The Very Best of The Pogues [IMPORT]

Pogues

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 2001)
• Original Release Date: June 5, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Spec. Mkt. UK
• ASIN: B00005AQCL
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #128,949 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dirty Old Town

2. Irish Rover - Dubliners, The Pogues

3. Sally MacLennane

4. Fiesta

5. Pair of Brown Eyes

6. Fairytale of New York - Kirsty MacColl, , The Pogues

7. Body of an Amercian

8. Streams of Whiskey

9. Sick Bed of Cúchulaínn

10. If I Should Fall From Grace With God

11. Misty Morning, Albert Bridge

12. Rain Street

13. White City

14. Rainy Nigyht in Soho

15. London Girl

16. Boys From the County Hell

17. Sunnyside of the Street

18. Summer in Siam

19. Hell's Ditch

20. Old Main Drag

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	WeezyBoPeep (RUSTIC NORTHERN MD) - See all my reviews

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "God is in 'is heaven, and Billy's down by the bay!", December 7, 2005

By	Travis Dubya McGee Bickle "elitist duffer" (Texas Quail Hunting Camp) - See all my reviews

I go back and forth on compilations - depending on the artist, sometimes it's best to have the individual, complete albums, other times a comp will serve just fine. Here, I think with this comp, plus one other album, "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash", you'd have the best of all possible Pogues worlds...

But, all the hot sh-t greatest stuff is here, including hard to find chestnuts, like "Irish Rover", and my own Pogues fave, "Rainy Night in Soho" (apparently not the original EC-produced version, but a string drenched, but still really nice re-make).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunk tank..., May 25, 2006

By	J. Fazzone "Greaser/Deathrocker Extrodinaire" (Middletown, CT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The title isn't lying - these are the Pogues songs that you'll sing (or drunkenly mumble) along to with a grin on your face, a pint (or six) of stout in your belly and a little tear in your eye. If you aren't familiar with their work, this is a great place to start.