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The 13 tracks on The Galway Girl: Best of Sharon Shannon album include a selection of classic Sharon Shannon favourites along with both versions of her hit single, The Galway Girl--the original version featuring Steve Earle and a newly-recorded studio version with Mundy. Special guests featured on the album include Damien Dempsey, Dessie O’Halloran, Kirsty MacColl, Michael McGoldrick, Jackson Browne and Mike Scott of The Waterboys. The title track was written by Steve Earle and he recorded it with Shannon in 1999 for her hugely successful Diamond Mountain Sessions album. The song has been gaining in popularity ever since--it won the most downloaded single for 2007 at the Irish Meteor Awards.
Track listing:
1. The Galway Girl (with Steve Earle)
2. Blackbird
3. What You Make It (da da da da) (with Marvel & Lady K)
4. Gaffo's Ball
5. Courtin' In The Kitchen (with Dessie O'Halloran, Damien Dempsey & Mundy)
6. I've No Alibi (Live) (with Damien Dempsey)
7. Tune For A Found Harmonium
8. A Man Of Constant Sorrow (with Jackson Browne)
9. Neckbelly
10. A Song Of The Rosy Cross (with Mike Scott)
11. Libertango (with Kirsty MacColl
12. Bag Of Cats
13. The Galway Girl (with Mundy)
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