Horslips

• The Man Who Built America [DJM, 1979] D+

Consumer Guide Reviews:

The Man Who Built America [DJM, 1979]
In the past these rock pros from the Emerald Isle specialized in Gaelic folk motifs--pretty awful, but awful in their own way. This time they go for more generalized shamrock: organ doodles and half-baked harmonies haunt a concept album about Irish (note roots) immigrants who think quite a lot about the colleens (not called that, of course) left behind. D+