Song for Ireland

Mary Black | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gift Horse
• ASIN: B00000DLXO
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #26 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Europe
  • #31 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Celtic Folk
  • #72 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Irish Folk

Track Listings

1. Loving Hannah

2. Leaboy's Lassie

3. Schooldays Over

4. Men of Worth

5. Both Sides the Tweed

6. Colcannon

7. The Shadow

8. My Donald

9. Ellis Island

10. The Holy Ground

11. Song for Ireland

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the best, March 22, 2002

By 

Phil Buckberg (Olney, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Song for Ireland (Audio CD)

Brutal honesty: Mary Black has one of the most beautiful voices in creation, and she consistently wastes it on mediocre material. Fortunately, she has released almost as many "collections" of good material as she has new CD releases. "Song For Ireland" is a collection of more traditional or traditionally-inspired Irish material, and these are truly among the best performances of her career. Each of these, from the haunting "Loving Hannah" to the anthemic title song, is a gem unlike any you've heard anywhere else. In between, "School Days Over", "Both Sides the Tweed" and "Men of Worth" are rich with the texture of the Irish landscape (okay, "Both Sides" is actually about Scotland). If you haven't heard Mary Black, this is the one to start with. If you already like her music and don't own this, one listen and you'll wonder how you missed it. One note: this CD doesn't contain one of her all-time best vocals, "Will Ye Gang Love". For that, you have to find the first "Black Family" CD, which features Mary, her sister Frances and their three brothers. It's a wonderful CD in its own right, and well worth finding on most website stores.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music at it's highest Art Form!, May 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Song for Ireland (Audio CD)

The first time I heard Mary Black sing "Song For Ireland" I stood in the middle of a busy store & did not move for the entire song. Mary's voice carries in it the echoes of a people from long ago, their hopes, their dreams, their memories. I never make it through that song with dry eyes & this entire CD moves every part of my soul. This is music in it's highest form....moving the human heart.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD!, July 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Song for Ireland (Audio CD)

After a trip to Ireland to visit friends, I asked them for recommendations on an album with Irish balads and folk music. One person in the group said the name "Mary Black." I listened to the other CDs that Ms Black has produced and didn't find what I wanted -- until I found Song of Ireland! The whole CD just sends shivers down my spine and images of Ireland flow through my memory. You cannot go wrong with this album!