If I Should Fall From Grace With God

A fat lip. A throbbing head. A full heart. It is observed that the Tibetan people (whose country and culture remains illegally occupied and oppressed by communist China) are among the happiest on earth, despite their circumstances. Their recipe? A constant contemplation of the everpresent reality of death that becomes their catalyst for the enjoyment of every moment, this moment. It’s all gravy, they giggle. Understand? I’ve found the Irish possessing a similar ability to dance in spite of their shackles, but not of the same fruit of active detachment from the illusionary external world of which the eastern religious traditions bring awareness; rather, the Irish find/choose joy in the midst of their active engagement with the muddy world, as well as the spirits that abide in it: whiskey (ponder why, exactly, alcohol has been classically identified as a spirit), followed by a good dust up, and then another whiskey. At some point, a weeping, snot nosed, good cry is in order. And all accompanied with music and song, dance, and fall. Another round of whiskey! There is an intentional and unwaverable attitude of joy in the Pogues’ music and lyrics, despite the worst that life (or the devil and all his fallen angels, sometimes even God himself) can bring. The Irish don’t raise a glass to celebrate poverty and oppression. They toast the Irish spirit, the human spirit, who rages against and endures the worst that life brings. Who fight it tooth and nail. Whose dying words echo the concluding lyrics of this LP- even when the worms be crawling in and around your brain, ‘Be merry, my friends. Be merry.’ Sweet Mary, Jesus, and all the saints, can’t the Pogues wander, musically: from traditional Irish folk music amped up a might with a punk edge. Celtic sounds pared with Latin flare. When did a Turkish song of the damned ever propel a person to dance a jig to salvation? Or singing 'The Rare Old Mountain Dew' in the drunk tank on Christmas Eve ever transfigure into something as earthly-holy as the feeding trough in Bethlehem in which the baby Jesus slumbered? ‘Metropolis’ even introduced this listener, at least, into the genre of Celtic jazz! Lyrics? Where do we begin? I’ve not heard anyone, other than the Pogues, use both the words ‘fuck (ed, ing, er, etc)’ and ‘Jesus’ in the same song (‘Bottle Of Smoke’) and with reverence for the meaning and importance of both. As expected, there’s plenty of love for the immigrant experience and celebration for the promised land of opportunity in America. Irish are certainly among the most grateful immigrants of the freedom and opportunity America provides. But so are Latinos and Africans, for whom the Pogues also sing. This LP, this band, is so much more than only ‘Irish.’ And yet, nothing less, somehow, too. Hey, what do I know? I’m WUI anyway, from my home, on a snow day in Denver (2 feet and rising.) Is it happy hour, yet, across the Alantic, to the east? My great-grandfather, Papa Hall Delaney, was an Irish immigrant and worked on the western U.S. railroad, eventually settling in San Francisco before he died, forcing my great grandmother, Nanny, to move back to Pasadena, Texas, where she lived out her days in a small apartment above the garage in the backyard of my grandparent’s home. At 29, when this LP was released, I was barely even aware of my Irish roots. I was spirited enough, that’s for sure, and too familiar with spirits, but not yet spiritual, Celtic or otherwise, so I didn’t’ know shite. Over the years, I’ve become more than familiar with the best and worst Irish blood can bring: an unfortunate propensity to the overindulgence of alcohol, an exaggerated and sometimes violent reaction to fear and despair, an uneasy alliance with church and society; but, also, a love of hearth and song, a longing for reconciliation and peace with Creator and creation. Caressing the beads of a rosary in morning devotion, after fishing it out of the toilet where it accidentally fell the night before- the Word became (too?) flesh. This is Irish, for me, in a sentence. Better yet, I believe this lyric in ‘Sit Down By The Fire’ kinda says everything one needs to know about the Pogues, this terrific LP, and the Irish and/or Irish-American experience in general: ‘Remember this place. It is damp and its cold. The best place on Earth. But it’s dark and its old. So lie near the wall and cover your head. Good night and God bless. Now fuck off to bed!’ I’ll conclude with Ireland’s greatest and most loved and loathed (and so, soo Irish), writer, Oscar Wilde: ‘We are all in the gutter. Some of us are looking at the stars.’ And raise your glass (and if you don’t already have one full, we’ll wait………………………………………………………………………………………………………….) for this most famous of Irish toasts: May you be in heaven a full half hour before the the devil knows you’re dead. I love ya all- that’s Jesus and the whiskey talking (and so, me…), Mark.

