A Woman's Heart: A Decade On

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 18, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Celtic Corner
• ASIN: B000089YB0
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,652 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. This is to Mother You - Sinead O'Connor

2. I Know My Love - The Corrs and The Chieftains

3. Poison Tree - Marcia Howard and Mary Black

4. 24 Hours - Frances Black

5. To Ramona - Sinead Lohan

6. Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy

7. Spanish Lady - Maighread and Triona Ni Dhomhnaill

8. Lark In The Clear Air - Cara Dillon

9. Bless the Road - Mary Black

10. Sorry To Say - Juliet Turner

11. The White Strand Sling - Sharon Shannon

12. Carrick-a-rede - Cathie Ryan

13. Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Dolores Keane and Tommy Sands

14. Please Heart, You're Killing Me - Eleanor McEvoy

15. Sweet By and By - Dolly Parton and Altan

16. Wild and Free - Mary Coughlan and Cafi Orchestra

17. Mystic Lipstick - Maura O'Connell

18. Down To The River To Pray - Alison Kraus

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Since it was released a decade ago, A Woman’s Heart, a survey of Irish female singers and instrumentalists, has become one of the best-selling Celtic music albums ever, and volume 2 sold almost as well. The present incarnation reunites the original participants but also includes Irish-American voices. Dolly Parton’s "In The Sweet By And By" and Alison Krauss’s "Down To The River To Pray" recall an old-time Appalachian tent revival. Accordionist Sharon Shannon and The Wild Bullocks resemble a hip ceili big-band on "The White Strand Sling." The Corrs obsess over an attractive deceiver on "I Know My Love," while Sinead O’Connor is tenderness incarnate on "This Is To Mother You." But Dolores Keane’s rendition of "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" is beyond poignant. Her silky alto, flanked by a mournful cello, two male singers, and a distant children’s choir, imbues a classic anti-war ballad with renewed urgency and pathos. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Beautifully Satisfying Listening Experience, September 22, 2004

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This review is from: A Woman's Heart: A Decade On (Audio CD)

A Woman's Heart 1 and 2 introduced me to a number of wonderful Celtic artists, most notably Dolores Keane. (Like "Mary29" I was also prompted to go out and buy as many of her CD's as I could find.) Though I thoroughly enjoyed all of the songs on "A Decade On" I was completely blown away by "Mystic Lipstick" (written by Christy Moore and sung here by Maura O'Connell), quite possibly the most hauntingly beautiful song I've ever heard. I have to believe the woman in this song is actually Ireland ... "She keeps fools for counsel, she keeps the wig and gown. The cloth and the bloody warfare, the stars and stripes and crown. And still we pray for a better day now, God willing it's for the best. But I've just seen the harp on the penny with a dollar on (...)." The imagery and heartbreak of the lyrics are conveyed perfectly by Maura O'Connell's beautiful interpretation and voice. Worth every penny for this song alone, this is one CD that I'm going to be playing over and over. (And I'll soon be having some Maura O'Connell CD's to keep my Dolores Keane CD's company :-)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing CD!, June 26, 2005

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This review is from: A Woman's Heart: A Decade On (Audio CD)

I was on a tour of Southern Ireland last year, and the tour guide played this as we drove from Dublin to Cork. The first chance I got, I went into a music store and purchased a copy for myself.

The beautiful ballad by Sinead O'Conner is worth the price of admission alone. It is a song to play when you need comforting, and a reminder that everything will indeed get better. The tour guide shared with me that he purchased it for that song alone.

Everytime I play it my mind goes back to that tour and watching the beautiful green hills and small villages of Ireland go by.

Buy this one...you won't regret it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving, February 5, 2005

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A friend gave me this last week. It's hard to stop playing it. "This Is To Mother You," "Fields of Gold," and "Down To The River To Pray" are especially moving. I highly recommend this CD.