The discography of The Wolfe Tones, an Irish folk and rebel group from the suburbs of Dublin, consists of sixteen studio albums, three extended plays, three live albums and ten compilation albums. The Wolfe Tones released their first album with Fontana Records in 1965 and released their most recent studio album with Shanachie Records in 2004. In the interim, the band has also released albums with Dolphin Records, Triskel Records and MCA.
During over fifty years of producing music, the Wolfe Tones have enjoyed substantial success in Ireland and the United States, where they continue to tour annually. Their most famous song is "A Nation Once Again", which was voted the number one song of all time by a 2002 BBC World Service vote.BBC.co.uk The Wolfe Tones are also well known for "Celtic Symphony", a 1987 musical tribute to the centennial of Celtic Football Club, and "Joe McDonnell", a song that chronicled the 1981 Hunger Strike in Northern Ireland.
In early 2020 their single Come Out, Ye Black and Tans regained prominence in the Official Charts of Ireland and the UK, due to political controversy surrounding a planned commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary.https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/10/wolfe-tones-rebel-song-come-ye-black-tans-hits-number-one-uk-itunes-charts-12035582/ Metro.co.uk
Albums
Studio albums Year Album Details Peak Chart PositionIreland 1965 The Foggy DewFormat: LPLabel: Fontana Records — 1966 Up the RebelsFormat: LP, CDLabel: Fontana Records — 1968 The Rights of ManFormat: LPLabel: Fontana Records — 1970 Rifles of the I.R.A.Format: LP, CDLabel: Dolphin Records — 1972 Let the People SingFormat: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: Dolphin Records — 1974 'Till Ireland a NationFormat: LP, CDLabel: Dolphin Records — 1976 Irish to the CoreFormat: LP, CDLabel: Triskel Records — 1976 Across the Broad AtlanticFormat: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: Triskel Records — 1978 Belt of the CeltsFormat: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: Triskel Records — 1981 Spirit of the NationFormat: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: Triskel Records — 1982 As GaeilgeFormat: LP, CDLabel: Triskel Records — 1983 A Sense of FreedomFormat: LP, CDLabel: Triskel Records — 1985 ProfileFormat: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: MCA — 1987 Sing Out for IrelandFormat: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: Triskel Records — 1989 25th AnniversaryFormat: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: Shanachie Records — 2001 You'll Never Beat the IrishFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections — 2004 The TroublesFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections 41 2011 Child of DestinyFormat: CDLabel: Dolphin Records — 2016 The Dublin Rebellion 1916Format: CDLabel: Rebel Records —
Live albums Year Album Details Peak Chart PositionIreland 1980 Live Alive-Oh!Format: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: Triskel Records — 2002 The Very Best of Wolfe Tones LiveFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections 20 2004 At Their Very Best LiveFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections —
Compilation albums Year Album Details Peak Chart PositionIreland 1971 Teddy Bear's HeadFormat: LP, Cassette, CDLabel: Dolphin Records — 1986 Greatest HitsFormat: LP, CDLabel: K-tel Records — 2002 20 Golden Irish Ballads Volume OneFormat: CDLabel: Dolphin Records — 2002 20 Golden Irish Ballads Volume TwoFormat: CDLabel: Dolphin Records — 2003 Millennium Celebration AlbumFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections — 2004 Rebels & HeroesFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections 7 2005 Celtic SymphonyFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections — 2006 1916 Remembered: The Easter RisingFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections — 2008 The Anthology of Irish SongFormat: CDLabel: Celtic Collections 20 2013 The Platinum CollectionFormat: CDLabel: EMI 35 2025 The Wolfe Tones ‘Gold’Format: LP, CDLabel: Celtic Collections —
Extended plays Year Album Details Peak Chart PositionIreland 1967 The Teddy Bear's HeadFormat: EPLabel: Fontana Records — 1988 I Love the Wolfe TonesFormat: EP, CassetteLabel: Triskel Records — 1988 Christmas with the Wolfe TonesFormat: EPLabel: Triskel Records —
Singles Year Title Peak Chart PositionIrelandIrishcharts.ie Peak Chart PositionScotland 1965 Side A: Spanish LadySide B: Down the Mines — — 1966 Side A: The Man from MullingarSide B: Down by the Liffey Side — — 1967 Side A: This Town is Not Our OwnSide B: Come to the Bower — — 1967 Side A: Banks of the OhioSide B: The Gay Galtee Mountains — — 1967 Side A: James ConnollySide B: Hairy Eggs and Bacon 15 — 1969 Side A: God Save IrelandSide B: Uncle Nobby's Steamboat — — 1970 Side A: SlievenamonSide B: Seven Old Ladies 14 — 1970 Side A: Big Strong ManSide B: The Four Seasons — — 1971 Side A: Fiddlers GreenSide B: Kevin Barry — — 1972 Side A: The Snowy-Breasted PearlSide B: Big Strong Man 7 — 1972 Side A: On the One Road Side B: Long Kesh 20 — 1972 Side A: Highland PaddySide B: Give Me Your Hand 19 — 1973 Side A: Ireland Over AllSide B: Gloria or Glorieh — — 1973 Side A: The Helicopter SongSide B: The Broad Black Brimmer 1 — 1974 Michael Gaghan 18 — 1975 Side A: Rock on RockallSide B: Deportees 17 — 1978 Side A: Botany BaySide B: Vale of Avoca — — 1979 Side A: Farewell to DublinSide B: Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore — — 1979 Side A: Padriac PearseSide B: Ta Na La 4 — 1979 Fourteen Men 19 — 1980 Side A: The Lough Sheelin EvictionSide B: Si Beag, Si Mor — — 1980 Side A: Ms. Fogarty's Christmas CakeSide B: The Wren — — 1981 Side A: Streets of New YorkSide B: The Connaught Rangers 1 — 1982 Side A: Admiral William BrownSide B: Cait Ni Dhuibhir 4 — 1983 Farewell to Dublin 11 — 1983 Side A: Irish EyesSide B: Joe McDonnell 3 — 1983 Side A: MermanSide B: The Piper that Played Before Moses 21 — 1983 Side A: Janey Mac, I'm Nearly FortySide B: The Flower of Scotland 16 — 1984 Side A: Song for LibertySide B: Slainte Don A Baird 2 — 1985 Side A: My Heart is in IrelandSide B: Michael Collins — — 1985 Side A: My Heart is in IrelandSide B: Toor A Loo 2 — 1986 Side A: Dreams of HomeSide B: Far Away in Australia 6 — 1986 Side A: Remember Me at ChristmasSide B: Uncle Nobby's Steamboat 7 — 1987 Side A: Flight of the EarlsSide B: St. Patrick's Day 1 — 1988 Flow Liffey Water 6 — 1989 Celtic Symphony 14 — 1990 Ireland's World Cup Symphony 12 — 2002 You'll Never Beat the Irish 19 — 2003 A Nation Once Again 15 — 2020 Come Out, Ye Black and Tans — 1Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 2024 Goodbye to All Our Friends - —
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