This Is the Day (album) explained
This is the Day is an album released by Irish folk singer/songwriter Christy Moore in 2001.
It contains a tribute to Veronica Guerin, an Irish journalist who was murdered in 1996 by drug dealers. Moore also covers the song "Victor Jara", a tribute to the Chilean folk singer with lyrics by Adrian Mitchell and music by Arlo Guthrie.[1] The song makes reference to the brutal murder of Jara during the Chilean coup of 1973.
Track listing
- "How Long" (Jackson Browne)
- "So Do I" (Wally Page)
- "Johnny Don't Go to Ballincollig" (John Spillane)
- "Veronica" (Christy Moore, Declan Sinnott, Dónal Lunny)
- "Jack Doyle" (aka "The Contender") (Jimmy McCarthy)
- "Compañeros" (Ewan MacColl)
- "Cry Like a Man" (Dan Penn)
- "A Stitch in Time" (Mike Waterson)
- "Victor Jara" (Adrian Mitchell, Arlo Guthrie)
- "Scallcrows" (Moore, Sinnott, Lunny)
- "The Pipers Path" (Chris Collins, Lal Waterson)
Personnel
- Christy Moore - vocals, guitar
- Declan Sinnott - acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
- Dónal Lunny - bouzouki, bodhrán, keyboards, percussion, guitar, backing vocals
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/victor-jara.shtml Song lyrics
- Web site: Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 31 May 2001 . . 4 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180502210853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2001&year=2001&week=22 . dead . 2 May 2018.
- Web site: Best of Albums 2001. Irish Recorded Music Association. 26 May 2022.