1 Home of the Brave 3:26
2 Funky Ceili 4:15
3 For What It's Worth 4:08
4 My Love Is in New York 4:22
5 Downtown Baghdad Blues 4:02
6 Southside Chicago Waltz 4:11
7 Big Fellah 5:47
8 Bobby Sands, MP 5:33
9 Road to Ruin 4:49
10 Voodoo City 5:23
11 Staten Island Baby 3:40
12 Losin' It 4:17
13 Danny Boy 5:22
14 Patriot Game 5:02
15 Forty Deuce 7:49
16 Joe Hill's Last Will 1:21

Bittersweet Sixteen is a 16 track retrospective of Black 47's recording career from early 1990 to the present. It contains two new recordings, Southside Chicago Waltz and Joe Hill's Last Will. Black 47 is recognized as the premier Irish-American rock group who paved the way for the current Irish punk/roots explosion led by such bands as Flogging Molly and The Dropkick Murphys. The CD is full of fan and live favorites previously unavailable including Home of the Brave and Patriot Game, unreleased tracks from their first recording session. Two of the highlights are the original pre-Ric Ocasek mix of their hit Funky Ceili and a movie commissioned version of Steven Stills' For What It's Worth. There are live versions of Big Fellah and Bobby Sands MP, classics of the biographical song form that leader Larry Kirwan has pioneered, now used in hundreds of high school and college political science courses nationally. The centerpiece features a Vietnam/Iraq War trilogy, My Love is in New York/Downtown Baghdad Blues/Southside Chicago Waltz that demonstrates Black 47's ongoing political commitment. The CD is capped by six songs from the band's no-longer-available major label albums. These were culled from a fabled, long lost live studio recording of K-Rock's Vin Scelsa Show much bootlegged over the years, but now re-mastered and restored to pristine condition. Bittersweet Sixteen is an excellent introduction for the newcomer but also a must-have for the avid Black 47 fan who has appreciated the band's distinct originality and uncompromising political stance down through the last sixteen years.