It's All Good – The Best of Damien Dempsey

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It's All Good: The Best Of Damien Dempsey
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ReleasedFebruary 2014 (Ireland)
Label Clear
Damien Dempsey chronology
Almighty Love
(2012)
It's All Good: The Best Of Damien Dempsey
(2014)
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It's All Good: The Best of Damien Dempsey is a compilation album by Irish singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey, released in February 2014. [3] The album contains twenty-nine tracks over two discs, [4] and topped the Irish Albums Chart.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."It's All Good"5:16
2."Sing All Our Cares Away"3:35
3."Apple of My Eye"3:44
4."Kilburn Stroll"5:12
5."Canadian Geese"4:54
6."Not On Your Own Tonight"4:00
7."Patience"5:05
8."Chris and Stevie"5:55
9."Serious"4:55
10."Colony"7:11
11."Negative Vibes"4:46
12."Factories"5:20
13."Bustin Outta Here"5:43
14."Spraypaint Backalley"6:30
Disc two
No.TitleLength
15."Party On"4:59
16."Maasai"3:59
17."How Strange"5:48
18."The Rocky Road"3:55
19."Kelly From Killan / The Teetotaler"5:41
20."St Patrick's Brave Brigade"5:14
21."A Rainy Night in Soho"6:17
22."The Auld Triangle"4:19
23."Ghosts of Overdoses"4:40
24."Your Pretty Smile"4:17
25."I've No Alibi"5:20
26."Almighty Love"3:48
27."Beside the Sea"4:57
28."Happy Days"3:39
29."You're the Cure"6:52

Charts

Chart performance for It's All Good – The Best of Damien Dempsey
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA) [5] 1

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