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Points: 746 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2006 at 17:01
Their albums are very hard to come by.I think most of them were at some point reissued on cd but are now deleted.Correct me if I'm wrong.
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By the way, Psychedelia, they were PHENOMENAL live (I saw them 11 times). Horslips Live and The Belfast gigs are great but they have recently released a double DVD. Disc 1 is a 2 hour documentary made for Irish TV (RTE) about the band and their influence. The 2nd disc is 19 live tracks from their 70s gigs. It's called The Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts and you can get it on their website http://www.horslips.ie/.

Definitely worth it. I'm listening to it now and hoping to see them again one day (they reformed recently and did a gig for RTE which revived enormous interest so they may do a tour).
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The Tain - 6* One of the best of the very best albums ever recorded.
The Book of Invasions - 5.5* A brilliantly composed and performed concept album.
Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part - 4.5* Brilliant debut, more folky than some.
Dancehall Sweethearts - 4* Contains some brilliant tracks, but a few don't quite cut it.
Roll Back - 5* Old tracks completely reworked acoustically; some are better even than the oriiginals.
Drive the Cold Winter Away - 5* It ain't prog but as a traditional album it has few peers.
The Unfortunate Cup of Tea - 2.5* Even the band don't like this; it has a few moments.
Tracks From the Vaults - 4* A hotchpotch of interesting leftovers

The other 4 are not bad, but not really prog.

I'm surprised more progheads don't investigate this brilliant band who blend folk, prog and rock so perfectly.
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Points: 427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2006 at 09:47
The Man Who Built America is my favourite, but it's more of a rock album. If you want the folk/prog thing, The Tain is the one for you, or the Book of Invasions.
    

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I recently got a Horslips best of and thought it was fantastic and so was wondering which album would be the best to get
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