由帕迪·马罗尼(Paddy Moloney)率领一群老民俗艺人组成的“酋长”乐队无愧当今最优秀的民俗组合，长期以来他们通过与全球各地民间艺人的合作真正将爱尔兰的本土音乐推向世界各个角落，也为世界音乐的振兴产生巨大的推动力. 　　 　　官方网站上说"A collection of the best music of The Chieftains to date. "但是我核对了曲目,正如Amazon上说的只收录了The Chieftains 7, The Chieftains 8, and Boil the Breakfast Early,也就是他们70年代的作品. 　　 　　The tracks on The Best of the Chieftains are drawn from The Chieftains 7, The Chieftains 8, and Boil the Breakfast Early--three of the band's recordings from the late 1970s. This was the period when former Bothy Band and Planxty flautist Matt Molloy and vocalist/bodhran player Kevin Cunniffe joined up and finally fulfilled Paddy Maloney's vision of what the band should sound like. It also marks the last time the Chieftains recorded pure, unadulterated traditional Irish music. Not long after making these albums, the band set off on a new career that has included numerous movie and TV soundtracks, collaborations with pop stars of various stripes, and guest appearances with symphony orchestras. Although some purists decry the band's later attempts at crossover, the near perfection of tracks such as the exquisitely performed suite of dance tunes "Chase Around the Windmill" show that the Chieftains had taken the old tunes about as far as they could go. The group may have gone on to make better-selling records, but they never topped the traditional grace and charm of the songs on The Best of the Chieftains. -------------Amazon.com