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The Pogues 5CD Boxset
www.rhino.co.uk/ThePogues
with previously unreleased material spanning their entire career!
Track Listings
| 1. If I Should Fall From Grace With God |
| 2. Turkish Song Of The Damned |
| 3. Bottle Of Smoke |
| 4. Fairytale Of New York |
| 5. Metropolis |
| 6. Thousands Are Sailing |
| 7. Fiesta |
| 8. Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road To Dublin/The Galway Races |
| 9. Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six |
| 10. Lullaby Of London |
| 11. Sit Down By The Fire |
| 12. Broad Majestic Shannon |
| 13. Worms |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Though chiefly--and rightly--remembered for spawning the best Christmas song ever ("Fairytale Of New York"), If I Should Fall From Grace With God captures one of the greatest songwriters of his time and one of the most inventive and potent bands of recent memory at the peaks of their formidable powers. Though the idea that Shane MacGowan and his fellow Pogues were no more than cider-addled hooligans with banjos had already been put to flight by 1985's magnificent Rum, Sodomy & The Lash, If I Should Fall From Grace... was the triumph they deserved. It remains The Pogues' finest hour. The title track opens, a self-destructive statement of intent with the momentum of a runaway train, and though this isn't the last great tankard-clanking drinking song here (see also "Bottle Of Smoke", "Turkish Song Of The Damned", "Fiesta"), the album possesses real depth: guitarist Phil Chevron contributes an exquisite lament to the Irish diaspora ("Thousands Are Sailing") and MacGowan provides further evidence of his facility for balladry ("The Broad Majestic Shannon") and a talent for political invective ("Birmingham Six", which earned a ban from the BBC). James Joyce, superimposed on the band portrait on the sleeve, is flattered by the company. A masterpiece. --Andrew Mueller
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IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD marked an apex for thePogues--with producer Steve Lillywhite at the helm, their neo-traditional Irish songcraft was given a particularly timeless touch without compromising any of the band's trademark intensity. Adding yet another wrinkle of the Irish experience to his profound, intense lyrical oeuvre, Shane MacGowan touches on the Irish in New York, occasionally conjuring up reminders of George M. Cohan (who even gets name-checked here,on "Thousands Are Sailing"). "Metropolis" is a jazzy, brass-fueled instrumental, while the over-the-top sentimentality and swirling strings of "Fairy Tale of New York" made it an instant Christmas classic.
From the irreverent bravado ofthe opening title track straight through to the jokey, fatalistic closer, "Worms", IF I SHOULD FALL is a rollicking, sometimes brutally honest document, driven hard by the band's inspiringly tight, masterful playing and propelled by the raspy vocal and compelling lyrical attack of MacGowan. "BottleOf Smoke" is a breakneck thrill ride about a celebratory victory at the horse races, while "Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" finds Shane in a rare moment of political rant.
Though chiefly--and rightly--remembered for spawning the best Christmas song ever ("Fairytale Of New York"), If I Should Fall From Grace With God captures one of the greatest songwriters of his time and one of the most inventive and potent bands of recent memory at the peaks of their formidable powers. Though the idea that Shane MacGowan and his fellow Pogues were no more than cider-addled hooligans with banjos had already been put to flight by 1985's magnificent Rum, Sodomy & The Lash, If I Should Fall From Grace... was the triumph they deserved. It remains The Pogues' finest hour. The title track opens, a self-destructive statement of intent with the momentum of a runaway train, and though this isn't the last great tankard-clanking drinking song here (see also "Bottle Of Smoke", "Turkish Song Of The Damned", "Fiesta"), the album possesses real depth: guitarist Phil Chevron contributes an exquisite lament to the Irish diaspora ("Thousands Are Sailing") and MacGowan provides further evidence of his facility for balladry ("The Broad Majestic Shannon") and a talent for political invective ("Birmingham Six", which earned a ban from the BBC). James Joyce, superimposed on the band portrait on the sleeve, is flattered by the company. A masterpiece. --Andrew Mueller
Description
IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD marked an apex for thePogues--with producer Steve Lillywhite at the helm, their neo-traditional Irish songcraft was given a particularly timeless touch without compromising any of the band's trademark intensity. Adding yet another wrinkle of the Irish experience to his profound, intense lyrical oeuvre, Shane MacGowan touches on the Irish in New York, occasionally conjuring up reminders of George M. Cohan (who even gets name-checked here,on "Thousands Are Sailing"). "Metropolis" is a jazzy, brass-fueled instrumental, while the over-the-top sentimentality and swirling strings of "Fairy Tale of New York" made it an instant Christmas classic.
From the irreverent bravado ofthe opening title track straight through to the jokey, fatalistic closer, "Worms", IF I SHOULD FALL is a rollicking, sometimes brutally honest document, driven hard by the band's inspiringly tight, masterful playing and propelled by the raspy vocal and compelling lyrical attack of MacGowan. "BottleOf Smoke" is a breakneck thrill ride about a celebratory victory at the horse races, while "Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" finds Shane in a rare moment of political rant.
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