Best irish album ever

addicted

A House: I am the greatest

the fnj

Loveless is probably my all time favourite Irish album, but I'm surprised no ones mentioned the Horslips, a really good band the Book of Invasions is a great album.

buzzerbuckley

Twist by The Fat Lady Sings Is a classic,very underated too.

A house I am the Greatest has got to be the one though while

NO more apologie`s by A house is another classic.

While Polichinelle by THe prayerboat and Waiting by The Devlins are also great along with that great whipping boy one already mentioned by many.
A sonic holiday by Engine Alley and If I should fall from grace with god by The Pogues are also great.

Made from sand the recent newie from Alphastates is another destined for greatness.class.

Smurfpiss

ah sure what about something happens??
classic pop rock that sides up there with A house and Whipping Boy.
Gotta love Dance the devil, Damien rice - O a brilliant record.
and snowpatrol final straw is rather addictive.
also like joshua tree....ah theres too much to choose!

James Hunt

Heartworm rightly gets a lot of plaudits - amazing album, woefully overlooked most of the time. One I haven't seen here is Surface Tension by The Plague Monkeys. Maybe not classic 'best of all time' type stuff, but deffo in my top three.

McGonagles

Currently my fav. Irish album is STAROS by the wonderful NINA HYNES

I'll probably never get tired of listening to it - it's really well sequenced;
Just as you think there's only 1 song left, there's really 3 or 4 to go.

It takes real talent to do that with pacing (like how you would pace a live set),
and not just slap a 2 minute gap and an out-take on the end on CD mastering
day and call it a "hidden track".

There will be a new Nina Hynes album soon-ish: apparently it'll be out
when it's ready and no sooner.
Most of what she plays live now is new songs.

McGonagles

Originally posted by Pete Reed

Jaysus, now I feel old.

Not as old as I felt on Bank Holiday Monday!

A lot of the bands that I really liked from that era never got as far as
making a "classic album"... so all we have to remember them by is a few singles
and memories of gigs in The Maggoty Bin, The Underground (before
The Rock Garden opended here), and of course McGonagles.

polarbelly

theres a poll bout this over on cluas.com at the moment for those of you interested

my favourite irish album is songs for polarbears by snow patrol (good choice mewzel)
i love their other album when its all over... and i really really like the latest one - final straw

my other irish favourites would be... heartworm - whipping boy, no more apologies - a house, dance the devil - the frames, and more recently plays well with others - the coldspoon conspiracy...

dunno how many of these count as classics but they're all amazing albums!!!

Sleepy

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
O - Damien Rice
Troublegum - Therapy
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 (Joshua Tree has some great songs but it has a few stinkers as well)

Glowingmind

Loveless, heartworm
and Dry Land by The Last Post is fantastic and probably the most criminally ignored irish album of recent years www.lastpost.net (and before someone says something i'm not associated with the last post in any way)
Also '404 Not Found' by decal is very good

McGonagles

Originally posted by Glowingmind
Also '404 Not Found' by decal is very good

It is - it's a real late night, lights out, raining outside kind of an album.

One of the songs on it is also on The Last Post's album.

Arthur Peanut

1. Whipping Boy's Heartworm
2. My Bloody Valentine's Loveless
3. u2's Achtung Baby
4. The Smiths' Queen is Dead, if you consider them Irish

McGonagles

Churchtown by Into Paradise was an excellent album.
Shame the single from it (Burns My Skin) suddenly got dropped by
almost every radio station ...

nlgbbbblth

Originally posted by McGonagles
Churchtown by Into Paradise was an excellent album.
Shame the single from it (Burns My Skin) suddenly got dropped by
almost every radio station ...

hmmm,
Churchtown I thought was a let-down

Under The Water and the first two 12"s were great

the 3rd and 4th albums Down All The Days and For No One had their moments

madouva

mexican pets/voice of trucker youth [/B]

Good stuff! Fair d.

Cherry

favourites in my collection are..

Ash - 1977
Snow Patrol - Songs for Polarbears & Final Straw
Damien Rice - O
M.B.V - Loveless
&.. aherm.. Lothlórien by Enya