TREASURY - THE VERY BEST OF HORSLIPS

Few compilations are worthy of interest to an artist's dedicated fans, as they more than likely have most of that artist's most important albums. Treasury is one of those albums. It features virtually every great song by Horslips, as well as being an informative look of how the band progressed from combining Celtic influences with contemporary rock styles, to Celtic infused prog rock, to straight AOR rock to new wave-ish tunes. Included are all of the best tracks from the band's 10 studio albums with fan favorites like "Furniture", "Faster Than The Hound", "Dearg Doom", "The Power And The Glory" and "Trouble With A Capital T". These tracks were culled from the band's studio albums that were excellently remastered 2009 at Abbey Road studio, and are a great way to get a shot of Horslips' best without wading through those albums. This double CD compilation, of 34 songs(!), closes with a previously unreleased acoustic reading of "Dearg Doom" as a great parting shot. Fantastic. 4 stars.