diddly dee done by the diddly dee masters. 19 songs is far too much diddly dee. my tolerance to diddly dee is about 3 songs, at that point i look for a different pub.

I don't like folk music. Therefore this isn't folk music. It must be some obscure subset of punk.

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Fuck, thats bordering a 5 So much good energy. Fuck it, it was funny as hell

I love the Irish and sea shanty vibe, an album to put on for adventures and light-hearted pillaging :)

As a disaffected youth, I got interested in my Irish background and asked for an album of Celtic music for Xmas one year. I got a James Galway album. Now, no disrespect to Mr Galway or the person who gave me that gift, but they can póg mo thóin, especially after I realised that this album could’ve been my Xmas present that year.

I'm obligated culturally to give this at least three stars, but the extra two stars are for its incredible quality as a piece of music.

This album makes me want to run downhill into battle with nothing but a sock of coins in one hand, and a hurley in another.

Second album by The Pogues on the list, and I'm guessing it won't be the last. From here on out all Pogues albums will be getting a one from me. I'm not big on Irish folk music to begin with, but Shane MacGowan's drunken wailing makes it absolutely insufferable.

Celtic instrumentation and themes melded with punk style and enthusiasm? Yes, please!

This is just a completely classic album in every respect, with some absolutely historic songs. It's intensely replayable, and I really liked some of the deep cuts, like South Australia and Thousands are Sailing. Just completely HITS the Irish Diaspora that one. Some weird choices with the Spanish-themed tracks? But I dig it all.

Booze-soaked Irish fighting music plus one improbable Christmas smash and one God awful novelty hit.

When this music lands, it lands woth aplomb. When it misses, it's just kinda a soft flub.

The Folk completely kills all the excitement of the Punk. Pretty boring.

This was the second Pogues album I listened to after hearing about Shane Macgowan’s death just over a month ago. The first was of course Rum Sodomy & The Lash. And as such I’m incredibly pissed off at the British public for, well most things really, we are a bunch of bastards, but specifically making Last Christmas the number 1 Christmas song this year. George Michael died in 2016, 2017 would have been the year to commemorate him, but you feckless pricks streamed Ed bloody Sheeran instead. There is however something fitting about The Pogues not hitting No.1, being always No.2 (or No.6 in this case.) Last Christmas was always going to be big. It was designed to be big. Shane MacGowan helmed a crew of motley, unruly, drunken underdogs from either Eire herself or Kentish Town who interspersed tradition folk songs with drinking songs and genuinely beautiful bits of music about losers, migrants, love, revolution and everything inbetween. They were not supposed to get anywhere near the chart, let alone number 2. So it’s easy to see the success of Fairytale of New York and of the band themselves as a grassroots movement. They are the real music of the people, not of record execs and worried parents. The filth and grime and ragged nicotine stained vocals, the humanity and empathy and sheer fucking beauty of the music, who could listen to the chorus of Thousands Are Sailing and not feel moved? This is humanity in all our sweaty, dirty, intelligent, creative, and majestic brilliance

Love this album beyond words. Absolutely raucous fun, extremely tight instrumentals, perfect singing voice for the feel, a myriad of feels covered from front to back. This album feels like it was singularly made for me. Excellent, excellent, excellent. RIP Shane. Favorite tracks: Metropolis; Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road to Dublin / The Galway Races

always love the pogues 🤍

i will always love the pogues, especially in their earlier days. there's hardly a poet out there who measures up to shane, and i hope the music always hits me right in the heart. i still love rum, sodomy & the lash more than this one, but they're both 7-star albums in my book.

