The Essential Chieftains

{{Short description|2006 greatest hits album by The Chieftains}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = The Essential Chieftains | type = greatest | artist = The Chieftains | cover = The-essential-chieftains-album.jpg | alt = | released = 26 September 2006 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Celtic | length = | label = RCA Victor | producer = Paddy Moloney | prev_title = Live From Dublin: A Tribute To Derek Bell | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = San Patricio | next_year = 2010 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r819483/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}

'''''The Essential Chieftains''''' is a career-spanning greatest hits album by The Chieftains first released in 2006. It is part of the ongoing 'The Essential' Sony BMG compilation series, their last release for RCA ending a 20-year history since signing with the label in 1986.

==Track listing==

===Disc 1: ''The Chieftains Roots'' === # "Lots of Drops of Brandy" – 3:43 # "O'Sullivan's March (The Theme from Rob Roy)" – 3:59 # "An Poc Ar Buile/The Dingle Set" – 5:57 # "Carolan's Concerto" – 3:05 # "The Wind That Shakes the Barley/The Reel with the Beryle" – 2:51 # "Sea Image" – 6:11 # "Boil the Breakfast Early" – 3:55 # "The Women of Ireland (The Love Theme from Barry Lyndon)/The Morning Dew" – 5:15 # "Full of Joy" – 2:31 # "The Green Fields of America" – 5:39 # "Santiago de Cuba" – 3:39 # "The Donegal Set" – 5:46 # "Jabadaw" – 3:06 # "The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve" – 3:06 # "The French March" – 4:51 # "The Stone" – 6:23 # "The Munster Cloak/Tabhair Dom Do Lamh (Give Me Your Hand)" with James Galway - 4:29 # "Chasing the Fox" (From the ''Ballad of the Irish Horse'') – 3:26

===Disc 2: ''The Chieftains and Friends'' === # "I Know My Love" (with The Corrs) – 3:52 # "Shenandoah" (with Van Morrison) – 3:52 # "Country Blues" (with Buddy & Julie Miller) – 3:13 # "Ladies Pantalettes/Belles of Blackville/First House in Connaught (Reels)" (with Béla Fleck) – 4:14 # "The Foggy Dew" (with Sinéad O'Connor) – 5:20 # "Red Is the Rose" (with Nanci Griffith) – 3:25 # "The Squid Jiggin' Ground/Larry O'Gaff" (with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) – 3:16 # "Lambs In the Greenfields" (with Emmylou Harris) – 3:21 # "Guadalupe " (with Linda Ronstadt & Los Lobos) – 2:51 # "Mo Ghile Mear - Our Hero" (with Sting) – 3:20 # "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (with Ricky Skaggs) – 2:42 # "Molly Bán (Bawn)" (with Alison Krauss) – 4:45 # "Long Journey Home (Anthem)" (with Elvis Costello & Anúna) – 4:17 # "The Rocky Road To Dublin" (with The Rolling Stones) (not on all releases) – 5:03 # "Love Is Teasin'" (with Marianne Faithfull) – 4:37 # "The Rebel Jesus" (with Jackson Browne) – 3:49 # "Il Est Né/Ça Berger" (with Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 5:19 # "Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór" (with The Rankins) – 4:37

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.thechieftains.com/ The Chieftains official website] * {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r819483|label=The Essential Chieftains}}

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