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Christie Hennessy Green Album CD
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Christie Hennessy Green Album CD. Released 15th March 2010.
‘His first album I still cherish. I think it’s one of the greatest albums I’ve ever encountered in my life, it was totally unique – the songs on it were just heartwarming’ Christy Moore
Christie released his first album "Christie Hennessy" (also known as "The Green Album") in 1972, "The Rehearsal" 1992 (triple platinum), "A Year In The Life" 1993 (quadruple platinum), "Lord of Your Eyes" 1994 (triple platinum), "The Box" 1996 (triple platinum), "This Is As Far As I Go" 1999 (double platinum), "The Definitive Christie Hennessy" 2003, "Stories For Sale" 2005, "The Platinum Collection" 2007.
Christie was discovered by the late John Peel.
Christie composed the theme tune and incidental music for the BBC TV series "Get Well Soon" written by Ray Galton ("Steptoe & Son") and composed and wrote a Musical/Feature film about his native Ireland ("Two Stops to Paradise").
As well as writing Christie produced two of his own albums with Steve Nye, "The Box" and "This Is As Far As I Go". He solo produced Aled Jones' album "Whenever God Shines His Light".
The following legendary Irish artists all attained their first No.1's covering Christie's songs.
Christy Moore - "Don't Forget Your Shovel"
Frances Black - "All The Lies That You Told Me"
Moya Brennan - "Oh Jealous Heart"
Nizlopi attained their first No.1 ("JCB Song") sampling some of Christie's lyrics from "Don't Forget Your Shovel" (Xmas single 2005 - UK & Ireland)
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01. Stagolee
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02. Hign In The Trees
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03. Young Sailor
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04. Far Away In Australia
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05. Don't Get Yourself A Shovel
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06. Toomey's Yarn
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07. When I Go To Bed At Night
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08. Sing A Rag
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09. The All-Ireland
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10. Mr Sunshine's On My Side
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11. The Galway Shawl
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12. Messenger Boy
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13. When I'm Walking Out With Girl
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14. Will Murphy And Patsy McCann
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