One of my all time favorite albums.

I'm not a big connoisseur of Celtic music but if I am ever in the mood for the genre, I go to the Pogues. They weave punk in with the folk and more traditional styles so well. 'Fairytale of New York' in particular is probably my favorite Christmas-themed song. In general a very fun, listenable album. Standout Tracks: If I Should Fall from Grace with God, Bottle of Smoke, Fairytale of New York, Fiesta, Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six, Lullaby of London, The Broad Majestic Shannon

A poppy, accessible and musically upbeat take on traditional Irish folk. The album incorporates a lot of other styles, but all somehow within an Celtic folk rock framework, which holds it together. A couple of ubiquitous classics - Fairytail of New York and Fiesta. A fun album, but with depth. A triumph. 4.5/5

I great influential album but can't be listened to on repeat

I got both Pogues albums generated back-to-back on my weekend days, which I usually save for Monday listening. So it is Monday morning now, and I have listened to Irish folk-punk for 2 hours straight... it was fine but that's probably enough of that for the next 5 years

Celtic jazz? Spanish guitar?? Christmas ballads!? All cemented together via drinking-fighting Irish belters??? "Be merry, my friends. Be merry". It's bloody hard to be anything else listening to this. Top craic

So, my only real experience with The Pogues up to this point has been Fairytale of New York, which I think is one of the greatest Christmas songs. However, seeing that on here I wasn't sure if the rest of the album would be like that too, and I could have seen myself getting a bit bored with a whole album of that sort of thing. I was pleasantly mistaken! This proved to be a wonderful Celtic punk album with plenty of that Irish folk flair but also with a bit of Turkish and Spanish influence in a few songs. It was rocky enough to keep me hooked, but that wonderful Celtic folk instrumentation paired with Shane McGowan's gruff voice makes me want to find a cozy village pub with a warm fire, have a couple of drinks and simply celebrate my place in this big scary world. This was a really pleasant album that I liked a lot more than I was initially expecting. Favourite: Bottle of Smoke

Super album…

I gave up drinking a few months ago. For the last 20 years, I’ve gone hard on the piss – I don’t have the full-time alcoholic gene, but I fall very easily into a pattern of spending all my spare time either drunk or hungover. As a result, giving up alcohol at 38 has left a vacuum in my day-to-day life where lots of things just aren’t the same anymore. If I Should Fall from Grace with God is one of those albums that’s basically perfect on every front. The songs are incredibly well written – IMO the worst song on it is the hit single – and the band manages to sound both sloppy and tight at the same time, which is a huge achievement. MacGowan’s more of a wordsmith than a lyricist. It runs the full gamut of working-class existence, from working a shitty job, to having a punt, to going on a cheap holiday… drinking yourself stupid the entire time. It somehow celebrates its own misery. I can’t explain it any better than that, but it makes Springsteen seem like a 3rd-grader by comparison. To tie these points together: my entire adult life I’ve idolised this album and Shane MacGowan. More accurately, The Pogues have been the house band to a life spent mostly sozzled. It’s one of the few times you can feel genuinely good about being a stinking-drunk piece of shit. “I’m not a wastrel! I have the soul of a poet!” and so on. I don’t have many “oh my god, I wish I could crack a beer right now” moments, but hearing this album for the first time since going clean sorta brang one on. It didn’t worry me; mostly it simply drove home just how legitimately excellent the album is. But it is also a bittersweet thought: despite what they tell you, not EVERYTHING improves when you give up drinking. 5/5.

Excellent album, so good I listened twice back-to-back.

Me encanta este estilo

Too jittery.

Don't care much for The Pogues in general and Shane McGowan in particular. Love traditional music, but not in a punk style. I like my traditional music traditional.

I went through a slight Pogues phase when I was maybe 20, and listened to their albums now and again across my 20s. Listening to this album now does not compel me to listen to them more. I found the album dull. Drunken lads doing drunken lad things, battles, male sadness. The Pogues did expose me to the first time to traditional Irish music, and I appreciate that; sometimes today I do listen to traditional Irish music. But I find the Pogues wallow in the music a bit too antic, and often tedious. Not for me.

