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Rum Sodomy & The Lash [Original recording remastered, Extra tracks]

The Pogues Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (13 Dec 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks
  • Label: WSM
  • ASIN: B0006957S0
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. The Sick Bed 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. A Rainy Night In Soho
16. The Body Of An American
17. Planxty Noel Hill
18. The Parting Glass

Product Description

CD =Remastered 1985 Album + 6 Bonus Tracks=

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars
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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Live and party forever 6 Dec 2004
Format:Audio CD
Probably the greatest album you'll ever own, with excellent bonus tracks to boot. If you enjoy life you'll enjoy this record. The Pogues at their maddest (and sometimes saddest).
Listen with a beer in your hand..sing, shout, laugh and cry, to the Pogues at their magnificent best!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Move over U2 22 July 2006
Format:Audio CD
I've seen all sorts of lists of the 100 finest albums, and cry into my Guiness that this one hardly ever features. In my book it's No.1.

Every song tells a story, some funny, many sad, all historically accurate and none with any bias....19c navvies may have suffered harsh conditions, but at least they were tough enough to cope so no need to feel sorry eh Shane ?

The instrumentals are of the highest standard, but of course it's McGowans sly, rasping drawl that spits in yer eye and spills yer pint.

Magnificent.

(Feel free to mail your own opinion)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 1st Pogues Masterpiece 19 Feb 2012
Format:Audio CD
Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is a great album. It contains "A Pair of Brown Eyes," arguably Shane MacGowan's first masterpiece. It was recorded long before the album sessions took place, and was released as the band's third single. A slow ballad, it does not tell a story as much as it vividly recreates a few depressing moments in a bar. The singer, trying to drink away the memory of a brown-eyed ex-lover, is subjected to the ramblings of a drunken veteran of the Great War. The old-timer graphically relates how he endured the horrors of battle only to return home and find that his own brown-eyed girl had not waited for him. Following the time honored folk process, MacGowan set his lyrics against a backdrop of traditional Irish music. The album includes two more MacGowan classics: "The Sickbed of Cuchulainn" and "The Old Main Drag."
Replete with allusions to Irish history and culture, "Sick Bed" is a MacGowan tour de force with references to the mythical Irish hero Cuchulainn, Irish singers John McCormack and Richard Tauber, Irish Republican Frank Ryan, and Cloughprior cemetery where many of MacGowan's family are buried. "The Old Main Drag," a slow poignant number, is a seamy slice of life tale of a 16 year-old immigrant's attempts to cope with London's underbelly. MacGowan has claimed that the song isn't autobiographical, not surprising given the teenager's involvement with male prostitution, but the lyrics' power are surely born of experience. Nearly 25 years after its release "The Old Main Drag" had lost none of its power and remained a concert favorite.
Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash contains several other fine tracks. A traditional Scottish song, "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Everyday," featuring Cait O'Riordan's finest recorded vocal, is one. MacGowan's vocals on three cover tunes, however, are even better. "Navigator," an excellent song about immigrants building the railroads was written by the Nips' manager Phillip Gaston. "Dirty Old Town," the Ewan McColl classic, is nearly perfect. But best of all is MacGowan's flawless interpretation of Eric Bogel's anti-war masterpiece, "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda." Otis Redding once said that Aretha Franklin stole his song, "Respect." Indeed, most fans associate the song with Franklin despite Redding's outstanding recording. The same can be said of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda." Bogel's version is fine, but with the release of Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash the song became MacGowan's.
Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is a classic that no fan of Irish music should be without. Rake at the Gates of Hell: Shane MacGowan in Context
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2.0 out of 5 stars The pogues are brilliant, but...
i love the pogues, but, this album is not one of their best. Although brilliant in places, tracks such as 'the band played waltzing matilda' puts such a dreary feel to a record... Read more
Published 15 days ago by Liam Callaghan - Bates
5.0 out of 5 stars still magic
Bought this years ago when it first came out on vinyl, and it has lost none of it's power and potency, absolute magic album. Wish I had kept the vinyl edition.
Published 27 days ago by Michael Jenkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
One of the greatest albums ever. This was the album I grew up with in the mid 1980's, as this was a perfect combination of punk and folk. It's an album for everyone's collection.
Published 1 month ago by james
5.0 out of 5 stars Great album
Simply fantastic frantic Irish folk. I'm dublibers fan and was highly impressed. You don't need the greatest hits as this is better, as long as you don't want fairy tale!
Published 3 months ago by Andy Smart
5.0 out of 5 stars Great memories...
Had to get this on MP3, used to have the vinyl... great stuff and still sounds excellent. Raw music and great to get a party going.
Published 3 months ago by Col
5.0 out of 5 stars Great value
I'd not thought before of buying used CDs on the net before. An excellent cheap source and great value.
I'll certainly look again.
Published 3 months ago by mustang john
5.0 out of 5 stars Great then and still stands out
A masterful second album and one that stills stands out. I remember coming across this at a student party and being blown away and it still transports back to a time of anarchic... Read more
Published 7 months ago by K. B. Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent re-issue
Probably The Pogues' best album, well the original band anyway. Raucous and wonderful, with the energy of punk, some fantastic songs on here played with energy and passion. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ossian
5.0 out of 5 stars Would Mr MacGowan please switch off the lighht on his way out
Steeleye Span bounced into Auckland about 1975 and hit the stage playing GLAM ROCK! Bugger. Folk kind of hit a bad patch about then. Read more
Published 11 months ago by "Belgo Geordie"
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most perfect albums I own.
I adore this album, this is the pogues at their best. Shane Mcgowans lyrics are a huge inspiration to me; full of sardonic wit, imagery of desperation, urban inequality, true grit... Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. D. Chadwick
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