Reviews (page 12 of 13)
This album is so punk and the fact that it incorporates folk instruments from Ireland is pretty astounding. The songs have great themes. The vocals are unique and fit what they are trying to do. However, as the album goes, songs start blending and sounding the same. Cool concept but I just needed more variety.
Not for me. However, I could dance to this in a pub with a beautiful woman. Thus marking the beginning of a tumultuous love story
1 or 2 songs is okay, but a full album of this music is a real slog. Didn’t really enjoy this music.
Not at all what I would expect to be labeled Pop. Felt like a pirate or in a Sherlock bar fight while listening to this
2 - Wasn't my thing with their other album on the list, still isn't my thing now. I mean, if you like this genre of music, I'm sure this is great. I remember this album being a bit odd and varied, which at least makes it a bit more memorable than the other one.
Metropolis felt like a spy movie scene, but this sounds like Irish pirate music. Saying the f word isn’t cool, especially twice
Meh
If you’re from Boston and like to fight, you love this album. You know the type of white American that pretends to be Irish even though no one in their family has ever actually been to Ireland? This album is their soundtrack.
It’s just not that good. Maybe if I was Connor mcgregor
Not my cup of tea. Irish folk music is the description that comes to mind.
I'll be honest I couldn't understand what Shane MacGowan was signing about for most of the songs. I liked the music think his signing wreks most tracks. I have always said Fairytale of New York is over rated and I stand by that. Quite liked fiesta. P.S there are better songs called worms out there
Takes me back to me Irish roots.
I was either born in the wrong century or on the wrong continent to appreciate this music. +1 for the diversity of the music. - 1 for me just not liking most of it.
May save for some rpg game background music
real talent, but not my style
I just can’t get into this band. I love the Irish, but apparently not their music.
Aggressively Irish. Not particularly for me today.
HMMMMM. Like celtisk musikk, men ikkje celtisk punk. Detta va folkesangete nok til å passera. Litt lei av den julesangen, og litt lei av folk som seie at dei ikkje like andre julesanga enn den julesangen
Sorry I can’t
Oh fuck off
eh
I listened to the original release track listing, not the 2004 reissue. Many of the songs I felt like I was in some theme park or watching a movie where the characters are thrown onto a dance floor and must do some crazy group dance. For those songs' high tempo and energy I expected to like it more, but I wanted it to be more catchy and for the main vocalist to sound less subdued. Overall very folksy but with a wide range of stuff that sounds jazzy and influenced by other countries; it's well-made but not something that excites me. 4/10
echt afschuwelijk, men kan dit fatoe vinden maar ik vind het echt parra bad!!!
Well, this was a different album. Somewhere crossed between British punk, mariachi, polka, and a sea shanty, The Pogues win an award for weirdness. While the upbeat tempo and interesting musical shenanigans helped keep interest through the album, the high praise seems perhaps unreasonable.
Some things just aren't for me. This style of music is one of those. This group is the best at that style. That makes for good listening for 3-4 songs. Then I hope that maybe I stop hearing it.
Fever dream of an album at times, not sure I love the blend of punk and folk despite my typical enjoyment of those genres. +1 of the original sound and lyrical content, but music is just not for me.
Not really my kind of music, I do generally like celtic music, especially those with uilleann pipes, but this is just not it for me.
Not my favourite album. Didn’t love the mix of punk and traditional Irish music. 2/5
I didn’t love it, it feels like the manic backing track to a comedy movie scene. I suppose it has its place but wherever that is I must be a stranger. It does seem like music that would be much better live than recorded.
Not for me
There are so many folk-rock albums out there which supersede this one, that I am wholly vexed why this album is in the list. At times I hear poor imitations of Fairport Convention from an instrumental viewpoint, and at other times the singing and lyrical content does that "joke rock" thing that became prevalent in the 1990s (among acts such as The Presidents of the United States, etc.). While I appreciate the musicality, I feel like there are much stronger albums in this genre that could have been included in this list. Underwhelmed.
This was really not my thing. My score doesn't reflect upon the quality, just didn't like it.
