When Christy Moore sings you can't help but pay attention and, as the title demands, listen. That famously smouldering voice, pungently burnished by years of wringing wit and wisdom from an versatile songbook retains its commanding presence throughout his first album since 2005.
No stranger to having accolades heaped upon a recording career spanning 40 years (including the hugely influential 70s folk group, Planxty), Moore is heard praising others for a change.
Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond, sounds as though its always been waiting to be coaxed into this forlorn, softly-sung eulogy to Syd Barrett, whilst Moore turns on the flinty anger in Duffy's Cut, spitting questions about 57 Irish navvies who mysteriously lost their lives building America's railroad in the 19th Century.
1. “Listen” – 2:48
2. “Does This Train Stop on Merseyside?” – 3:32
3. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” – 5:07
4. “The Ballad of Ruby Walsh” – 3:39
5. “China Waltz” – 3:11
6. “Barrowland” – 3:15
7. “Duffy’s Cut” – 3:30
8. “The Disappeared (Los Desaparecidos)” – 3:19
9. “Ridin’ the High Stool” – 3:04
10. “Gortatagort” – 3:42
11. “I Will” – 3:05
12. “John O’Dreams” – 3:06
13. “Rory’s Gone” – 3:39
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