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A Terrible Beauty
Studio album by
Christy Moore
Released2024
GenreFolk
LabelCladdagh Records
Christy Moore chronology
Flying into Mystery
(2021) 		A Terrible Beauty
(2024)

A Terrible Beauty is a studio album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 2024 by Claddagh Records.[1][2] The album is dedicated to the Irish journalist Tommie Gorman and to music promoter Vince Power.[3]

The video for the first track "Boy in the Wild" was directed and produced by Ellius Grace, and stars the Irish actor Liam Cunningham as the father, and the IFTA-nominated young actor Ollie West as his son.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Boy in the Wild" (Wally Page)
  2. "Sunflower" (Mike Harding)
  3. "Black & Amber" (Briany Brannigan)
  4. "Lemon Sevens" (Briany Brannigan)
  5. "Broomielaw" (Traditional/Christy Moore)
  6. "Cumann na Mná" (Mick Blake/Christy Moore)
  7. "The Rock" (Cathal Hayden/Christy Moore)
  8. "The Life and Soul" (Christy Moore)
  9. "Lyra McKee" (James Cramer)
  10. "Darkness Before Dawn" (Pete Kavanagh)
  11. "The Big Marquee" (Christy Moore)
  12. "Palestine" (Jim Page)
  13. "Snowflakes" (Martin Leahy)[5]

Charts

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Chart performance for A Terrible Beauty
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Irish Albums (OCC)[6] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7] 21
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[8] 30

References

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  1. ^ "Christy Moore: A Terrible Beauty review – Hits the bull's-eye again and again". irishtimes.com. 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Christy Moore: A Terrible Beauty review – stirring tales of the polemical and the personal". theguardian.com. 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Christy Moore — a magical beauty is born". irishexaminer.com. 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Christy Moore to share second ever music video starring Liam Cunningham and Ollie West". imro.ie. 31 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Reviews Christy Moore – A Terrible Beauty". klofmag.com.
  6. ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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