Red Roses for Me The Pogues

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  • Release Date: 10/20/1998
  • Original Release: 1984
  • Sales Rank: 121,984
  • Label: WARNER BROS UK
  • UPC: 022924449420

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Red Roses for Me

1LISTENTransmetropolitan 4:15
2LISTENThe Battle of Brisbane 1:49
3LISTENThe Auld Triangle 4:20
4LISTENWaxie's Dargle 1:53
5LISTENBoys from the County Hell 2:56
6LISTENSea Shanty 2:24
7LISTENDark Streets of London 3:33
8LISTENStreams of Whiskey 2:32
9LISTENPoor Paddy 3:09
10LISTENDingle Regatta 2:52
11LISTENGreenland Whale Fisheries 2:36
12LISTENDown in the Ground Where the Deadmen Go 3:30
13LISTENKitty 4:23

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Editorial Reviews

What set the Pogues apart from any number of other energetic Irish traditional bands was the sheer physical force of their performances, the punky swagger of their personalities, and Shane MacGowan's considerable gifts as a songwriter. Unfortunately, none of these qualities comes through very clearly on their first album, Red Roses for Me. While the Pogues are in good form here, the production (by Stan Brennan) is thin and lacks the body or nuance to capture the finer details of the performances, robbing this recording of the fire the group would display on their later albums. And it's clear that MacGowan had not yet fully matured as a songwriter; there are a handful of superb songs here, such as "Transmetropolitan," "Streams of Whiskey," and "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go," but some of the others suggest MacGowan was still learning how to fit all his ideas into his songs. Red Roses for Me is good and rowdy fun, but on Rum Sodomy & the Lash and If I Should Fall from Grace with God, the Pogues would prove they were capable of a lot more than that. Mark Deming, All Music Guide

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Red Roses for Meby Anonymous

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March 20, 2000: If The Chieftains and The Clash were ever to collaborate, this might be what it would sound like. While this is the Pogues' first studio album, it is one of the best. While it lacks the polished production quality of later albums such as Hells Ditch and If I Should Fall From Grace With God, it highlights frontman Shane MacGowan's brilliant and unique arrangements of traditional Celtic tunes and his own songwriting and poetic abilities. Indeed, this is the Pogues in the raw--before higher-budget studio production put horns and other fluff on some of their later tracks. Another feature of this album is that you can usually understand the lyrics as sung by the notorious drunkard MacGowan; this is a far more daunting task on later albums, especially Hell's Ditch. A word of caution: this album is not for the squemish. It often deals with its subject matter in vulgar, graphic detail (

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February 25, 2000: This is the Pogues' first studio effort, and while lacking the complexity of later efforts, it still ranks as one of their great albums. A smaller ensemble at the time (only five members, later to number as many as nine), they still deliver the goods on such tracks as Streams of Whiskey and Brendan Behan's The Auld Triangle. The goods they deliver are strong Celtic pub-stomps, with an undeniably punk asthetic, quite unlike anything else around at the time. Erin go Bragh!