Top 10 Music CDs borrowed in 2013

12,000 music CDs were borrowed from Clare County Library in 2013. A CD to celebrate 100 years of The Kilfenora Céilí Band released in 2009 was the second most popular music CD borrowed. Their 2012 release Chapter Eight also made the top ten list. As further evidence of the interest in traditional music in the county, Around the Hills of Clare: Songs and a Recitation from the Jim Carroll and Pat Mackenzie Collection reached third place on the list. Other Irish artists whose music reached the top ten list were Van Morrison and Glen Hansard.

Two CDs originally released in the 1970s, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits, also featured on the top ten list. Taylor Swift’s Red, the fastest selling album in over a decade, was the tenth most popular CD borrowed from the library in 2013.

The Top 10:

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Century: a Celebration of 100 years by The Kilfenora Céilí Band
Around the Hills of Clare: Songs and a Recitation from the Jim Carroll and Pat Mackenzie Collection
Ceremonials by Florence and the Machine
Born to Sing: No Plan B by Van Morrison
Love This Giant by David Byrne and St. Vincent
Rhythm and Repose by Glen Hansard
Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits
Chapter Eight by The Kilfenora Céilí Band
Red by Taylor Swift