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The Pogues - Red Roses for Me Audio CD

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The Pogues Band: The Pogues
Title: Red Roses for Me
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Release Date: 1998-10-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Transmetropolitan 2: Battle of Brisbane 3: Auld Triangle 4: Waxie's Dargle 5: Boys from the County Hell 6: Sea Shanty 7: Dark Streets of London 8: Streams of Whiskey 9: Poor Paddy 10: Dingle Regatta 11: Greenland Whale Fisheries 12: Down in the Ground Where the Deadmen Go 13: Kitty

The Original and Still the Best
For anyone trying to understand the phenomenon that was the Pogues, this is the one. Simply fantastic. Shane McGowan at his best. .


ahh i love it
then i listened to red roses for me and now love it more than if i should fall from grace with god. if i should fall from grace with god was the first pogues cd i heard. i mean, mein Gott, shane's voice, especially in "boys from the county hell". i love it.


The Best Pogues Album Ever!
Once the pogues hit the big time there music although brilliant was too professional. I feel personally that this is the best pogues album because the tracks are so raw with emotion. I think that this is the best album because it sounds as if it is being recorded in the back of a pub. The best songs are of course Boys From The County Hell and Streams of Whiskey. Plus this is the pogues with Siobhan O Riordan. She made this album brilliant. Take one example the boys from the county hell it has a simple guitar beat while another song for example Fiesta it sounds so practised and unnatural. This is THE Pogues album to buy.


Where it all began...
Although the best songs from "If I Should Fall. I think this album is underrated as hell. . . " are much better than the best songs from "Red Roses," I would nevertheless say that Red Roses is a better listen song-by-song from start to finish. Shane's characteristic sharp wit and black humor are well represented here, from Transmetropolitan, to Dark Streets Of London, to Streams Of Whiskey, to the (disturbingly) hysterical Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go. Add some choice covers, thrown in with a few ballads that would make a sphinx weep, and you've got a damn good album. Even if you don't think this is as good as the next two Pogues' albums, think about it. . . is anything as good as the next two Pogues' albums? Nope.


Early Sound of the Pogues
In the early 80's, the Pogues got their start in the pubs around London as a sort of novelty act by playing old Irish folk tunes with a punk attitude: fast, loud, and obnoxious. As others have mentioned, Shane MacGowan and couple other of the founding members of the Pogues were veterans of the British punk scene of the late 70's. A novelty act the Pogues would have remained if it had not been for two key elements: the abilty of Shane MacGowan's boozy growl of a singing voice to put on edge on even the most mundane lyric and even more importantly was his ability to write some of the finest songs of his generation. In time, MacGowan's talents as a singer/songwriter would turn the Pogues from a crude pub band into one of the most exciting and unique groups of the 80's.

In their first studio album, "Red Roses for Me," one can hear the early sound of the Pogues' as they make their first toddling steps towards greatness. Unfortunately, the musicianship is not exactly of the highest quality and sound of the entire CD is raw. Overall, the Pogues' sound on this CD is that of a band that had just recently been playing for beer money in some dive. But, hey, we're dealing with ex-punks here! The Pogues would eventually acquire a better guitarist and bassist and their sound would be polished by more accomplished producers. Although "Red Roses for Me" shows a band that needs to improve musically, there is one element present here that showed that it had definite promise: MacGowan's songwriting. Although the album does contain a number of covers of old folk tunes, it's MacGowan's songs that jump out at the listener: "Boys from the County Hell," "Streams of Whiskey," and "Transmetropolitan. "

I would recommend this album to people who are already familiar with the Pogues and want to see how they sounded at the start of their career. However, for someone looking for just one Pogues CD then I would rank this album way below "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" and "Rum Sodomy and the Lash" Also, I would be hesitant to recommend it over "Peace and Love" or "Hell's Ditch. " I mainly gave it four stars because it's the Pogues and for the importance of hearing the raw early version of this great band for die hard fans.


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