25 Years Celebration

25 Years Celebration
25 Years Celebration
Studio album by The Dubliners
Released	1987
Genre	Irish folk
Label	Harmac
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25 Years Celebration is a double album by The Dubliners. Recorded in 1987 and charted in the UK at No.43 and No.1 in Ireland. The album released following a special Late Late Show appearance by the group, 25 Years Celebration featured a number of special guests and featured "The Irish Rover", a collaboration with The Pogues, which returned The Dubliners to Top Of The Pops 20 years after they first performed "Seven Drunken Nights" on that show.

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dubliners"
2.	"Rose of Allendale"
3.	"Salonika"
4.	"Reels – Cooleys/The Dawn/Mullingar Races"
5.	"Now I'm Easy (with Stockton's Wing)"
6.	"Sally Wheatley"
7.	"Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile"

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Irish Rover" (with the Pogues)
2.	"Molly Malone"
3.	"Protect and Survive"
4.	"Planxty Irwin"
5.	"Three Score and Ten"
6.	"Don't Get Married"
7.	"Luke – A Tribute" (Christy Moore)

Side Three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ballad of St. Anne's Reel"
2.	"Cill Chais"
3.	"Cúnla" (with Stockton's Wing)
4.	"Clavalitos"
5.	"Jigs – Humours of Glendart/Saddle the Pony/Brian O'Lynn"
6.	"Leaving Nancy"
7.	"O'Connell's Steam Engine" (Paddy Reilly)
8.	"Rambling Rover"

Side Four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Last of the Great Whales"
2.	"Mountain Dew" (with the Pogues)
3.	"Red Roses for Me"
4.	"Marino Waltz"
5.	"Cod Liver Oil"
6.	"I Loved the Ground She Walked Upon" (Jim McCann)
7.	"Love is Pleasing"
8.	"Sick Note"

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[1]	1
UK Albums (OCC)^[2]	43

References

[ac_Ireland_The_Dubiners-1] "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week {{{week}}}, {{{year}}}". Chart-Track. IRMA.

[ac_UK_The_Dubiners-2] "The Dubiners | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.

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Studio albums	A Drop of the Hard Stuff More of the Hard Stuff Drinkin' and Courtin' At It Again At Home with The Dubliners Revolution Double Dubliners Plain and Simple Now A Parcel of Rogues 15 Years On Together Again Prodigal Sons 25 Years Celebration The Dubliner's Dublin 30 Years A-Greying Further Along
Live albums	The Dubliners In Concert Finnegan Wakes Live at the Albert Hall Hometown! Live Live at Montreux Live in Carré 21 Years On Alive Alive-O Live from the Gaiety Live at Vicar Street A Time to Remember An Evening with The Dublin Legends: Live in Vienna
Compilation albums	The Best of The Dubliners It's The Dubliners A Drop of The Dubliners Spirit of the Irish: Ultimate Collection The Best of the Original Dubliners 40 Years A Night Out with The Dubliners Too Late to Stop Now: The Very Best of the Dubliners Live at Vicar Street The Late Late Show Tribute The Very Best Of: The Dubliners Original Dubliners 50 Years 20 Greatest Hits Drinking and Wenching Home, Boys, Home
Irish chart singles	"Nelson's Farewell" "The Black Velvet Band" "All For Me Grog" "Seven Drunken Nights" "Never Wed An Old Man" "Dirty Old Town" "Hand Me Down My Bible" "Free the People" "Raglan Road" "Don't Get Married" "The Irish Rover" "Jack's Heroes" "The Rose" "Red Roses for Me" "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" "The Rocky Road to Poland" "The Auld Triangle"
Other singles	"The Wild Rover" "Whiskey in the Jar" "Four Green Fields"
DVDs	Live from the Gaiety Live at Vicar Street
Tours	Dubliners 50 Years Anniversary Tour
Related articles	Discography Ronnie Drew discography Gerry O'Connor
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