The Woman I Loved So Well

Classic Irish folk, one of their best ever.

I love this album. Classic Planxty with that superstar lineup-- the rakish, expressive singing of Andy Irvine, the more soulful, deeper voice of Christy Moore, the amazing bouzouki by Donal Lunny and haunting pipes of Liam O'Flynn.

This album includes "True Love Knows No Season," which is actually a Western Ballad -- hearing a Western song of an outlaw sung by Christy Moore is worth the price of the album alone. The reels are wonderful, but I've always been partial to the songs, and every single song on this album is lyric, catchy, unforgettable. No comic throwaways here. "Roger O'Hehir" is an upbeat gallows song, "Kellswater" is a wistful love song (liner notes congratulate the couple on being the only people on the album to survive), "Johnny of Brady's Lea" is a haunting song of a gallant poacher who slaughters his ambushers, and "Little Musgrave" is a long ballad of adultery and revenge. Christy Moore and Andy Irvine have matured their talents over the years and here they are both captured at their peak, what more could you ask for. Still one of the finest albums on the Irish/ Folk genre you will hear.

This is the classic stuff from the highlight of their career as a group. Not to be missed!