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Track Listings
| 1. If I Should Fall From Grace With God |
| 2. Rock+Roll Paddy |
| 3. Nancy Whiskey |
| 4. A Rainy Night In Soho |
| 5. Poor Paddy Works On The Railway |
| 6. The Broad Majestic Shannon |
| 7. Popes Instrumental - My Ballyvourney Love/ The Limpin General / Bag Of Chips |
| 8. Dirty Old Town |
| 9. Mother Mo Chroi |
| 10. Body Of An American |
| 11. Granuaille |
| 12. More Pricks Than Kicks |
| 13. Aisling |
| 14. A Pair Of Brown Eyes |
| 15. Streams Of Whiskey |
| 16. Lonesome Highway |
| 17. Angel Of Death |
| 18. Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn |
| 19. The Irish Rover |
| 20. Fairytale Of New York |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Foul-mouthed, feisty, inebriated and linguistically incomprehensible Across the Broad Atlantic captures bladdered wordsmith Shane MacGowan and his sometime Pogues-like backing band--the boisterous but disciplined Popes--doing their foot-down punk-folk thing in front of the lubricated faux-Irish masses on St Patrick's Day at New York's Webster Hall. And splendidly dishevelled stuff it is too. Seeing as it's nigh on impossible to slam dance with a pint of Guinness in your hand, this is a far less messy alternative to actually being there. Even if the Popes have never attempted to match the pan-ethnic breadth of the Pogues music--probably because MacGowan's folk vision doesn't seem to stray very far from the Emerald Isle these days--these riotously tootling accounts of loose women, whiskey and Victorian construction workers are the stuff of Saturday night saloon bar pandemonium. A special mention ought to go to "Fairytale of New York" (where MacGowan duets with his mum) and the deeply personal "Angel of Death" (the last song Hank Williams ever wrote) on which Shane shares another beer with his old drinking buddy, Mr G Reaper. --Kevin Maidment
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Here goes, I missed the opportunity to see Shane in concert, so bought this cd instead. Here's a clue to it's potency, I played it through three times on the trot! I could picture the man himself stood there, pint and a fag in his hand, singing like a good un! There are the old classics, and the new stuff as well, a bit of everything for everyone. If anyone can decipher what Shane says at the beginning of 'Poor Paddy Works On The Railway', feel free to post it! Twenty tracks of romping,raging,heart string pulling,pint jiggling,smile producing,pride in Shane himself(good Man!) inducing, gorgeous live music! And to crown it all, he sings 'Fairytale of New York' with his mother,such beauty, such poetry. Sheer bliss! Like Shane? - Love This!
Format:Audio CD
MacGowan and the Popes were playing short tours and one-off gigs when this live recording was made in 2001. Across the Broad Atlantic is culled from two St. Patrick's Day shows that year, in Dublin and New York, surely a first in recorded history. The album's liner notes say the New York set was recorded on March 17th, but the Dublin show was recorded on May 19th. Dublin's official celebration of the holiday was moved to that date, according to the notes, because of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. It's a good live recording. While it is true Shane is drunk, he is in good form and the Popes rock. Any MacGowan fan will appreciate his performance. The album contains 20 tracks, 11 of them Pogues' numbers, all predating Peace and Love. Four tracks came from The Crock of Gold, and two from The Snake, including magnificent "Aisling." There's also a Popes instrumental and Hank Williams' "Angel of Death" and the traditional "Granuaille." Rake at the Gates of Hell: Shane MacGowan in Context
Format:Audio CD
Across The Broad Atlantic - Two tracks stand out here a Hank Williams Cover "Angel of Death" and "Granuaile" the former a drunken baudelairian rasp of the great Macgowan's unmistakable lilt and the late great Tom MacAnimal on banjo there. If you can decipher the first stanza of Granuaile, and though you may wish for the haunting atmosphere of a Spider Stacy tin whistle its the most beautiful (traditional) track on the album. For a slightly different lyrical version of this track can be found by the O'Haloran Brothers I forget the name ofthe album but look out for it if this knid of music appeals to you. Of course you couldn't end a Pogues concern or even a Popes concert without the man going into it with "Fairtale of New York" a piece the establishment tried to censor a couple of years back. Here its with his mum Therese bless her Irish heart. Interesting if a little out of place, she has a beautiful concert hall voice to his drunken rasp which makes him sound older even than she. "Lonesome Highway" my favourite song from the "Crock of Gold" album is totally unlistenable here (and I'm a die hard fun) he ruins it though his sister Siobhan adds some credence with her backing vocals. Last words buy this live recording at your peril the first two songs I spoke of at the begining of this diatribe make it more than worth the money but don't expect perfection.
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no good dont bother.
Sorry to say this is terrible, the sound is duff, and instead of hearing rock and roll mixed with irish music. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2004 by "moffman"
Shane is back - LIVE and RAW
Shane is back - this live album recorded on St Paddy's day in Dublin is a scortcher. A complimation of both Pouges and Popes tracks - this is a 'must buy' for any MacGowan... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2001
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