There's another version of me in the multiverse who's favorite album is this and he's probably doing better

This album has a lot of the ingredients for a 5 star album for me. Edgy, raw, variety, unpredictable, and many different instruments. I had never heard it before and I really enjoyed it.

One of my all time favorite albums. This is one that's been with me since I was 15 years old, and one that I can truly say changed my life and changed the way that I listen to music. They always say that punk rock is a gateway drug, and it's true, because punk rock led me to this. It was kind of a natural progression from Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys. Bands that I love, but I needed more. This was the perfect scratch to my itch and it really bridged the gaps of punk, rock, country and folk for me. The music is so full and so lively, while Shane's lyrics are so thoughtful and haunting. This record not only led me other music (folk, bluegrass, ska, reggae, dub, rocksteady, jazz) but also helped my world view. Immigration / Emigration. Poverty, globalization. Love, sadness, heartbreak, alcoholism. I started to grasp the troubles in Northern Ireland and the duality of what it means to be an America and how we fit in the world. This album really opened my eyes to a lot of things. When I left to live in Ireland for 2 years I was so excited and a large part of that was because of this record. Musically, I love how much fun this band is having. Each song is different from the next. There's epics, ballads, marches, sing alongs, pub songs, bo diddley's. It's all over the place, and it's not just *Irish.* They into other world genres and absolutely slayed them. I also love that they brought The Dubliners in for 2 songs and went full traditional. The songwriting is impeccable. Shane McGowan was a truly one of the greatest 20th Century poets. So many songs give me chills. For such a long album, I don't even know what I would say for each song, because I seriously love each one of these songs so much. I'm just grateful I've had this in my life so long. When I first got this album, I would show my friends and they thought it was either weird or silly. But when you really listen to it and get into this record, you'll find its a masterpiece and something to be cherished.

Oh, that's The Pogues! Shit, I had no idea. This is more fun that a Guinness or six in an Irish pub. Now I have a great complement to the Waterboys when I need a lively jig with political undertones and punk influence.

So great. Love the songs with the Dubliners. And the song Fiesta is excellent.

Fun, loud, polka tracks mixed with softer and sweet tracks Kind of reminds me of They Might Be Giants It just gets better and better as the album goes on. I'm so glad I got this album and now I need to listen to more.

feestje van eerste tot laatste noot... ook al zijn teksten niet altijd even vrolijk... best plaat van --volgens mij-- beste folk-punkband aller tijden

Shane MacGowan and the gang have produced a masterpiece here. Listened to it 3 times in a row. A beautiful mix of traditional Irish with some world music and punk. Always liked the Pogues but couldn't get through a full album with my previous music tastes. Now it flows like water. A poetic look into the Irish diaspora experience. 5*

The Pogues trad punk was so fresh when they first appeared on the scene. Who would have thought that Shane MacGowen would live as long as he did. His lyrics and style were just incredible, you wonder what he could have done if he got his health together. The love for him when he passed was so lovely to see. All in all a brilliant album start to finish, one to add to the vinyl collection. Stand out tracks: - If I Should Fall from Grace with God - Turkish Song of the Damned - Fairytale of New York - I wish this wasn't played at Christmas as much as it such an amazing piece of work and can be ruined by overplaying - Thousands are sailing - Fiesta - The recruiting sergeant / The rocky road to Dublin / Galway Races - streets of sorrow / Birmingham six - The broad majestic Shannon - The Irish Rover - Mountain Dew - Shane Bradley

For the first time since starting this experiment, I listened to the Extended Album and I’m not mad about it. That’s 5 stars right there.