I get it. They're Irish. I wanted to like this one, but it was about 30 minutes too long. 3 feels too high. 2 feels low, but they don't let you give half scores.
devuelvan las malvinas
not for me
not for me
Not it for me
Oh great, another Pogues album. It starts out better than the other one, musically I kind of like it actually. The main problem remains the singing - or more accurately, drunk wailing - of Shane MacGowan, most obvious in 'Fairytale of New York' (full disclosure: I didn't listen past this song). Why that song ever became a hit I cannot fathom. It's bad enough that I have to listen to it every December, I'm not going to put myself through that at any other time of year. 2 stars for the Irish tunes.
Wasn't familiar with the Pogues before this and didn't know this genre predated Flogging Molly. Interesting, but not my bag.
This was a tough one. I wanted to like it a lot and a few of the more highly rated songs I did. But just did not hook me. The influence they have had on other bands though seems evident.
You probably deserved a 1 considering I needed to suffer through 2 of your albums on this generator. Both albums were pretty awful. But somehow, not at that level of awful. Not coming back ever, that's for sure.
D+ If I Should Fall From Grace with God - 1 Turkish Song of the Damned - 2 Bottle of Smoke - 1 Fairytale of New York - 3 Metropolis - 2 Thousands Are Sailing - 2, tell me this ain’t Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Fiesta - 2 Medley: the Recruiting Sergeant / the Rocky Road to Dublin / Galway Races - 2 Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six - 2 Lullaby of London - 2 Sit Down By the Fire - 2 The Broad Majestic Shannon - 1 Worms - 2 As expected, The Pogues are an embarrassment to music everywhere, except Ireland. Bloody torturous, innit?
I want to like it, but I don't.
2.5
You can't really deny this album of its spot on this list. Its strange uniqueness warrants an appearance, because not many albums can simultaneously sound like traditional Celtic music, Christmas music, and punk music. It's not something that I came away as a new fan of, but it's something I was pleased to have been exposed to at the very least.
Not a fan.
I feel being a few beers deep in an Irish or British pub would go a long way to helping me enjoy this album more.
Only the Christmas song pushed this to 2 stars.
Ehhh not for me. Sounds like every other Irish rock band I've heard. Same instruments, same themes. Just didn't wow me.
It was okay. I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it, but if it comes on I wouldn't mind.
Hmmm. Wasn’t for me, I didn’t get a lot out of this. I felt like it was…not gimmicky, but just so intensely stylized that it was hard for me to connect with it on a genuine level. I can’t say it was a bad album, just something super unfamiliar to me. So for as much as it didn’t resonate with me, it was a cool opportunity to listening to some Celtic music and try to grow more accustomed to it. Faves: Metropolis, Thousands Are Sailing, The Battle March Medley, Fiesta
The instrumentals/vocals are well done to my ear, just think this isn’t the genre for me. An hour of distinctly Irish music felt a bit tiring when the Pogues opt to use a small set of keys over and over, with not much rhythmic variation on top to spice things up.
Weird Irish rock. I liked one song but the singing really kills what they have going on with the instruments. I'd rather listen to The Cranberries or The Dubliners.
I'm not in Ireland. See next review Pogues for more context. Still got some banging tunes haha e.g Fairytale of NY
Like listening to high school drama class warm ups. There a time and place for this and yesterday was not it
é engraçado ouvir rock com esse estilo irlandes. faz pensar como rock é moldavel. eu não sei o que pensar desse album, acho que eu não gosto de irlandeses. eu so ouvi metade dele e enjoei do estilo da irlanda.
Yeahhh I was really not feeling this one. Extra star for cultural significant and I did really like the last few songs but little else. The random Spanish songs stuck out but were fun.
irish folk punk. it's good for what it is but not music I'd listen to
Some people are really into raucous sloppy irish bar bands, not this guy
oof that was a slog. Could see enjoying it after a few pints, tho.
Not my cup of tea.
