Platinum Collection: Dirty Old Town [Import]

Pogues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea
• ASIN: B000AR9YKK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,329 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Streams of Whiskey

2. A Pair of Brown Eyes

3. Dirty Old Town

4. Sally MacLennane

5. Dingle Regatta

6. Turkish Song of the Damned

7. Metropolis

8. Thousands Are Sailing

9. Rainy Night in Soho

10. Misty Morning Albert Bridge

11. I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day

12. Gridlock

13. Young Ned of the Hill

14. Tuesday Morning

15. Paris St. Germaine

16. Drunken Boat

17. Love You Till the End

Editorial Reviews

This platinum collection includes the hit's 'Dingle Regatta', 'Young Ned Of The Hill' and many more. The politically-tinged music was reminiscent of The Clash, with whom they played (Joe Strummer produced one of their albums and even joined the group briefly), and used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin, accordion, and more. In the later incarnations of the band, after the departure of Shane MacGowan, electronic instruments such as the electric guitar would become more prominent. Warner. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some What Flogging A Dead Horse, April 14, 2006

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This review is from: Platinum Collection: Dirty Old Town (Audio CD)

There have been numerous Pogues "best-of" albums, each containing mostly the same songs on every release. However, this one contains the full version of "A Pair of Brown Eyes," and the original version of "A Rainy Night In Soho." Also some exciting Pogues instrumentals make their appearance for the first time (Dingle Regatta, Metropolis, and Gridlock). Cait O'Riordan's haunting version of "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Everyday," which was originally supposed to be on The Pogues "Ultimate Collection;" but was later omitted finally gets it well deserved place. Other standard highlights include MacGowan's brilliant drunken rave-ups "Streams of Whiskey" and "Sally MacLennane." Philip Chevron's beautiful "Thousands Are Sailing," Terry Woods blistering assault on Oliver Cromwell, "Young Ned of the Hill," and ghost tale epic "Turkish Song of the Damned." However, the biggest surprise is the amount of post-Shane material. Spider Stacy's "Tuesday Morning," and James Fearnley's "Drunken Boat," were all standout tracks on "Waiting For Herb," as was the Spider Stacy and Terry Woods number "Paris St. Germaine," which is now available on the new remastered version of "Waiting For Herb." The Pogues final studio album "Pogue Mahone," even gets its just dues with Darryl Hunt's fantastic "Love You Till the End."

This new release probably can be seen as a purchase of die-hard Pogues fans only, but in the end I love that the album explored the entire career of the band and added some songs that normally wouldn't have been on a standard Pogues "best-of" album.

4.0 out of 5 stars Irish Folk Music, October 23, 2011

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This review is from: Platinum Collection: Dirty Old Town (Audio CD)

We heard "Dirty Old Town" on the last episode of "Rescue Me" and wanted the CD for our collection, so we recommend it. The Pogues sound similar to the Irish Rock Group Flogging Molly.