Great craic

Das nenne ich ein frisches, ungezähmtes Album voller Ideen. Zwischen Melancholie und Trink-parties wandern die wunderbaren Melodien hin und her. Das ist so gelungen. Hier fällt bestimmt niemand in Ungnade bei Gott.

godDAMN this album is so good!!!!! i was thrilled to see it come up and listened to it like four times. the pogues rock hard and kinda do a clash-london-calling-esque thing here where they meander off into different genres and grooves and it just WORKS. these are the songs of the people!! favorites: pretty much everything. didn't end up adding streets of sorrow / birmingham six, sit down by the fire, or shanne bradley to my liked songs.

Classic Irish music

“Fairytale of NY” is one of my favorite Christmas songs and earns this a 5. Besides this we have Irish folk rock, well played and amusing at times though it’s only good for about a half hour with me before I get bored with it

This album is just a ton of fun, I don't know how else to describe it. These guys take all the elements of traditional Irish music and then elevate it to make it feel fresh and interesting. It's just such an interesting mix of Celtic music and folk and punk and a whole bunch of other influences. "Love You 'Till The End" is still my favorite Pogues song (at least for now, and I'm guessing it won't be on this list, but it was one of the two songs I picked to play right after my wedding ceremony, along with The Zombies "This Will Be Our Year), but this whole album is just consistently solid top to bottom. It has a standout song of its own too, with "Fairytale of New York". "Thousands Are Sailing" is a close second, an ode to immigrants coming to the US with a bunch of NYC name checks. I'm not sure if this is actually one of the greatest albums of all time or not, but I also don't know what they could have done to make it better. After so many mediocre '70s soft rock and '80s new wave albums on here, this is totally fresh and unique. They find a way to make the punk spirit live in this traditional genre. No notes on my end. RIP Shane MacGowan. Favorite song: Fairytale of New York Other: If I Should Fall from Grace with God, Turkish Song of the Damned, Bottle of Smoke, Thousands Are Sailing, Fiesta, Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six, Lullaby of London, The Broad Majestic Shannon, The Irish Rover 10/25/24

At first, I felt like this just sounded like a less refined Flogging Molly, but both the diversity of music here and the slurring lyricism make it increasingly obvious that there is much more going on here, and that the like of refinement is kind of the point. Despite being yet another punk band, this actually feels like it belongs on the list because Irish punk is so distinct (or at least the Pogues are) as opposed to the thousand and one indistinct and frankly unnecessary iterations of British punk.

I loved this one and then went through all of their stuff. I had already gotten their album with Elvis Costello but didn’t like that one as much as this one. It was better relistening today however. What a unique and fun blend of genres. I could listen to it all day Rating: 4.7

I thought this was great. I love the driving energetic punky vibe with the traditional gaelic sounds and instruments. The lyrics sound like modern folk music, with references to sacred music sometimes, and a nice sense of storytelling. It made me want to jump around and drink cider and punch things and hug people.

As I already own the iconic "Fairytale Of New York" on a compilation somewhere, I originally dismissed that LP as an unnecessary addition to my record collection, and as record that was probably second to *Rum, Sodomy And The Lash* and its own iconic tunes. Guess the tongue-in-cheek mariachi antics of "Fiesta" also put me in the wrong track here (as it was also the title theme of a very stupid show on French TV when I was a kid, which is probably why I took the whole album derisively when I browsed through it before). But boy was I wrong! And I got this app to thank for allowing me to revise my judgment today. First, there are the killer arrangements. They're just everywhere. I'm not a traditional Irish music buff, so all of this could have left me cold without all the crazy and original flourishes gracing the vast majority of those songs, from the oriental scales of "Turkish Songs Of The Damned" to the dissonant Peter Gunn Theme-adjacent brass of "Metropolis". And then, and most of all, you have the songs per se. Sure, there's the title-track and opener. But what totally led me to lower my guard is the Peter Chevron-penned sea shanty "Thousands Are Sailing", with a killer introduction, a killer chorus filled with all sorts of tense minor harmonies, and then a killer bridge to boot. From then on, I fell in love with most of the other tunes, like the political ballad "Streets Of Sorrow", the topically and musically heavy "Birmingham Six", with its abrasive sounds in the background -- like prisoners grinding the bars of their jail cell -- or the melancholic "Lullaby Of London". Steve Lilywhite's production aged very gracefully considering the time period, and the whole album is a perfect companion to *Rum, Sodomy and The Lash*. Unless it's the other way around. Rest in peace, Shane MacGowan. You were a toothless alcoholic punk and you had poets, pundits and generals waltzing in the aisles at your funeral. A life well-lived. 4.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 5 9.5/10 grade for more general purposes (5 + 4.5). Number of albums left to review: 36 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 417 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 243 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 307

