Crock of Gold [Import]

Shane MacGowan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B000007V5A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rewarding listen if you persevere, April 14, 2000

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Tommy O'Toole (Carlisle, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crock of Gold (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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars definitely not "The Snake" but worth the buy, August 23, 1998

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Sandra [e-mail] (Lorsbach, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crock of Gold (Audio CD)

Shane has definitely edged out on the Irish-country music tunes. But, hey, if you are a traditional Irish music lover, like myself, you'll appreciate it. It definitely isn't "The Snake" which had such great melodious mixtures like "A Mexican Funeral in Paris" and Irish rebel tunes like "Rising of The Moon." For people new to Shane's work, I would suggest first buying MacGowan's "The Snake" or a Pogues album that predates 1992 such as "If I Should Fall From Grace with God" or others. Either way you decide, once you enter the fantastic muscial world of Shane, and are exposed that voice of his, you'll be hooked. Forever.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Shane but still doesn't match the best Pogues, November 6, 1998

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[e-mail] (chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crock of Gold (Audio CD)

This CD is a bit more diverse than The Snake but lacks some of the traditional aspect of songs such as The Rising of the Moon. Lonesome Highway may be Shane's best song. Another seriously underrated song is More Pricks than Kicks, with the classic line, "I'll walk right through hell to buy you a jar". There are definitely some throwaway songs such as The Cowboy Song and the Nursery Rhyme song. Overall, though this contains typically great lurics by the Irish Bard. Friends recommend this as a great traveling CD. I would concur.