Across the Bridge of Hope (1999)

About this title: Across The Bridge Of Hope is a charity album benefitting the Omagh Fund, an organization that helps the families of the bombed Irish city of Omagh. The tracklisting features some of Ireland's finest performers and artists, including actor Liam Neeson, who reads Seamus Heaney's "The Cure At Troy" and "The Bridge," a poem written by one of the bombing's young victims. Enya contributes "Silent Night," and U2's "Please" and an acoustic version of Van Morrison's "The Healing Game" also appear. Across The Bridge Of Hope also includes Sinead O'Connor's cover of ABBA's "Chiquita," as well as tracks ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Cure at Troy [Heaney]
2. Chiquitita [Andersson/Ulvaeus]
3. Sunrise [Hannon]
4. Words [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
5. What Can I Do? [Coors]
6. Beyond the Great Divide [Routh/Crowley]
7. The Healing Game [Alternative Acoustic Version] [Morrison]
8. I'm Gonna Fall [Wheeler]
9. Please [U Two/Bono And The]
10. Broken Things [Miller]
11. The Island [Brady]
12. The Bridge [McLaughlin]
13. Across the Bridge of Hope [Robertson]
14. Silent Night [Gruber/Mohr]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.