Van Morrison ~ blending classic flavored rock, traditional and punk favorites, with a touch of a four leaf clover line up.

Top of the morning stand outs are ~ "NOTHING COMPARES 2 U" (Sinead O'Connor), went to number one in 1990, "I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS'" (The Boomtown Rats) and "FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK" (The Pogues featuring Kristy MacColl) ~ make this album worth the price of admission.

The bonus DVD ~ "SIGHTING OF BONO", featuring Bono in a seven minute short film, makes this a collectors dream come true ~ if you're a U2 fan, this is a must have for your collection.

Total: CD & DVD ~ UTV 157600 ~ (2/24/2004)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for the price!, March 10, 2008

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Stacy Pulliam (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Irish Bands (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

I dont have this one but I have almost ALL of these songs. If youve never heard these bands/artists this is a really good introduction. I give this one 5 stars because RORY GALLAGHER is here as well as the STIFF LITTLE FINGERS! Its a nice collection of DIFFERENT music genres. You can get a basic idea of how these artists sound.(for example- Rory Gallagher is blues/rock and the Stiff Little Fingers are Punk rock....in case you didnt know) .....I really cant believe RORY is on this one! Yeeaaa!

5.0 out of 5 stars It's grand to be sure!!!, August 10, 2005

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Goldilocks (Auckland New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Irish Bands (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

Amazing album containg great contemporary Irish bands and song mixed with classic hits.