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The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection
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The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection
Genres: Folk, International Music
 
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Under the musical direction of David Downes, The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection captures the stunning voices of Celtic Woman: Lisa, Méav, Chloë, Órla, Lynn & Alex and the inspired fiddle playing ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Celtic Woman
Title: The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Manhattan Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 10/28/2008
Genres: Folk, International Music
Styles: Celtic, Europe, Continental Europe
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Greatest Journey
UPC: 5099923412422

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Under the musical direction of David Downes, The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection captures the stunning voices of Celtic Woman: Lisa, Méav, Chloë, Órla, Lynn & Alex and the inspired fiddle playing of Máiréad. This essential collection of their most beloved and memorable songs also includes four new songs ("The Call","Pie Jesu", "Ave Maria", "You Raise Me Up" backed with a gospel choir) and two previously unavailable songs on CD, "Somewhere" from the Live at Slane Castle DVD and "Shenandoah" from the deluxe CD of A New Journey. The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection (DVD) is also available.

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CD Reviews

Love it!
Emily Smith | Florida, USA | 11/07/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Celtic Woman fans and music lovers alike will enjoy this release! If you are new to CW, I would recommend this CD. It is what it says it is: the essential collection. Compiled in this CD are many of the most loved songs that the group has released over the span of the past few years. For those who are not familiar with them, it is a good way to have a look at what they are all about.



In addition, there are two NEW songs that CW fans will go nuts for: "The Call" (lyrics by Brendan Graham) and "Pie Jesu," which is a duet between Chloe and Lynn. It is lovely to hear Lynn on these two songs, as she has a fantastic voice and is such a perfect addition to the group! "The Call" is an absolutely beautiful song. It's very powerful, very uplifting and has an almost haunting quality to it. In my opinion, it may end up being one of their best songs yet, and certainly one to look forward to hearing on the upcoming tour!



Also, for those of you who love CW's Christmas DVD, you'll notice that "Green The Whole Year Round" is on this CD! It has never before been put on one of their CD's (it wasn't on the Christmas CD, just the DVD), so that's very exciting! It's a lovely song, one of Lisa's best, so I was elated to see it on this album!



To me, this is the perfect "essential collection" or "greatest hits album," if you will. Most of the favorites are on it, and two new (AMAZING) songs are included.



The only negative I see is that I feel it is missing a few of their most amazing songs, most notably "Sing Out!" which is a favorite of mine. At the end of the day, however, it is difficult in deciding which songs to put on an album like this, especially because they have had so many lovely songs.



To sum up, Celtic Woman fans will love this release and will more than likely want to have it ASAP, even those of you who are more anxious for something completely new. Folks who may be curious about the group and interested in hearing their music should definitely get this as well."
Nothing new
lilibet | N.Y. | 12/05/2008
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I love Celtic Woman, that means I already have all their dvd's and cd's. I was so disappointed that this dvd was made up of clips from each of their previous dvd's (Celtic Woman, New Journey, Christmas). If you don't own any of their other dvd's or cd's then I would recommend this for you as a "best of" album but, if like me, you already have all the others you might be as disappointed at the lack of new material as I was."
Great cd
A. M. Molloy | 11/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just recently bought the cd Celtic Woman Essential Collection

I love it. The songs are so great to listen to. You can listen to this cd and you never get tired of it. It is fantastic and worth listening to.

I would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of Irish music and popular music."