Best Irish Album?

Eve_Dublin

This has probably been done before but could people name their favourite Irish album of all time? Doing a bit of research here. Name just one please. Thanks a million

Mine is: A House - I Want Too Much

Howard the Duck

For me probably ASH "1977"

Xavi6

^ Beat me to it so I'll go -

JJ72 - JJ72

Love that album.

noby

Loveless. Or Heart Worm if we're allowed two.

brayblue24

"Roisin Dubh" by Thin Lizzy but TBH it's possibly for the title track. Cracker...

Stompbox

Thought Delorentos 'In Love With Detail' was incredible. Particularly that opening track

Slidey

Thin lizzy, live and dangerous...
Probably win best live album too... can of worms anyone??

DublinWriter

slideways wrote: »

Thin lizzy, live and dangerous...
Probably win best live album too... can of worms anyone??

+1

A distant second would be Pugwash and Jolity; it's really refreshing to hear music coming out of Ireland that isn't self-consciously Irish.

lordgoat

Heartworm by Whipping Boy.

Go and find it if you have never heard it.

Mr. Presentable

The best is Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

Creamy Goodness

1977

-or-

my bloody valentine - loveless

humberklog

Achtung Baby.
17years old,every track still sounds good. Berlin's elektropolis lying on it's back like a turtle with a grafitti daubed shell waving it's feet. Fun,dark,sexy.

Photi

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless.

Hands down.

Insect Overlord

The Frames, "Fitzcorraldo"

Rockbox

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous.......still standing the test of time! (or Black Rose if you're counting studio records).

Creature

U2 - Achtung Baby

Keano

JJ72 - JJ72

Never get sick of listening to it

DerekD Goldfish

MBV-Loveless
wins it but
Microdisney- Everybody is Fantastic
Whipping Boy-Heartworm
Fatima Mansions-Viva dead ponies
Rollerskate Skinny- Horsedrawn wishes

come close

JC 2K3

Loveless by miles.

nice1franko

Richie Kavanagh - Aon Focal Eile

Mr E

Naming just one is tough - I'll pick The 4 Of Us - Songs for the Tempted (one of the first albums I bought)

Honorable Mentions.... A House - I Am The Greatest, A House - Wide Eyed and Ignorant, The Devlins - Waiting, Something Happens - Stuck Together with Gods Glue, Mundy - Jellylegs, The Frank and Walters - Trains Boats and Planes, Blink - Map of the Universe, Rubyhorse - Rise

Sorry

hawkmoon269

Ohmigod, two posters mentioned U2!! The horror! I guess the usual indie/metal snobs will be in shortly to tell you that, in fact, you're wrong!!

Imagine that! An IRISH person, on an IRISH forum, actually confessing to a liking for the greatest band that ever came out of Ireland!!

**** me!!

Affable

Do The Pogues count?

carchaeologist

Its a toughie!
Rory Gallagher-irish tour is one of my favourites

Blink-A map of the universe,i couldnt get enough of this album back in the day,whatever happened to these guys,they were great,saw them live in the old oak in tralee once.

Vagabonds of the western world-Thin lizzy

Declan o rourke-Since kyabram, a perfect album.

humberklog

hawkmoon269 wrote: »

Ohmigod, two posters mentioned U2!! The horror! I guess the usual indie/metal snobs will be in shortly to tell you that, in fact, you're wrong!!

Imagine that! An IRISH person, on an IRISH forum, actually confessing to a liking for the greatest band that ever came out of Ireland!!

**** me!!

Balls of steel indeed hawk. But right is right. A good album should play good all the way through and achtung baby does that. I wouldn't be u2s biggest fan,then again i wouldn't be the biggest fan of any irish band. But most of the other albums mentioned have seriously big holes in them. Some do indeed have little gems that could mean something to the listener but 4decent songs does not make a good album and definately not 'the best'.

tony 2 tone

carchaeologist wrote: »

Its a toughie!
Blink-A map of the universe,i couldnt get enough of this album back in the day,whatever happened to these guys,they were great,saw them live in the old oak in tralee once.

There was talk of re-releasing their 3 albums on their myspace page. Originally said end of '07 but now says '08, but no set date.

JC 2K3

hawkmoon269 wrote: »

Imagine that! An IRISH person, on an IRISH forum, actually confessing to a liking for the greatest band that ever came out of Ireland!!

Who gave you the authority to declare U2 as the greatest band to ever come out of Ireland?

