Half Tail

Artist: Wolfstone
Label: Green Linnet
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 048248117227
EAN: 0048248117227
ASIN: B000005CQ7

Release Date: 1996-08-05

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Tracks:

Zeto
Tall Ships
Gillies
Heart and Soul
Granny Hogg's Enormous Wallet
Bonnie Ship the Diamond
Glenglass
Clueless
No Tie Ups

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Customer Reviews:

The BEST Wolfstone CD but I love them all!.......2007-01-28

I first saw Wolfstone in 1995 at Milwaukee Irish fest and never forgot them! A couple years later I bought this CD through a mail order catalogue just based on remembering the name. I now have all CD's, except Pick of the Litter because I have all the rest! They started touring again in the US in 2000's....2004 I think. I traveled from Chicago to Dublin, Ohio mainly for them! I maintain their yahoo group for them....didn't have their permission originally but they know about it now and posed for the group picture last year! I love them!

A Must Have Celtic Rock Album.......2005-03-21

Ok, first I am disappointed by other people's review complaining of Ivan D's voice. Granted he is no Charlotte Church, Geoff Tate, etc, yet he has a pleasent voice. Yet, his greater strength is his song writing. In my opinion this is one of thee absolute best Celtic Rock Cds that are out there. This has everything a good Celtic Rock Album should have...fast rocking jigs and reels with electric guitar, bass, adn drums in the background, and mellow heartfelt tunes with a solid celtic accent. I do not understand where anyone can be disappointed with anything on this cd...well maybe the mellow "John Tesh" sounding piano interlude. but I do enjoy that song too. One other thing to note is that this album is not full of covers. There are a few cover tunes, but unlike many celtic albums there are alot of orginals songs on this album. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE anyone who likes Celtic Rock to get this album!!!

Half worth it.......2004-12-09

I agree with the other reviewers' statement that the first half of this CD is the best. "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" is rocking. "Gillies" is hard to forget. "Tall Ships" talks about a past the seafaring Irish long to have back. Wolfstone is electric on the first half and lets you down for the second. Still worth it for the songs noted.

Essential Wolfstone.......2003-05-17

I consider this to be the 2nd best CD in the Wolfstone catalogue, with the best being 'Unleashed'. While 'The Chase' and especially 'Year of the Dog' sounded like little more than tired re-hashes of 'Unleashed' but with poorer production, less variety, overuse of cheesy synthesizers, and the sound of a tired group just going through the motions as they ran out of ideas, Halftail has none of these pitfalls. It sounds like a rejuvenated band with fresh ideas and energetic performances. The first six songs (Zeto, Tall Ships, Gillies, Heart and Soul, Granny Hogg's Enormous Wallet, and Bonnie Ship the Diamond) are as varied, interesting, and good as anything Wolfstone has ever done, and with the possible exception of Heart and Soul, don't sound ANYTHING like any song on their previous 3 albums. (Unfortunately, the last 3 songs (Glenglass, Clueless, and No Tie Ups) degenerate into repetitious, sappy, nondescript ballad territory, but the previously mentioned songs are so good this matters little). If you are a casual Wolfstone fan, forget about Pick of the Litter (Greatest Hits); it simply contains far too many of the cheesy-synthesizer-dominated songs and too many nondescript ballads; just purchase 'Unleashed' and 'Half Tail' and you will have virtually all of Wolfstone's best songs.

Half Tail: Half Essential; Half Nondescript.......2003-05-17

I consider this to be the 2nd best CD in the Wolfstone catalogue, with the best being 'Unleashed'. While 'The Chase' and especially 'Year of the Dog' sounded like little more than tired re-hashes of 'Unleashed' but with poorer production, less variety, overuse of cheesy synthesizers, and the sound of a tired group just going through the motions as they ran out of ideas, the good songs on Halftail have none of these pitfalls. The songs Zeto, Tall Ships, Gillies, Granny Hogg's Enormous Wallet, and Bonnie Ship the Diamond show a rejuvenated band with fresh ideas and energetic performances. They are as are as varied, interesting, and good as anything Wolfstone has ever done and don't sound ANYTHING like any song on their previous 3 albums. Unfortunately, the remaining 4 songs (Heart and Soul, Glenglass, Clueless, and No Tie Ups) degenerate into a combination of repetitious, sappy, nondescript ballad territory and elevator music, but the previously mentioned songs are so good this album is still worth getting. The 4 bad songs range from merely boring (Heart and Soul) to annoyingly soft-string-sappy (No Tie Ups) with an ample dose of new-age-soft-elevator music in between (Glenglass and Clueless. Indeed, Clueless is a perfect title for a song that sounds clueless as to how to generate interesting music). If you are a casual Wolfstone fan, forget about Pick of the Litter (Greatest Hits); it simply contains far too many of the cheesy-synthesizer-dominated songs and too many nondescript ballads; just purchase 'Unleashed' and 'Half Tail' and you will have virtually all of Wolfstone's best songs. And since all of Wolfstone's ballads are virtually interchangeable, the 3 or 4 here will give more than ample representation of the boring ballad side of their repertoire.

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