Lily (Christy Moore album)

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Lily
ChristyMoore Lily.jpg
Studio album by
Released2016
Genre Folk
Label Sony
Christy Moore chronology
Where I Come From
(2013)
Lily
(2016)
On the Road
(2017)

Lily is a studio album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 2016 by Sony Music. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mandolin Mountain" (Tony Small)
  2. "The Tuam Beat" (Pádraig Stephens)
  3. "The Gardener" (Paul Doran)
  4. "Lily" (Christy Moore, Wally Page)
  5. "Wallflower" (Peter Gabriel)
  6. "Oblivious" (Mick Blake)
  7. "The Ballad of Patrick Murphy" (John Spillane)
  8. "Lightning Bird Wind River Man" (Declan O'Rourke)
  9. "Green Grows the Laurel" (Traditional/Christy Moore)
  10. "Lost Tribe of the Wicklow Mountains" (Christy Moore, Dave Lordan) [2]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA) [3] 3

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References

  1. "Review: Christy Moore - Lily ***". RTÉ.ie . 21 May 2016.
  2. "Lily - Christy Moore | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  3. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 21, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 27 May 2016.