Personally, I think My Bloody Valentine were the greatest band to ever come out of Ireland and Loveless is just awesome, from start to finish. However, with the attitude that you seem to have, I doubt you'd give that opinion the time of day.

I think you are the real snob here.

Xavi6

hawkmoon269 wrote: »

Ohmigod, two posters mentioned U2!! The horror! I guess the usual indie/metal snobs will be in shortly to tell you that, in fact, you're wrong!!

Imagine that! An IRISH person, on an IRISH forum, actually confessing to a liking for the greatest band that ever came out of Ireland!!

**** me!!

Eh b*llox tbh

humberklog

Xavi6 wrote: »

Eh b*llox tbh

I kinda agree with you but i can't back it up. There are/were a lot of really crap bands in ireland with a dedicated and vocal following. U2 have longevity and the occassional re-invention that (regardless of personal taste) their ouvre gotta stand for something. And in the land of the blind the chap with the stick is king.
Achtung Baby is a pretty decent stick.

Stompbox

Yeah there's far too much U2 knockin' goin' on. Like honestly, they're one of few Irish bands who actually put Ireland on the map.

Kold

Loveless. I dislike all the other albums mentioned here.

Xavi6

Sweet wrote: »

Yeah there's far too much U2 knockin' goin' on. Like honestly, they're one of few Irish bands who actually put Ireland on the map.

Well then you definitely have to like them :rolleyes:

humberklog

Sweet wrote: »

Yeah there's far too much U2 knockin' goin' on. Like honestly, they're one of few Irish bands who actually put Ireland on the map.

Fcuk putting ireland on the map. Columbus put america on the map and nobody's whistling any of his shantys.

Sherifu

Luke Kelly - The Collection

Stompbox

Xavi6 wrote: »

Well then you definitely have to like them :rolleyes:

I don't recall saying whether you have to like them or not.

The least ya can do is tolerate that their music has made countless people acroos the globe happy and that's what music should be all about. Why did you have to call that other poster's opinion bollocks?! What I mean to say is, if you dislike an artist, you could at least respect other peoples opinions on the matter.


'Fcuk putting ireland on the map. Columbus put america on the map and nobody's whistling any of his shantys.'

Well maybe that's because Columbus was an explorer, not a musician. And as for singing Columbus's praises, knowledge of his deeds are mandatory on the Junior Certificate course, if that's not appraisal I don't know what is.

JC 2K3

Sweet wrote: »

Why did you have to call that other poster's opinion bollocks?! What I mean to say is, if you dislike an artist, you could at least respect other peoples opinions on the matter.

I presume he meant that in his opinion, the notion that U2 are the greatest band to come out of Ireland is bollocks.

And in fairness, the poster who he quoted implied that anyone who didn't think U2 were the greatest band to come out of Ireland was an Indie/Metal snob....

Creamy Goodness

hawkmoon269 wrote: »

Ohmigod, two posters mentioned U2!! The horror! I guess the usual indie/metal snobs will be in shortly to tell you that, in fact, you're wrong!!

Imagine that! An IRISH person, on an IRISH forum, actually confessing to a liking for the greatest band that ever came out of Ireland!!

**** me!!

only because you fecking mentioned it.

there were 8 posts from the first U2 nomination and your post and not a single word was said about their nominations. then you waltzed in.v

Death or Glory

Ash- 1977
JJ72- JJ72

Both classic debuts, and soundtracks to my teenage years

Mr E

Jesus lads back on topic

lordgoat

Cremo wrote: »

only because you fecking mentioned it.

there were 8 posts from the first U2 nomination and your post and not a single word was said about their nominations. then you waltzed in.v

Cheers for posting that, as my repsonse wouldn't have been as nice.

U2 are i think the second biggest selling irish artist, nowhere near the best band though imo.

deemy

off hand it has to be 'live and dangerous'. eeexxxcellent

funktastic

U2- 'Achtung Baby/joshua Tree/Unforgettable fire'
Rory Gallagher-'Irish Tour/Deuce/Live in Europe'
My bloody Valentine 'Loveless/Isn't anything'
Ash- '1977'
Whipping Boy - 'Heartworm'
sinead O'Connor- 'The lion and the cobra'
Enya-'Watermark'
Cranberries-'Everybody else is doing it so why can't we' ('Dreams', 'Linger' and 'Sunday' are classics)

Johnny Jukebox

It is of course Ghostown by The Radiators

humberklog

Johnny Jukebox wrote: »

It is of course Ghostown by The Radiators

The only other irish album that plays true from start to finish. A great album by an irish band.