1 	Devil's Dozen 	3:13
2 	Bottoms Up 	3:03
3 	Down 	3:46
4 	Boat On The River 	3:05
5 	Perfect Gang 	4:04
6 	Leaving Of Liverpool 	3:09
7 	Johnny 	3:13
8 	Bad Boys 	2:53
9 	Blame It On Me 	4:42
10 	All The Way 	3:53
11 	Mr. Tickle 	4:22
12 	Here We Go Again 	3:28
13 	We Won't Die Tonight 	3:22

Tobi Heindl - violin, vocals
Steve Klug - accordion, bodhran 
Ralf ‘Albi’ Albers - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo
Pat Prziwara - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo
Rainer Schulz - bass 
Frank Jooss - drums, percussion
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Colin Goldie - Low Whistle, Flute 
Vincent Sorg - Piano 
Marco Zorzytzky - Uilleann Pipes

After they have celebrated their 25th anniversary, Fiddler’s Green is releasing another studio-album ‘Devil’s Dozen’. What’s in a title? Well, everything is in the title. A devil’s dozen of songs, 13 in a row, but not the usual ones. Fiddler’s Green has jumped out of their box, like a devil. Not a lot traditional Irish songs on this one, oh no, despite they do a very nice job with the well known song ‘Leaving of Liverpool’, they managed to fill this album with lots of fun stuff. A number of covers, but not of the traditional folk songs, although they’re old ones, but the album is nonetheless FOLKY AS HELL.

In the second track you might put up your ‘worried difficult face’ when they do ‘Bottoms up’, a song which reminds you of songs from the hitcharts, but they pull it off and give it a nice Fiddler’s Green touch. But they really got me with ‘Down’, when I heard it the first time I couldn’t appreciate it at all, the song seemed to be all over the place, but with every time I listen to it, it grew and grew. And at this point I have to stop writing when I’m listening to it, because I can’t sit still, what a perfect thing they created, the touch of ‘El Condor Pasa’ is simply brilliant.

When you’re as old as I am, you might remember ‘Boat on the River’ once quite a ‘hit’, a ballad from a metalband. It’s in songs like this, just like in the next one ‘Perfect Gang’, Tobias gives his mark to this album. The violin is playing a more prominent role then ever on ‘Devil’s Dozen’.

They even take things a little louder then usual with the punky rocksong ‘All the Way’, in which we get ska-rhythms on top.

Fiddler’s Green has done a magnificent job with this album, covering songs, are better lending ideas. This album has lots of moments when you think ‘this song???”, but in the end they’re all rebuild in a brilliant way, giving you lots of joy. I love it!!! Let’s play ‘Down’ once again… ---Michel, folk-metal.nl

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CD1:
01 – Wall Of Folk
02 – P Stands For Paddy
03 – Country Of Plenty
04 – Fields Of GreenNie zu spat
05 – Victor And His Demons
06 – Irish Rover
07 – Scolding Wife
08 – Greens And Fellows
09 – Lost To The Moon
10 – Tam Lin		play
11 – Walking High
12 – Milk The Damn Cash Cow
13 – Hangman’s Lullaby
14 – Dirty Old Town

CD2:
01 – Jump
02 – I Quit
03 – I’ll Tell Me Ma	play
04 – Yindy
05 – Fields of Green
06 – Little Monsters
07 – Scolding Wife Reprise

Fiddler's Green were formed in 1990 in Erlanger and were major players in Germany's folk-rock renaissance of the early and mid '90s. They perform a balance of traditional Irish songs and original compositions in a style sometimes reminiscent of the Pogues and Oysterband but they also add twists of ska and nods to Johnny Cash and Tom Waits. They helped spawn many comparable German bands like Tapsi Turtles, Paddy Whack and In Search of a Rose.

Their first three albums Fiddler's Green, (1992) Black Sheep (1993) and King Shepherd (1995) were quite consistent Celtic rock collections featuring exceptional playing by fiddler Tobias Rempe and accordionist Stefan Klug coupled with Peter Pathos' nifty original songs and intricate vocal harmonies. On and On (1997) was their first major label release and also marked the beginning signs of a more rock oriented sound for Fiddler's Green. Jim Crichton (Saga) was employed to produce Spin Around(1998) which cemented their sound transformation despite the inclusion of three traditional songs. --- Dave Sleger, All Music Guide

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