The Man Who Built America
Horslips
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CleanLoneliness | Horslips | 4:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanTonight (You're With Me) | Horslips | 3:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanI'll Be Waiting | Horslips | 6:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanIf It Takes All Night | Horslips | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanGreen Star Liner | Horslips | 3:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Man Who Built America | Horslips | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanHomesick | Horslips | 4:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanLong Weekend | Horslips | 3:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanLetters From Home | Horslips | 4:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanLong Time Ago | Horslips | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Man Who Built America (Park West, Chicago, 1980) | Horslips | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanLonliness (Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, 1978) | Horslips | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanHomesick (The Bottom Line, New York, 1979) | Horslips | 4:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanHorslips Presents Horslips (An Advance Look Into "The Man Who Built America", 1979) | Horslips | 13:06 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| BookletDigital Booklet - The Man Who Built America | Horslips | -- | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Items |
Album Review
A concept album about an Irish emigrant who makes a success of himself in the US, this album is energetic and often engaging, with some excellent songs ("The Man Who Built America") and some tepid stretches. The Irish content is fairly subdued here, with the overall sound favoring rock songs built around moderately complicated hooks.
Biography
Formed: 1970
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
At one point in the mid-'70s, Horslips seemed poised to become Ireland's answer to Steeleye Span. But they also had a shot at being the next Jethro Tull (only a better hard rock outfit), or maybe Genesis, or even Yes in their folkier moments. Those events never quite happened, but Horslips released half-a-dozen...
Full BioTop Albums and Songs By Horslips
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Dearg Doom | The Tain (Bonus Track Version) | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dearg Doom | Treasury - The Very Best Of Horslips | 3:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Drive The Cold Winter Away | The Book Of Invasions | 0:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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King of the Fairies | Tracks from the Vaults | 3:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Trouble (With A Capital T) | The Book Of Invasions | 3:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sure the Boy Was Green | Aliens | 4:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanLoneliness | The Man Who Built America | 4:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Speed the Plough | Aliens | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Man Who Built America | The Man Who Built America | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The High Reel | Tracks from the Vaults | 2:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- $9.99
- Genres: World, Music, Rock, Psychedelic, Singer/Songwriter, Traditional Folk, Folk-Rock, Hard Rock
- Released: 1979
- ℗ 2009 IML Irish Music Licensing Ltd.