An okay album by the Irish band. I get having one of their albums on this list but two seems silly. Their music isn’t that amazing. By now I’ve learned that my musical taste just isn’t completely in line with this catalog of albums. Having two albums by the pogues is a great example of it. But this is fine I guess. 5.5/10
👍
It’s bad
irlaantilaiset... rattoisaa musiikkia... alempi väki... voivat viihdyttää heh... pelleinä....klovneina.. tällaista musiikkia taustalla heh... sopii hyvin... tHEKKHEE MIELI OTTAA PAINTTI LÄHI PUBISSA HEH HURRAA HURRAA. ihan hyvä albumi mutta älkää luulko.. älkää ittestänne luulko liikoja.. itse arvosta.. ei arvoa... teillä... joulumusiikkia mukana...espanjalaista...ne on heikoimpia...pysykää vaan omassa...omissa piireissä... thousands are sailing paras...shoutout worms....kuin mörkömäistä musiikkia
Interesting album. Not my bag.
Never hopped on the Celtic bandwagon, and it appears that won't be changing anytime soon. This just isn't something I'd actively seek out.
sure, if I was in the mood (rare)
SNORE
I was gonna give this a 3 but then after some rampant discussion i realized that i almost certainly will never listen to this album again. So 2 it is.
They're kind of fun, but I have a hard time getting over just how bad their lead singer is. He's comically awful, and it makes it so that songs that should be easy sing-alongs are not, there's no tune to sing along to and you can't tell what he's saying anyway. All their songs kind of sound the same to me too. Relative to the other albums on this list, this has something of a novel sonic palette with all the traditional folk instruments on it. But they're not actually doing anything new - they're just playing Irish folk with a drum kit and electric guitars, and guys like Fairport Convention do that same thing better.
Not for me but I know someone who would like this. 4/10
My 2nd album from the Pogues. Not my fave.
English band playing Irish punk rock with a heavy folk influence. This album is a decent example of the genre, that since has evolved and produced much better bands and records, with a notably example of Dropkick Murphys. The Pogues provided a breath of fresh air during 80s, but since then, their album can be played in a small Irish pub in the middle of nowhere, by a live tribute band, with only drunk people paying any attention to the music. After two times that I've heard this album, I still can't distinguish any specific song. Cohesiveness of the record makes it harder to enjoy the music. Songs are meshed together into one long 50 minutes composition, with no distinctive features. While it can be still enjoyable, I believe it is highly outdated and should be celebrated as a monument of past and not a beacon of irish punk greatness.
The lyrics are rich and full of story and poetic imagery. But I can’t get on the pirate shanty vibe as very repetitive. If it wasn’t for the Xmas song it would be one star!
Okay. Fun for drinking
While I appreciate it for what it is, I don't much care for it myself, and by the time I get about 5 songs in, I'm itching to turn it off. What I can appreciate is the format they popularized and cleared a space (however niche) for. To the extent that groups like the Decemberists have space for their rich storytelling, and bands like Titus Andronicus (on 'The Monitor' specifically) drunkenly slur over their roiling tunes, I can appreciate the place that the Pogues occupy on this list.
Did not finish
I appreciate the band and what they're doing more than I enjoy the music — certainly over the course of a full album. I would dig these guys in a live setting and the arrangements are impressive, especially coming from a listener with a decidedly non-traditional-Irish musical background. But I was tired of the album before it ended, and while I think it merits more than two stars, I'll let Marianne's higher rating pull mine up to 2.5 or more. Glad I listened, I wouldn't have picked this out of the list on my own.
I know people love The Pogues. I am not one of them. I've tried. My low ranking is just a personal opinion based on my taste and not about the quality of the music.
2/5 Sounds like a good Irish Folk/Punk album. Not really my thing however so I can't rate it highly in regards to other Irish Folk/Punk albums. Favourite song was Turkish Song of the Damned. Production doesn't sound that great, wish there was some separation between the vocals and instruments on the more chaotic songs.
A type of music I am not used to listen. Interesting blend, but dont touch me.
I was thoroughly enjoying myself up until about track 7 on the album. I glanced at Spotify and saw there were 12 tracks left. This would be the easiest 4/5 if the album was half the length. Upbeat folk tunes that I could see myself getting out of my seat and dancing at the pub to. I have to rate this on a complete listening experience. The second half of the album is an absolute slog to finish and gave me very little enjoyment outside of The Dubliners features. 2/5
Classic Irish Folk. seemed like a predecessor so that flogging molly's could fly. Turkish song i liked
I'm not drunk enough for this.
Irish punk rock isn't quite my scene, and this gets there even less.
