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This CD is a sensational piece of pure Irish music. It is full of great songs with a common style in all of them. It is , in fact, the soundtrack of one of the most impressive musical plays with dancing. There are deep, beautiful songs, uplifting ones, that offer you a rich diversity of tunes. It is usually Uilleann Pipes and serious fiddle playing, both of which abound on this album. The rhythm becomes progressively faster by playing the same melody more and more quickly. You may think that listening to the same melody repeated times is boring, but it's not. After listening to the 1st minute you'll blame yourself for having thought such a wrong thing before.
Besides being a great actor, Michael Flatley is one of the best dancers in the contemporary scene.
As a dancer, I envy his ability to show his true feelings while he is moving his body. If you have the chance, watch the video and you'll get the impression you're in the audience.

*****Absolutely, it is the best compilation of Irish music*****

Ok, out of the three irish shows (Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, and Feet of Flames) This is my absolute favorite! The music is beautiful and uplifting!
here's a breakdown by song:
Cry of the celts:one of the best, but lacks the tap and thus the right energy
Suila Ruin:female vocal with some interesting lyrics, but not really the best delivery (a usual skip)
Celtic Dream: good, but suffers from a problem that most of the other songs don't-it's VERY repetative, and thus to long (longest on the CD)
Warriors: one of my favs! Perfect in almost every way!
Gypsy:one of the best songs on the CD, but yet suffers from the usual disease of these songs: too short!
Breakout: fair, and falls somewhere in the middle, also too short
The Lord of the Dance:one of the best on the CD, but again, lacks the energy from the tap
Spirit in the New World:why bother to take up space with this? It's not even worth a a mintue and a half!
Fiery Nights:poor beginning, but makes up for it as the song progresses
Lament:How many irish songs are called this? The song itself is fair, but could use a better title
Siamsa:one of my favs! Perfect in every way!
Our Wedding Day:another vocal, another skip
Stolen Kiss:very beautiful, but somewhat odd that it includes part of cry of the celts for over half the song
Nightmare:a perfect song for the title, and somewhat creepy
Victory:another poor intro, but a great song once you get into it! But yet, too short!
Bonus tracks: cry of the celts and The Lord of the Dance:
These two are the same songs...but with the tap in them! They are SO much better then the others, and have so much more energy to them! This redeems the CD and adds alot, as well as gives the perfect end to the perfect CD!

This is a great cd for anyone who is an irish dancer. I am an irish dancer and the music id fabulas a would recomend this cd to anyone. it is also fabulas to listen to if you are not an irish dancer its brill!!!!