The Clancy Brothers - The Best Of The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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Free Music Notes for The Best Of The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
Free Music Review: Best of Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
Hit: 2 Stars
The volume of the songs is variable such that you have to constantly change the volume to listen. This ruins the effect of songs. Free Music Review: Still a good one, despite the problems.
Hit: 4 Stars
The positives: it's the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (and their families!). Enough said. The negatives: as many of the reviewers here have said, the sound levels and quality do differ from track to track. It seems like I've heard better quality recordings for several of the tracks on other Clancy albums, and the lyrics for a few (such as the "Castle of Dromore" and "Ballinderry") are almost completely inaudible. My second criticism is that the majority of the songs chosen for this album can't really be categorized as the Clancys' "best". While there are a good number of the major favorites, like "Brennan on the Moor" and "Whiskey You're the Devil", I'd say the majority of the songs here are minor ditties with the remainder being completely obscure and unmemorable songs I have no desire ever to hear again. Still, real Clancy fans will want to have even the minor ditties, so I give this album 4 stars despite everything. Free Music Review: MUCH better than these reviews give it credit
Hit: 4 Stars
The sound quality IS variable on this album--the brothers didn't drag their family members into the studio to make it. That being said, you'll find songs and versions on this album you'll find nowhere else. If you're a real fan of the Clancy Brothers, this is disc is well worth the price of admission.Free Music Review: A Blatant Rip-Off
Hit: 1 Stars
I've long been a fan of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and ordered this CD primarily for two of the songs on it. I should've read the reviews, and I should've been warned when one of the songs, Eileen Aroon was incorrectly labelled "Eileen Ardon".I can only say that the technical qualities of this recording make it unsuitable for anything one puts in a CD player. [Stores] ... should refuse to carry such shoddy merchandize. The tracks had more snaps, crackles, and pops than a celebrated breakfast cereal, and it seemed that some moron was fiddling with the volume control, so that even in the same song it was too faint to hear or blared from the speakers.
Free Music Review: Clancy fans, Stay away from this one!
Hit: 1 Stars
I'm not adding anything new to the previous reviews, just giving one more warning, this CD is to be avoided. A clever idea, having recordings of not just the Brothers and Makem but other family members as well. It should have worked, as the selections are fine, but it sounds like it was recorded off the radio with the type of cassette recorder used in elementary school for filmstrip presentations. There are many wonderful recordings of this great Irish folk group, get one of those instead.
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