I slept like crap the night before. My coffee didn’t help. But folk-punk was there to save the day.

Raufen, saufen, gröhlen, tanzen und musizieren. Mit den Pogues fällt niemand bei Gott in Ungnade.

Bitchin'. Beautiful, even.

I liked it

Feels like going for a nice walk with an old friend

Loved this album. My first exposure to the Pogues, and I am upset I have lived this long without knowing about them. I saved If I Should Fall from Gace with God, Bottle of Smoke, Turkish Song of the Damned, The Battle March Medley, and South Australia to listen to often. Loved the use of drums and accordion. Definitely fits the Irish Folk Punk classification, three things I enjoy.

This has aged very, very well in my opinion. Much of that is down to Shane’s poetry. And the production. The drum sound kicks ass.

Favourite tracks: if I should fall from grace with god; fiesta; fairytale of new York; streets of sorrow; the Irish rover; Shanne Bradley

very jaunty rock music with an unafraid and EXTREME celtic influence. a single track will make you wanna riverdance in a pub where a dozen red-haired thugs chug heavy drinks and get into heated fistfights. all members of the group create quite the hootenanny with their songs, slurry, and dare i say almost drunken-sounding singing and passionate instrumentation make this album stand out among the rest. if you don't like the sound, maybe you should take another drink lad.

One of the greatest albums ever.

The big one for The Pogues. Most U.S. listeners first heard of The Pogues from this album, after it became a darling of the alternative rock stations. It contains their most recognizable song, Fairytale of New York, which is often played as part fo Christmas playlists. This is hilarious because it's anything but a nice Christmas song. Like so many Pogues songs, it's a story song about disillusionment and addiction. It's a rollicking album full of high energy folk-rock and sad ballads. It's predecessor, Rum Sodomy and the Lash, was more raw, and it's successor, Peace and Love a hot mess. If I Should Fall From Grace With God is Pogues at peak.

Love it, no notes

This album rocked, really fun vibe reminded me of Flogging Molly. Favorite songs were: 1. If I Should Fall from Grace with God 4. Fairytale of New York 10. Lullaby of London 9/10

i’ll admit i can only take so much of this at once, but that’s not a judgement on the achievement

irish sea shanties with layers of different genres.

