FRANK HARTE: MY NAME IS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Frank Harte: vocals
Donal Lunny: bouzouki, guitar
Although Harte and Lunny should hardly need an introduction, let's say that this, their fourth album together, is the crowning piece of a great collaboration between one of Ireland's foremost ballad singers and one of its most versatile and prolific accompanists. This 2-CD set is the logical follow-up to Harte and Lunny's previous album, the excellent "1798 The First Year of Liberty." Of course, the two had to outdo themselves, and this time put out two CDs, with a total of 26 songs. The album also happens to come out right on the heels of Terry Moylan's wonderful songbook "The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition" (see our Books section). I cannot imagine a most perfect confluence of materials for those interested in Irish history and music. Like with the previous CD, the booklet is a complete history lesson, putting each song in context as well as providing the full lyrics. Most highly recommended.
Rating: *****
Price: $29.99 Recommended
Contents:
CD 1
1. Isle of Saint Helena
2. The Nightingale
3. Bonny Light Horseman
4. Sweet Laurel Hill
5. My Son Tim
6. Napoleon's Farewell to Paris
7. King's Shilling
8. Bonny Bunch of Roses
9. Eighteenth of June
10. Grand Conversation on Napoleon
11. Lonely Waterloo
12. Green Linnet
13. Wounded Hussar
CD 2
1. Mantle of Green
2. The Love Token
3. My Love at Waterloo
4. Armagh Volunteer
5. Plains of Waterloo
6. Dearthairin O Mo Chroi
7. Napoleon's Lamentation
8. Welcome Napoleon to Erin
9. Granuaile
10. You Sons of Old Ireland
11. Napoleon Bonaparte
12. Whiskey in the Jar
13. Saxon's Shilling
