The Irish Connection 2

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The Irish Connection 2
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 2012
RecordedFebruary–April 2012
StudioMillFactory, Denmark
Genre
Label Labrador Music
Producer Boe Larsen
Johnny Logan chronology
Nature of Love
(2010)
The Irish Connection 2
(2012)
It Is What It Is
(2017)

The Irish Connection 2 is the fifteenth studio album by Australian-born Irish singer and composer Johnny Logan. The album was released in December 2012 and charted in Denmark and Norway. The album is the "sister" album of Logan's 2007 release The Irish Connection . [1]

Contents

Track listing

Labrador Music – LM201332552
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lanigan's Ball"traditional4:38
2."Galway Girl" Steve Earle 2:56
3."The Irish Soul"Boe Larsen, Johnny logan 3:51
4."Body of An American" Shane MacGowan 3:30
5."Irish Heartbeat" Van Morrison 3:55
6."The Holy Ground"traditional4:06
7."Dearg Doom" Barry Devlin, Charles O'Connor, Eamon Carr, Jim Lockhart, John Fean3:26
8."Ellen's Song"Logan5:20
9."Fairytale of New York" Jem Finer, MacGowan4:24
10."Independent Man"Logan3:25
11."She Moved Through the Fair"traditional3:24
12."Matty Groves"traditional4:08
13."The Old Triangle" Brendan Behan 3:27

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [2] 17
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [3] 32

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