1988 fue año plagado de estupendos discos y este de lo Pogues fue de los mejores. Aclamado por crítica y público, contiene algunos de sus mejores y mas conocidos temas: Fiesta y Fairytale of NY especialmente, que se convirtió desde su publicación en un clásico imperdurable. Cierto es que el revival flokie tenía en los Waterboys un puntal ese año, pero la mezcla de Punk-Folk y el carisma de Shane los hacía irresistibles. Con Rum, Sodomy and the Lash habían logrado la aclamación de la crítica (que no les perdía la pista desde su estupendo debut) pero la exhuberancia y equlibrio de If I Sholud hacen de este un disco especial. Arranca como un tiro con la canción titular y sigue con brío Turkish song of the dammed. La banda está en plenitud y se nota, Shane está inspirado como nunca (como siempre). Bottle of smoke no baja el pistón un milímetro y llega el pelotazo de Fairytale. Después de esto cualquier cosa es posible. En este caso, la instrumental Metropolis, compuesta por Finer. Termina con Thousands Are Sailing de Phil Chevron, otra gran canción. La cara B comienza a ritmo de pachanga con la inigualable Fiesta (de letra en muchos momentos tan incoherente como su vídeo musical), que transmite una alegría exuberante. De vuelta a la raíces con el medley de The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road to Dublin / Galway Races que continua con Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six , esta últimamente censurada por la mismísima BBC. Lullaby of London es un bonita balada que nos lleva al ritmo acelerado de Sit Down by the Fire y con The Broad Majestic Shannon retornan las melodías de Fairytale con aires más folkies, gran canción y acabar con la lúgubre tonada tradicional Worms. Posteriores ediciones incluyen temas extras, como la versión charanga de Sketches of Spain, o la 27ª versión del tradicional Irish Rover con los Dubliners (grabada con ellos un año antes). UNa maravilla. Otros grandes discos del excelso 1988 fueron: Public Enemy con It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ,Pixies con Surfer Rosa, Daydream Nation de Sonic Youth, Lovesexy de Prince, Green de R.E.M. ,Talking Heads con Naked, el debut de Tracy Chapman, Eric B. & Rakim con Follow the Leader, Tender Prey de Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Morrissey debut con Viva Hate , I'm Your Man de Leonard Cohen, el debut de The Sugarcubes con Life's Too Good, Bug de Dinosaur Jr, Pet Shop Boys con Introspective, Vivid de Living Colour; Prefab Sprout con From Langley Park to Memphis, 69 de A.R. Kane, Run-D.M.C. con Tougher Than Leather, The House of Love de The House of Love, The Serpent's Egg de Dead Can Dance, Barbed Wire Kisses de The Jesus and Mary Chain, 101 de Depeche Mode, Bummed de los Happy Mondays, Bummed de Happy Mondays, Songhai de Ketama, Sex & Drugs & Jesus Christ de Christian Death, Birth, School, Work, Death de The Godfathers, el debut de L7, Stronger than pride de Sade, G N'R Lies de Guns and Roses, Only life de The Felies, Today de Galaxie 500, Fisherman's blues de Waterboys, 16 Lovers Lane de The Go-Betweens, Spirit of eden de Talk Talk, Watermark de Enya, Cocteau Twins de Blue Bell Knoll, Peepshow de Siouxsie & the Banshees, Idlewild de Everything but the Girl , Conscious Party de Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, The First of a Million Kisses de Fairground Attraction, People de Hothouse Flowers, Straight Outta Compton de N.W.A, It Takes Two de Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, Nothing's Shocking de Jane's Addiction, Ancient Heart de Tanita Tikaram, La pistola y el corazón de Los Lobos, Talk Is Cheap de Keith Richards, Everything de The Bangles, el Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Look Sharp! de Roxette, El Ritmo Mundial de Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Shaday de Ofra Haza, Straight out the Jungle de The Jungle Brothers, California de American Music Club, The Trinity Session de Cowboy Junkies, Isn't Anything de My Bloody Valentine, Pata Negra y su Blues de la frontera No digo ya cosas como Robert Palmer, Eight Wonder, Boby McFerrin, Tiffany, New Kids on the Block, Jean Michel Jarre, U2, Martika, Milli Vanilli o Womack and Womack, que tuvieron su gracia.

I love Irish music and this one is fantastic. Loved it’s upbeat, fun tone!

Easily in my top 10 all-time. I was lucky to get into the Pogues with this album. I was able to go backwards so to me they evolved into a more punk band before becoming a great all around band.

I love when traditional music steeped in history is combined with more contemporary instruments, so this is right up my alley. Energetic, traditional and modern at the same time. Skipped Fairytale of New York as it’s September but I already know what it sounds like and love it. One of my favourite Christmas songs. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard any of the other tracks before. I really liked it, more than I expected. Highlights: If I Should Fall from Grace with God Turkish Song of the Damned Fairytale of New York Fiesta The Recurring Sergeant / The Rocky Road to Dublin / Galway Races The Broad Majestic Shannon

I am always struck by how much I love this album. I might just be a sucker for banjo. Overall just really fun. 4.5/5

My 2nd Pogues album from the generator. Another enjoyable album full of bangers. Could've had a few more tracks with Kirsty MacColl singing, her tune was a highlight. Makes me wish I was in a pub in Ireland, non stop dance jigs.

