The Greatest Journey

Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey - Essential Collection
Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey - Essential Collection
Compilation album by Celtic Woman
Released	28 October 2008
Genre	Celtic, new-age, adult contemporary, classical
Language	English, Irish, Latin
Label	Manhattan
Producer	David Downes
Celtic Woman chronology

Last updated April 19, 2022

Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey is a compilation album by the group Celtic Woman, released on 28 October 2008. It features tracks from their self-titled debut album and A New Journey (despite some having been re-recorded), plus three new tracks.

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"The Call"	Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lynn Hilary, Lisa Kelly, Máiréad Nesbitt, Alex Sharpe	4:19
2.	"Pie Jesu"	Agnew, Nesbitt, Hilary	3:31
3.	"You Raise Me Up"	Agnew, Fallon, Hilary, Kelly, Nesbitt	4:42
4.	"Harry's Game"	Fallon	2:32
5.	"The Butterfly"	Nesbitt	3:02
6.	"The Voice"	Kelly, Nesbitt	3:07
7.	"Danny Boy"	Méav Ní Mhaolchatha	3:26
8.	"The Soft Goodbye"	Agnew, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha	4:00
9.	"Shenandoah / The Contradiction"	Nesbitt	4:04
10.	"Isle of Innisfree"	Fallon	3:29
11.	"Dúlamán"	Ní Mhaolchatha	3:06
12.	"Green the Whole Year 'Round"	Kelly	4:49
13.	"Ave Maria"	Agnew	2:55
14.	"The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra	5:21
15.	"Somewhere"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha	2:14
16.	"Beyond the Sea"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	3:21
17.	"Mo Ghile Mear" (Bonus track; live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	5:06
18.	"Spanish Lady" (Bonus track; live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	2:18

Bonus track on Japanese HQCD
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
19.	"Walking in the Air"	Agnew	3:31

Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey - The Essential Collection DVD

Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey - The Essential Collection was released on DVD on 30 January 2008 and features vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. The DVD follows the same format as the CD by reprising songs from previous concerts at the Helix Theatre in Dublin, Ireland in 2004 and Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland in 2006. Some of the tracks are presented as montages of footage from both concerts, such as "Orinoco Flow", while others are partially abbreviated, such as "Mo Ghile Mear".

DVD track listing

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Mo Ghile Mear"	Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Máiréad Nesbitt, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra	4:26
2.	"The Prayer"	Agnew	4:20
3.	"Harry's Game"	Fallon	2:32
4.	"The Butterfly"	Nesbitt	3:02
5.	"Green the Whole Year 'Round"	Kelly	4:49
6.	"Orinoco Flow"	Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha	3:33
7.	"Walking in the Air"	Agnew	4:22
8.	"Danny Boy"	Ní Mhaolchatha	3:26
9.	"The Voice"	Kelly, Nesbitt	3:07
10.	"Scarborough Fair"	Westenra	3:13
11.	"Granuaile's Dance"	Nesbitt	3:40
12.	"Isle of Innisfree"	Fallon	3:29
13.	"Sing Out!"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha	4:04
14.	"Over the Rainbow"	Agnew, Fallon, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	2:37
15.	"The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	5:21
16.	"May it Be"	Kelly	3:47
17.	"One World"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha	3:50
18.	"Dúlamán"	Ní Mhaolchatha	3:06
19.	"Newgrange"	Fallon	3:07
20.	"At the Céilí"	Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha	4:59
21.	"Shenandoah / The Contradiction"	Nesbitt	4:04
22.	"Caledonia"	Kelly	4:49
23.	"Somewhere"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha	2:14
24.	"The Soft Goodbye"	Agnew, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha	3:59
25.	"Nella Fantasia"	Agnew	3:42
26.	"Spanish Lady"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	2:18
27.	"You Raise Me Up"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	4:42

Personnel

Per the liner notes:
Featured performers

Chloë Agnew – vocals
Órla Fallon – vocals, harp
Lisa Kelly – vocals
Lynn Hilary – vocals
Méav Ní Mhaolchatha – vocals
Máiréad Nesbitt – fiddle
Alex Sharpe – vocals
Hayley Westenra – vocals (uncredited)

Band

Des Moore – guitar, bouzouki
Eoghan O'Neill – bass guitar
John O'Brien – pipes, whistle
Ray Fean – drums, percussion
Robbie Casserly – additional percussion
Nicky Bailey – percussion
Robbie Harris, Andrew Reilly – bodhrán
Andreja Malir – harp
Andrew Boland – pièna-flörten
David Downes – keyboards, whistles, percussion, backing vocals

The Irish Film Orchestra

Caitríona Walsh – orchestra contractor
John Page, David Downes – conductors
Alan Smale – concertmaster
Martin Johnston, Bill Butt – solo cello

Aontas Choral Ensemble

Rosemary Collier – choral director

Discovery Gospel Choir

Róisin Dexter – conductor

Production

David Downes – production, arrangements, orchestrations, additional engineering
Andrew Boland – engineering, mixing
Recorded at Corrig Sound, Windmill Lane Studios 1 & 2 and RTÉ Studio 1, Dublin, Ireland
Mixed at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Mastered at Joe Gastwirt at Gastwirt Mastering, Los Angeles, United States

Chart history

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[1]	83
US Billboard 200 ^[2]	75
US World Albums (Billboard)^[3]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	Gold	7,500^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

↑ "Swisscharts.com – Celtic Woman – The Greatest Journey – Essential Collection". Hung Medien.
↑ "Celtic Woman Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
↑ "Celtic Woman Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard.
↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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[ac_Switzerland_Celtic_Woman-1] "Swisscharts.com – Celtic Woman – The Greatest Journey – Essential Collection". Hung Medien.

[ac_Billboard200_Celtic_Woman-2] "Celtic Woman Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardWorld_Celtic_Woman-3] "Celtic Woman Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard.

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