Release Date: 20 October, 1998
Audio CD
Tracks
- Transmetropolitan
- Battle of Brisbane
- Auld Triangle
- Waxie's Dargle
- Boys from the Country Hell
- Sea Shanty
- Dark Streets of London
- Streams of Whiskey
- Poor Paddy
- Dingle Regatta
- Greenland Whale Fisheries
- Down in the Ground Where the Deadmen Go
- Kitty
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Rating 4.5
ahh i love itif i should fall from grace with god was the first pogues cd i heard. then i listened to red roses for me and now love it more than if i should fall from grace with god. i mean, mein Gott, shane's voice, especially in "boys from the county hell". i love it.The Best Pogues Album Ever!I feel personally that this is the best pogues album because the tracks are so raw with emotion.Once the pogues hit the big time there music although brilliant was too professional. 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 buyWhere it all began...I think this album is underrated as hell. Although the best songs from "If I Should Fall..." 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. |
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