Crock of Gold

Shane MacGowan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 8, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Steamhammer Us
• ASIN: B000040OLI
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,698 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Paddy Rolling Stone

2. Rock 'N' Roll Paddy

3. Paddy Public Enemy No. 1

4. Back In The County Hell

5. Lonesome Highway

6. Come To The Bower

7. Ceilidh Cowboy

8. More Pricks Than Kicks

9. Truck Drivin' Man

10. Joey's In America

11. B&I Ferry

12. Mother Mo Chroi

13. Spanish Lady

14. St. John Of Gods

15. Skipping Rhymes

16. Maclennan

17. Wand'rin' Star

Editorial Reviews

Import reissue of 1997 solo album by the former leader of The Pogues, his second. Featuring the single 'Lonesome Highway', the album deepens & extends Shane's very personal themes & obsessions and confirms his reputation as one of the most ferociously poetic & powerfully impressionistic rock writers. 17 tracks total. Standard jewelcase.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw and wonderful May 30, 2000

By James G. Mundie

Format:Audio CD

Shane MacGowan is one of those immortal whiskey-pickled individuals who -- God willing -- will long outlast his own teeth. Well, if not Shane personally, certainly his music will remain. There's a certain drunken playfulness about this album that grows on me each time I listen to it. The songs are stripped down to the point where there seems to be barely enough flesh to hold them together, yet they bring forth a surprising energy and whimsy. A sublime ridiculousness pervades the whole album, so that even a song such as "Paddy Public Enemy No.1" (about the violent exploits of a sociopath too violent for the IRA) seems jolly and playful, like the skipping rhymes one encounters later. Not for everyone, certainly, but wonderful.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A thouroughly entertaining album May 15, 2000

By johkerr

Format:Audio CD

at first listen, i instantly noticed shane's singing is much more slurred and partially incomprehensible. i quickly got past it and found the album absoltely addicting. the band is gearing more and more into a country/hillbilly sound. it may sound like a turn off to some ,but the hillbilly stuff is pure fun. the album still has it's rocking paddy songs as well as the customary irish instumentals. highly recommended to anyone who likes fun music. my favorites are "paddy rolling stone" and "st. john of gods". its excellent driving music. if you like this listen to the popes "holloway boulevard".

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Mighty mighty Jar! March 3, 2000

By Tommy O'Toole

Format:Audio CD

This is an album that you'll return to again and again, and one with hidden depths. Shane's most consistent work since The Pogues' 'If I Should Fall from Grace with God', he mixes Irish folk with a country twang and washes of slide guitar, rock'n'roll and dub reggae. If not a concept album, this seems to progress in theme, from the brashness and bravado towards the start with 'Paddy Rolling Stone', 'Rock'n'Roll Paddy' and 'Back in the County Hell', through more sensitive numbers like 'Lonesome Highway' and 'Mother Mo Chroi' to a kind of wistful nihilism towards the end with 'St. John of Gods' and its world-weary refrain of "F yez all, f yez all". The lyrics are by turns cynical, caustic, gentle and funny (the reggae pastiche 'B & I Ferry' praises "Mighty, mighty Jar"), and a flavour of the hazy world of MacGowan is conveyed. Tragic beauty in the most unlikely of places.