The Very Best of The Pogues [Import, Original recording remastered]

Pogues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Wea
• ASIN: B00005A472
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,311 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #5 in Music > World Music > Celtic > Rock
  • #7 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > British Folk
  • #41 in Music > Imports > Rock

Editorial Reviews

Import only digitally remastered collection from the great Punk inspired Celtic Rock act led by Shane MacGowan. 21 tracks that encapsulate the musical mayhem of the Pogues and the lyrical genius of Mcgowan. Highlights include 'A Pair Of Brown Eyes', 'Streams Of Whiskey', 'Irish Rover', 'Fiesta', a cover of Ewan MacColl's 'Dirty Old Town', 'Rainy Night in Sohoi' along with their Christmas classic with the late great Kirsty MacColl 'Fairytale Of New York'. Warner. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect mix of punk and Irish folk..., November 24, 2004

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WeezyBoPeep (RUSTIC NORTHERN MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Very Best of The Pogues (Audio CD)

The Pogues are one hell of a band. No other Irish folk band that I've heard can actually play as well as these guys. Shane's drunken voice makes you feel like you're in the old green country.

The punk elements on this cd are awesome too. I recommend it to anyone who likes who likes punk such as the Pistols...I've heard Rotten and MacGowan are friends and used to hang out together when they were in the 70's London punk scene.

This cd represents the Pogues very well- it has a great mixture of their music, my personal favs being "Body of an American," "Streams of Whiskey," and "The Old Main Drag," (a grim tale of a young man's early experience of first arriving in London from Ireland). Also worth noting is the fact that Joe Strummer from The Clash produced a bunch of tracks on here.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah......, February 17, 2004

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R Jess "Raymond Jess" (Limerick, Ireland.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of The Pogues (Audio CD)

This is a fairly good representation of the Pogues, for the uninitiated. Their best album 'Rum, Sodomy and the Lash' rightly gets its fair share of songs here. Shane was never at his most evocative and heart-wrenching than on songs such as 'A Pair Of Brown Eyes' and 'Old Main Drag', or at his rowdiest than on 'Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn'. Like any good 'Best Of' compilation, it also gathers together songs that are infuriatingly not available on other albums. The oft talked about 'Rainy Night In Soho', as well as two of their greatest songs 'The Body Of An American' and 'London Girl'. Any group that's managed to be produced by both Elvis Costello and Joe Strummer gives some indication as to the quality of songwriting involved in their work.

The second half of their career seems a bit disjointed on this collection, with only 3 songs from the brilliant 'If I Should Fall From Grace With God' compared to 4 from the above average 'Hell's Ditch'. Some odd choices from the later collection (e.g. Rain Street & Sunnyside of the Street sound like parts one and two of the same song) are picked over better songs from the earlier one. What about the single 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah', surely one of the best Pogues rock songs that's also pretty difficult to come by on albums.

Despite these minor reservations 'The Very Best Of....' is a great place to start.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better, July 9, 2003

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Andrew E. Miller (Charleston, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of The Pogues (Audio CD)

I think they could have done a better job of picking "Best Of" songs. As much as this costs, do yourself a favor, spend a little more and just buy "Rum Sodomy & the Lash", and "If I Should Fall From Grace with God". I think you'll be much happier, especially if you are new to the Pogues.