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The Pogues: The Best of The Pogues

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Label: Rhino Records
Released: 1991.09.01
Time:
 77:08
Category: Folk Rock
Producer(s): Stan Brennan, Eamonn Campbell , Elvis Costello, Steve Lillywhite, Joe Strummer
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.pogues.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl) - 3:45
[2] The Irish Rover (Joseph Crofts) - 3:39
[3] Sally MacLennane (Shane MacGowan) - 2:44
[4] Fiesta (Jem Finer / Lindt Kotscher / Shane MacGowan) - 4:12
[5] A Pair of Brown Eyes (Shane MacGowan) - 3:42
[6] Fairytale of New York (Jem Finer / Shane MacGowan) - 4:34
[7] The Body of an Amercian (Shane MacGowan) - 4:48
[8] Streams of Whiskey (Shane MacGowan) - 2:32
[9] The Sick Bed of Cúchulaínn (Shane MacGowan) - 2:59
[10] If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Shane MacGowan) - 2:21
[11] Misty Morning, Albert Bridge (Jem Finer) - 3:02
[12] Rain Street (Shane MacGowan) - 4:02
[13] White City (Shane MacGowan) - 2:31
[14] A Rainy Nigyht in Soho (Shane MacGowan) - 4:45
[15] London Girl (Shane MacGowan) - 3:15
[16] Boys From the County Hell (Shane MacGowan) - 2:54
[17] The Sunnyside of the Street (Jem Finer / Shane MacGowan) - 2:43
[18] Summer in Siam (Shane MacGowan) - 4:07
[19] Hell's Ditch (Jem Finer / Shane MacGowan) - 3:03
[20] The Old Main Drag (Shane MacGowan) - 3:18
[21] The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle) - 8:12

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Shane Macgowan - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Terry Woods - Cittern, Vocals
Philip Chevron - Guitar, Vocals
Spider Stacy - Tin Whistle, Vocals
Andrew Ranken - Drums
Jem Finer - Banjo, Saxophone
Darryl Hunt - Bass Guitar
Kirsty Maccoll - Vocals on [6]
James Fearnley - Accordion

Cait O'Riordan - Bass, Vocals
Siobhan Sheahan - Harp  on [6]
Tommy Keane - Uileann Pipes  on [1,7]
Henry Benagh - Fiddle
Elvis Costello - Acoustic Guitar
Dick Cuthell - Flugelhorn on [14]
Brian Clarke - Alto Saxophone  on [4]
Joe Cashman - Tenor Saxophone  on [4]
Eli Thompson - Trumpet on [4]
Chris Lee - Trumpet
Paul Taylor - Trombone
Ron Kavana - Tenor Banjo, Mandolin
Fiachra Trench - Bass Arrangement, Brass Arrangement, String Arrangements
The Dubliners - Vocals on [1,2]

Steve Lillywhite - Mixing, Producer on [1,7,8,10-13,15-21]
Stan Brennan - Producer on [6]
Eamonn Campbell - Producer on [4]
Elvis Costello - Producer on [2,3,5,14]
Joe Strummer - Producer on [9]
Harold Burgon - Engineer
Paul Cobbold - Engineer
Chris Dickie - Engineer
Colin Farley - Engineer
Dave Jordan - Engineer
Nick Lacey - Engineer
Nick Robbins - Engineer
Paul Scully - Engineer
Roy Spong - Engineer
Craig Thompson - Engineer
Craig Thomson - Engineer
Ryan Art - Design
Ian McKell - Photography
Gavin Martin - Liner Notes

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The Best of the Pogues is a 1991 greatest hits compilation album by The Pogues. The album was dedicated to the memory of Deborah Korner.



There's little question that the Pogues were a seminal band, blessed with great musicians, led by Shane MacGowan, a songwriter of major vision and talent. This was apparent on their initial Stiff singles but it truly blazed on their debut, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, an album that artfully walked the razor's edge between Irish traditionalism and venomous, working-class punk. Though they became more accomplished in later albums, they never strayed from this template. What did change, however, was the group's consistency, largely because their fortunes were tied too closely to those of MacGowan. His talent burned intensely, but like a supernova, it flamed out quickly as the singer sank into an abyss of liquor and drugs. He could still turn out some great moments, but his unpredictability became a major liability for the group's very sanity and they had to let him go. Ironically, without Shane aboard, the Pogues started to drift and they only lasted through one more album before calling it a day, leaving behind a body of work that is very well summarized on the European-only compilation, The Very Best of the Pogues. This concentrates heavily on the group's first three albums, where MacGowan's writing was its sharpest and the band sounded best, but it also picks up highlights from erratic albums like Peace and Love and Hell's Ditch. That's not to say this is a perfect collection; it has a tendency to play toward their traditional folk inclinations, which means it overlooks such wonderful moments as their stomping Motown salute "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah," one of the very best singles of the late '80s and early '90s. Even so, this collection is as good a single-disc retrospective as it could be, and it comes very close to capturing the Pogues at their very best.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide
 

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