Rum Sodomy & The Lash [Original recording remastered]

Pogues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000H8SFMA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

1. The Sickbed of Cuchulainn

2. The Old Main Drag

3. Wild Cats of Kilkenny

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

5. A Pair of Brown Eyes

6. Sally MacLennane

7. Dirty Old Town

8. Jesse James

9. Navigator

10. Billy's Bones

11. The Gentleman Soldier

12. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

13. A Pistol for Paddy Garcia [*]

14. London Girl [*]

15. Rainy Night in Soho [*]

16. Body of an American [*]

17. Planxty Noel Hill [*]

18. The Parting Glass [*]

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: POGUES
Title: RUM SODOMY & THE LASH
Street Release Date: 09/19/2006
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Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nerdy Pirate Off The Port Bow!!, May 17, 2008

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This review is from: Rum Sodomy & The Lash (Audio CD)

Elvis Costello's influence should not be measured in what he gave to the Pogues, but rather by what he took away. Shortly after producing the Pogues' second effort, Costello stole the heart of Cait O'Riordan, the band's attractive female vocalist... and she was never heard from again. A pity, really, beacause her vocal skills would have been nicely placed alongside MacGowan's in the ballads he would sing on later efforts. Not that Kristy MacColl was all that bad, mind you, but O'Riordan was a centerpiece of the group from the beginning. Many a fan gnashed his teeth and hurled expletives into the air the day her departure was announced.

Anyway, it's nice to see the Poguetry In Motion 10" Ep finally available on cd, even if Rainy Night in Soho is only a remix. For a time, "Rum, Sodomy... " and "Poguetry..." were my favorite releases from the Pogues; that is, til "Should I Fall..." came along.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Setting The Ship On Fire, May 17, 2008

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K. H. Orton (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rum Sodomy & The Lash (Audio CD)

While FALL FROM GRACE is oft regarded as their most definitive album, RUM & SODOMY cannot be denied. One of The Pogues' pistol blarin' best. The fact that they tacked on the Poguetry In Motion ep, only makes this more essential. "Body Of An American" & "Rainy Night In Soho" are two of Shane MacGowan's most enduring songs outside of "Fairytale Of New York".

From the sickbed to the battlefield, they go for the throat on this one, hell bent on raising the dead. "Cuchuliann" opens the proceedings, all too somberly keeping vigil over an old hell raiser's final hour. For a few measures atleast. Then things suddenly ignite like a molotov cocktail. A flaming bottle of poitin tossed through a dead man's window.

What follows is the gutter woe of "Old Main Drag". Tom Waits, eat your heart out.

For sheer epic balladry, "A Pair Of Brown Eyes" has few competitors. MacGowan at his most yearning. More than anywhere else, he comes off here like the Irish answer to Jacques Brel.

There's never quite been a drinking song quite like,"Sally MacLennane". A reckless toast that touches on the surreal. Elsewhere, instrumentals like "Wild Cats" & "Paddy Garcia" go to show that The Pogues were far more than MacGowan's backing band.

As for their raids on traditional fare, "Dirty Old Town" ranks up with their previous takes on "Auld Triangle" & "Kitty". Their sneering rendition of "Gentlemen Soldier" puts all the "ire" back into Ireland. None of which prepares you for the album's closer. A searingly bleak version of Eric Bogle's "Waltzing Matilda". Its hard to walk away from this one unscathed.

Released in 1985, RUM & SODOMY was indeed at odds with the times. Remember this was era of Duran Duran & other "New Romantics". This along with their debut went to prove The Pogues were a problem that were not going to go away--- without a fight. A reckless gang of marauders loitering with intent. Leaving all those Synth Liberaci's trembling in their new lace sleeves.

Like none other, this captures the Pogues in all their irreverant glory. The sound of a bunch of drunken pirates setting their ship on fire. Giving producer Elvis Costello a reason to hold onto his hat.

After this, they took things to even greater heights. Only to fall from grace & gun eachother down in Hell's Ditch. I can't praise it enough. One of my favorite albums of all time.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm a canny gun man, April 17, 2007

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Eric E. Weinraub (Issaquah, Washington United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rum Sodomy & The Lash (Audio CD)

Some music returns to you in the most unusual ways. I first heard the Pogues in college in 1985 and played this record, yes record, on my radio show 91.3 FM WKNH. While grieving for the loss of my closest friend from those days, I began a journey of reminiscing of those days, which included listening to bands....The Pogues, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jellyfish, The Posies, Thin Lizzy, Mott the Hoople, and The Clash.... we so often listened to and talked about with such passion. So, now, Dirty Old Town is playing and Shane's tales of death, drink, and dispair
are as poignant as ever. Great music is great in any era. Its evident that these songs came from a man struggling, partying, living, and dying in the moment. Great artists are like that. They feel something visceral and are able to capture it in some form. BUY THIS MUSIC.