If I Should Fall From Grace With God [Original recording remastered]

Pogues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000H8SFMK
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > World Music > Celtic > Rock
  • #1 in Music > World Music > Europe > British Isles > Ireland
  • #3 in Music > World Music > Europe > British Isles > Britain

Track Listings

1. If I Should Fall from Grace with God

2. Turkish Song of the Damned

3. Bottle of Smoke

4. Fairytale of New York

5. Metropolis

6. Thousands Are Sailing

7. Fiesta

8. Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The ...

9. Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six

10. Lullaby of London

11. Sit Down by the Fire

12. The Broad Majestic Shannon

13. Worms

14. The Battle March [*][Medley]

15. The Irish Rover [*]

16. Mountain Dew [*]

17. Shanne Bradley [*]

18. Sketches of Spain [*]

19. South Australia [*]

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: POGUES
Title: IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD
Street Release Date: 09/19/2006
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the all-time top twenty 'rock' albums, January 29, 2007

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This review is from: If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Audio CD)

When they first appeared, people referred to the Pogues as an 'Irish punk' outfit. Since then I've heard them recategorized half a dozen times. But nomenclature aside, there's no disputing what the Pogues brought to music in the eighties and nineties.

Few artists communicate as effectively as Shane MacGowan, few voices in music are as immediately recognizeable as his. His lyrical gifts outpace even our most prolific songwriters. When MacGowan writes for himself, he ultimately writes for all of us.

I'm not one of those hyphenated Americans that need go back eight generations for an identity, but when I hear this music, it calls to something inside of me, something I suspect not even Ellis island can fully erase.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irish Soul, October 25, 2006

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BMD (Cleveland Heights, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Audio CD)

A completely flawless album from the band that invented "Irish/rock/punk/folk," or whatever you want to call them. None of those labels really apply. The Pogues should really be called an Irish soul band. This album was the pinnacle of Shane MacGowan's lyrical power, which led Bono to say, "I don't think anyone writes better songs than Shane." From the snarling rage of the opening track, to the heartbreaking melody of Fairytale of New York, to the understated beauty of The Broad Majestic Shannon, this is an album that's hard to stop listening to.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poguetry in motion, January 11, 2007

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Blayne T. Jensen (Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Audio CD)

It's hard to judge between the first three albums the Pogues released as they are all sublime in their own way but this, their slickest and most studio produced album, is a stunner.
Every track a winner and the legendary and sorely missed Kirsty McColl duets with Shane MacGowan on the haunting and jaggedly truthful love story "Fairytale of New York."
Shane Macgowan again shows he is adept at both the hard-driving irish rants and also the heart-breaking ballads like "Broad Majestic Shannon" and "Lullaby of London."