August 5th, 2010 | 
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More than three decades and many albums spent charting the gorgeous musical landscape of Ireland have made the Chieftains by far the world’s most recognized and qualified ambassadors of Celtic sound and rhythm. Having toured the globe and garnered numerous awards, the traditional sextet has set its sights on something bigger: the pop charts. Though they’ve worked in the past with names like Roger Daltrey, Nanci Griffith, and Willie Nelson, on The Long Black Veil the Chieftai… More >>
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I hate this CD. I have most of the other Chieftan CD’s, and their collaboration with other artists has always worked in the past. This collection runs the gamut from mediocre to ludicrous. To paraphrase a line from Spinal Tap:”There’s a fine line between clever and stupid.” This one’s over the line. “Tears of Stone” is my current fave.
Rating: 1 / 5
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The opening track is an awesome collaboration with Sting. I thought that if the rest of the CD was that good, I’d love it. It isn’t, and I don’t. In fact, there are only two tracks on this disk I really like. The only other song I liked on it was the very funny Changing Your Demeanor (who knew Derek Bell could honky-tonk like that?!). The rest of it just doesn’t work. Tom Jones does such a hammy job of Tennessee Waltz, he ruins one of my all-time favorite songs. And I’m sorry, but Mick Jagger singing The Rocky Road to Dublin is just wrong.
A rare misfire from a usually rock-reliable group of musicians.
Rating: 1 / 5
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Having heard this album again for the first time in several years, I was struck by the fact that it’s a relatively schmaltzy collection of decent and not-so-decent tracks, featuring a rogues gallery of Anglosphere pop names: Sting, Sinead O’Connor, Van Morrison, Mick Jagger, Mark Knopfler, Tom Jones, the usual suspects are all here. Each artist reaches (sometimes painfully) for a degree of Old Country authenticity, backed by the signature Celtic pub bawdiness that has come to typify the Chieftains and their nostalgic Irish sound.
All I can say is, I enjoyed the instrumental tracks far more than the ones with singing, as the pop artists often seem to be trying too hard.
Perhaps I am just weary of the overall cultural rush to embrace and commercialize all things Gaelic/Celtic. I don’t know what it’s like in the UK, but here in the States, it seems as if every swinging Richard is putting on the Green, or swaggering in a kilt, no matter how attenuated their blood connection to the Isles.
So lift a pint to this mediocre work, burn the instrumental tracks for safekeeping, and pawn it off at your local buy/trade shop for something a tad more interesting.
Rating: 3 / 5
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Okay, I used to only listen to the first three songs, because “Have I told you lately that I loved you” was too boring for me. But, it’s been a long time for me. I just found out that the first song was in Gaelic. I love Gaelic.
Rating: 5 / 5
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the most powerful stuff ive heard. in my opinion it is strong as the delta blues, it rock and rolls more than our rock and roll ((in most places)) on this cd.
if you like heavy Rock(60′s-90). give this a listen with favoraite alchahol.i hope you the best nose bleed.
Rating: 5 / 5
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