The Pogues have been on my list to deep dive for quite a while. Fairytale of New York is in my top 5 Christmas songs, so I was excited when this came up. I loved it. I've also been on an Irish music kick that started when Shane McGowan died a few months ago, so thay definitely influenced things. Album cover: A-

Ah, here's the reminder that I need more Irish folk music in my life

The only thing better than this album was their prior, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. Love them. Loved this.

You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot, "Happy Christmas" your arse, I pray God it's our last Fuck it, è stato un bellissimo ascolto

Killing

You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot, “Happy Christmas” your arse, I pray God it’s our last Fuck it, è stato un bellissimo ascolto

Loved this album. I knew a handful of Pogues songs, but had never listened to an album, but this is one of a handful of albums from this project that I have put straight back on after the first listen. Brilliant. It did feel odd listening to Fairytale of New York in August, though.

Elsker irsk

One of the great albums in the history of The Pogues. Wonderful collection of great songs!

My new favorite Christmas album. Varied yet cohesive and a fun plot twist at the end.

The Pogues. I remember hearing 'Dirty Old Town' then 'The Irish Rover' and thinking, this is a bit mad. Then this came out, which was an improvement on 'Rum, Sodomy and the Lash', this features one of my favourite tracks 'Thousands are Sailing' and so many more quality tunes. It's punk played with traditional Irish instruments, it shouldn't work, but it does and so well. Everyone loves 'Fairytale of New York' , like the rest of it, it's bittersweet stuff. Well maybe apart from 'Fiesta' it brings a huge smile to my face when I hear it. A 5 star effort deserved by a band firing on all cylinders, before the wheels fell off a short few years later.

lo and behold it's one of the best albums i've ever heard and my entryway into a new genre! like side b is great but side a is maybe the best run in the history of music hufdhufdj...baroque, poetic, vibrant, melancholic, warm, amazing 10/10

Perfect album loved every second

This is the one male stereotype I allow myself to have - fucking love this shit

Irish/Celtic punk rock me boysss

One of the best albums of all time and contains my favorite christmas song ever. 5/5

Probably not in the top 20, but still better than a 4.5.

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash will always be my favourite The Pogues album, but this one has to be up there, too. It's a little odd listening to "Fairytale of New York" when it's not Christmas, but it's a great song on a great album.

I love Irish folk music and these guys have such a great blend of old and new. They can get you up off your feet dancing or sitting down quietly contemplating the beauty of their music, can't say enough about how good this album is.

Love the Pogues, there’s some really great songs on here, only held back by the fact that Rum Sodomy is better. Just a perfect blend of the Celtic instruments with the chaotic vigor of punk. I love it so much

Amazingly raucous for the most part, or heartfelt and emotional in its quieter moments. A little on the long side, but it romps along and definitely keeps interest up the whole time.

Le 3eme album des Pogues est un album incontournable composé de titres entraînants et inspirés, de chansons rebelles, poétiques, punk et politiques. Un album qui s'ouvre également à des sonorités inédites comme le jazz, la musique mexicaine voir orientale. Cet album est l'un des meilleurs des Pogues et certainement le plus accessible. Gonflé de hits comme Fairytale in New York, Lullaby in London, Broad Majestic Shannon, Birmingham Six, Bottle of Smoke. Un album à écouter au moins une fois dans sa vie et qui est l'un de mes albums préférés du groupe avec Hell's Ditch et The Pogues in Paris. Un 4.5/5 soit un beau 5/5

super fun and energetic album that has a massive amount of creativity and variety as the overlap between irish music and punk music is explored to its fullest. I absolutely love this album.

Extremely my shit.

I started my day listening to this and somebody at work who is named Paddy messaged me and opened with 'top of the morning'. I wish I could attach screenshots to these reviews, this is the kind of stuff that makes god fall back into grace with me.

This kicks way more ass than I expected.