The Wide World Over

Greatest hits album by The Chieftains

Released

March 5, 2002

Recorded

1985–2000

Genre

Irish folk music, Celtic music

Length

71:25

Label

RCA Records

The Chieftains chronology

Water from the Well
(2000)

The Wide World Over
(2002)

Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
(2002)

The Wide World Over is a 40th anniversary, greatest hits-like compilation by the Irish musical group The Chieftains. It gathers tracks from The Chieftains in China until Water from the Well, as well as four new releases.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	From the album:	Length
1.	"March of the King of Laois/Paddy's Jig/O'Keefes/Chattering Magpie (Reels)"	An Irish Evening	4:25
2.	"The Foggy Dew" (feat. Sinéad O'Connor)	The Long Black Veil	5:01
3.	"I Know My Love" (feat. The Corrs)	Tears of Stone	3:27
4.	"Cotton-Eyed Joe" (feat. Ricky Skaggs)	Another Country	2:46
5.	"The Magdalene Laundries" (feat. Joni Mitchell)	Tears of Stone	4:57
6.	"Live from Matt Molloy's Pub"	Water from the Well	2:21
7.	"Shenandoah" (feat. Van Morrison)	Long Journey Home	3:52
8.	"The Munster Cloak/An Poc Ar Buile/Ferny Hill/Little Molly"	New release	6:12
9.	"Morning Has Broken" (feat. Diana Krall and Art Garfunkel)	New release	2:55
10.	"Morning Dew/Women of Ireland"	Film Cuts	2:57
11.	"Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)" (feat. Sting)	The Long Black Veil	3:30
12.	"Carolan's Concerto" (feat. The Belfast Harp Orchestra)	The Celtic Harp	3:02
13.	"Guadalupe" (feat. Linda Ronstadt and Los Lobos)	Santiago	3:31
14.	"Full of Joy" (feat. Traditional Chinese Ensemble)	The Chieftains in China	3:24
15.	"Here's a Health to the Company"	A Chieftains' Celebration	3:03
16.	"Chasing the Fox" (feat. The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and Erich Kunzel)	New release	4:11
17.	"Long Journey Home (Anthem)" (feat. Elvis Costello)	Long Journey Home	3:21
18.	"The Rocky Road to Dublin" (feat. The Rolling Stones)	The Long Black Veil	4:17
19.	"Redemption Song" (feat. Ziggy Marley)	New release	4:23
Total length:			71:25

↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2006. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.

Personnel

Derek Bell – cláirseach, oboe, keyboards, tiompán, vocals
Kevin Conneff – bodhrán, vocals
Martin Fay – fiddle, bones, vocals
Seán Keane – fiddle, tin whistle, vocals
Matt Molloy – flute, tin whistle, vocals
Paddy Moloney – uilleann pipes, tin whistle, button accordion, bodhrán, vocals

The Chieftains

Paddy Moloney Seán Keane Kevin Conneff Matt Molloy Martin Fay Seán Potts Michael Tubridy David Fallon Peadar Mercier Derek Bell Ronnie McShane

Studio albums	The Chieftains (1963) The Chieftains 2 (1969) The Chieftains 3 (1971) The Chieftains 4 (1973) The Chieftains 5 (1975) The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte's Retreat (1976) The Chieftains 7 (1977) The Chieftains 8 (1978) The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early (1979) The Chieftains 10: Cotton-Eyed Joe (1980) The Chieftains in China (1985) Ballad of the Irish Horse (1986) Celtic Wedding (1987) Irish Heartbeat (with Van Morrison) (1988) A Chieftains Celebration (1989) The Bells of Dublin (1991) Another Country (1992) The Long Black Veil (1995) Santiago (1996) Tears of Stone (1999) Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions (2002) Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003) San Patricio (with Ry Cooder) (2010) Voice of Ages (2012)

Compilation albums	Film Cuts (1996) Fire in the Kitchen (1998) The Wide World Over (2002) The Essential Chieftains (2006)

Live albums	The Chieftains Live! (1977) An Irish Evening (1992) Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell (2005)

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