Artist: | The Pogues |
Genre: | Rock |
Manufacturer: | Warner Strategic Marketing |
Number Of Discs: | 1 |
Release Date: | 2001-03-10 |
E A N: | 685738745920 |
Release Title: | The Very Best |
Format: | CD |
Ireland's prodigal son, or whiskey-sodden tragedy case? As frontman for the Pogues, Shane MacGowan always managed to combine the two into one gloriously drunken whole. In the years between 1983 and 1991, the Pogues--their name derived from the Gaelic for "kiss my arse"--released five albums marrying the melodies of traditional Irish folk to the energy of punk-rock and rockabilly. It's the tracks on The Very Best Of, drawn from The Pogues' two most celebrated albums--Rum, Sodomy and the Lash and If I Should Fall from Grace with God--that find the band on top form; see the drunken Yuletime feud of "Fairytale of New York" featuring the late Kirsty MacColl, or the violent pint-downer of "The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn". A look beyond the drinking songs, however, and it may come as a surprise to many that MacGowan's lyrics touch on The Big Themes--romance, misery, pride and self-destruction--with a rare eloquence; the raw emotions played out in the likes of "The Old Main Drag"--a bare, honest tale of poverty and addiction, the young MacGowan "spat on and shat on and raped and abused"--are a reminder that the Pogues may have been seldom sober, but they were never anything less than utterly human. --Louis Pattison 1Dirty Old Town3:45 2The Irish Rover 3:39 3Sally MacLennane2:44 4Fiesta4:11 5A Pair Of Brown Eyes3:41 6Fairytale Of New York 4:34 7The Body Of An American4:47 8Streams Of Whiskey2:31 9The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn2:59 10If I Should Fall From Grace With God2:20 11Misty Morning, Albert Bridge3:01 12Rain Street4:01 13White City2:31 14A Rainy Night In Soho 4:44 15London Girl3:15 16Boys From The County Hell 2:55 17The Sunnyside Of The Street2:43 18Summer In Siam4:06 19Hell's Ditch3:03 20The Old Main Drag3:17 21The Band Played Waltzing Matilda8:10 |
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