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| Last album = ''Live with the Ulster Orchestra''<br/>(2011)
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'''''Biography''''' is a [[greatest hits]] [[compilation album]] by Irish [[Celtic rock]] band [[Horslips]]. The first disc comprises each of the band's singles that were released in the UK. The second comprises the B-sides to each of those singles, some of which have never been released on CD before. The album was released on November 1, 2013, to coincide with the release of the book ''Tall Tales: The Official Biography of Horslips''.<ref name=press_release>{{cite web|title=HORSLIPS - BIOGRAPHY|url=http://www.horslips.ie/MOOCCD031.htm|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=horslips_official>{{cite web|title=Horslips Official|url=http://horslips.ie/BIOGRAPHYWEBPAGE.html|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>
'''''Biography''''' is a [[greatest hits]] [[compilation album]] by Irish [[Celtic rock]] band [[Horslips]]. The first disc comprises each of the band's singles that were released in the UK. The second comprises the B-sides to each of those singles, some of which have never been released on CD before. The album was released on 1 November 2013, to coincide with the release of the book ''Tall Tales: The Official Biography of Horslips''.<ref name=press_release>{{cite web|title=HORSLIPS – BIOGRAPHY|url=http://www.horslips.ie/MOOCCD031.htm|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=horslips_official>{{cite web|title=Horslips Official|url=http://horslips.ie/BIOGRAPHYWEBPAGE.html|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
;Horslips
;Horslips
* Eamon Carr - [[drum kit|drums]], [[bodhrán]], [[percussions]]
* [[Eamon Carr]] – drums, [[bodhrán]], percussions
* [[Barry Devlin]] - [[bass guitar]], [[singing|vocals]]
* [[Barry Devlin]] – bass guitar, vocals
* Johnny Fean - [[guitar]]s, [[banjo]], [[singing|vocals]]
* Johnny Fean – guitars, [[banjo]], vocals
* Jim Lockhart - [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[flute]], [[tin whistle]]s, [[uilleann pipes]], [[singing|vocals]]
* Jim Lockhart – keyboards, [[flute]], [[tin whistle]]s, [[uilleann pipes]], vocals
* Charles O'Connor - [[Violin#Fiddle|fiddle]], [[mandolin]], [[concertina]], [[singing|vocals]]
* Charles O'Connor – [[Violin#Fiddle|fiddle]], [[mandolin]], [[concertina]], vocals


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 12:19, 3 October 2019

Biography
Greatest hits album by
Horslips
Released1 November 2013
Recorded1970–1980
GenreCeltic rock, progressive rock
LabelCeltic Airs/Horslips Records
ProducerProducer varies from track to track
Horslips chronology
Live with the Ulster Orchestra
(2011) 		Biography
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Hot Press8/10[1]

Biography is a greatest hits compilation album by Irish Celtic rock band Horslips. The first disc comprises each of the band's singles that were released in the UK. The second comprises the B-sides to each of those singles, some of which have never been released on CD before. The album was released on 1 November 2013, to coincide with the release of the book Tall Tales: The Official Biography of Horslips.[2][3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Carr, Fean, Devlin, Lockhart, O'Connor

Disc One: The A Sides
No.TitleLength
1."The High Reel" 
2."Dearg Doom" 
3."More Than You Can Chew" (45 remix) 
4."Nighttown Boy" (45 edit) 
5."King of the Fairies" 
6."(If That's What You Want) That's What You Get" (45 edit) 
7."Warm Sweet Breath of Love" 
8."The Power and the Glory" (45 remix) 
9."Speed the Plough" 
10."The Man Who Built America" 
11."Loneliness" 
Disc Two: The B Sides
No.TitleLength
1."Furniture" (The High Reel) 
2."The Shamrock Shore" (Dearg Doom) 
3."Faster Than the Hound" (More Than You Can Chew) 
4."We Bring the Summer With Us" (Nighttown Boy) 
5."Sunburst" (King of the Fairies) 
6."The Snakes' Farewell to the Emerald Isle" ((If That's What You Want) That's What You Get) 
7."King of Morning, Queen of Day" (Warm Sweet Breath of Love) 
8."Sir Festus Burke" (The Power and the Glory) 
9."Bridge From Heart to Heart" (Speed the Plough) 
10."Red River Rock (Live)" (Speed the Plough) 
11."Long Weekend" (The Man Who Built America) 
12."Homesick" (Loneliness) 

Personnel

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Horslips

References

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  1. ^ O'Hare, Colm (14 November 2013). "Horslips – Biography". Hot Press. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "HORSLIPS – BIOGRAPHY". Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Horslips Official". Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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