I'm usually pretty open minded, especially about world music, but I just did not enjoy this at all
Blei sliten ette andre songen. + For fairytale in new york men ellers ganske plagsomt
HMMMMM. Like celtisk musikk, men ikkje celtisk punk. Detta va folkesangete nok til å passera. Litt lei av den julesangen, og litt lei av folk som seie at dei ikkje like andre julesanga enn den julesangen
Didn't recognize the song changing. One hell of fiddling and diddling.
imagine écouter ça bloqué en correspondance entre Montparnasse et Gare du Nord à cause d’un malaise voyageur
list so white
If the Clash doing Irish jigs is your thing, then you are going to love these guys. If you are expecting anything that sounds like "Lorca's Novena", then you are feeling like I do right now.
Not my thing at all, some well known classics, but I never bought into the whole thing. Music for nutters
Annoying
Is this the eighth Pogues album on here? Certainly "Fairytale..." is a good song. And the rest are stylistic of the Pogues... but as mentioned earlier, do we need to have this album to fill out our list of 1001 albums. I think one album by the 10,000 Maniacs would be nice to have in this list.
Hyvä meininki ja joitain siistejä kohtia, mut ei ihan mun juttu.
I am still an apathetic Pogues listener.
Irish jig music
Meh
I
Absolutely the most irish / english album of all time
Banjo music
It was enjoyable enough to listen to but not something I'd go back to again.
Obviously, Fairytale of New York is an all-time classic, but, this was rough to get through otherwise. I'm sure this album hits the right place for certain people, but, this was not for me.
Maybe 2 is a bit harsh but too many sounded similar. A good energy to it and some obvious high points
You Irish? You drunk? You Pirates? I got bored after a few songs. Certainly cannot listen to 20 of them in a row. I did like "the Irish Rover" though. There must be hundreds of little bands that aren't any worse or better. Who gave these guys a record deal?
The Pogues me suena a la respuesta de "¿como sonarian Los Auténticos Decadentes si fueran irlandeses?". Original en su primera escucha; sin embargo, el sonido "marinero" llega a saturar y la verdad fue un alivio terminar el disco. Eso si, reconocimiento a las originales letras que cuentan una historia como "Turkish Song of the Damned" sobre un pirata que deserta durante un naufragio llevandose el tesoro. Luego los fantasmas de sus compañeros lo vienen a buscar.
Celtic colonialism vibes
First/second/third impressions are that this would be a blast to hear live in a smallish pub in Ireland - fun foot-stomping, get the crowd going a bit. On disc though? Doesn't hold much for me - the music is good but tends to get repetitive in sound/pattern and Shane McGowan on vocals gets....old. Recusing myself a bit as this likely has more of a cultural bent to it and they do sound talented but as a collection of songs to listen to I think I could do 2 or 3 at a time but as a full album it's not something I'm likely to return to. 4/10 2 stars.
OK but I wouldn’t seek it out except Fairy Tale of New York which you can’t avoid at a certain time of year! 2*
Pretty hilarious that we get this within a week of the Waterboys album. From Irish folk-tinged rock to rock-tinged Irish folk. I find this one decidedly less enjoyable than the previous album. The Waterboys had great, earworm melodies and this one serves more as a punk-y spin on traditional tunes. I can't say this is bad, and this style of music certainly has a place, but that place is not my ear canals. I love hearing traditional music from around the world, but the '80s revival context that this represents doesn't sit the same with me. I struggled to find any songs here worth saving. Thank god for the Popeye ass vocals on "Mountain Dew." Favorite tracks: Mountain Dew. Album art: Just a band photo of these disgruntled lads. Glancing about, I spy Morrissey, Justin Timberlake, Pokey Lafarge, even Elon Musk. Eh, couldn't be pricked. 2/5
I hate to rate some of these albums with less than 3 stars because they aren't bad, necessarily, they're just not my thing. But since we can't give 1/2 stars... Irish folk-punk music is NOT my thing. LOL
I think I have heard fairytale of New York way too many times and that may have negatively influenced my opinion of the entire album
A shift towards songs that can be danced to, sung anthemically or otherwise accessed instantly. A bigger sound, brassy and jubilantly rhythmic, that's as pleasing as it's designed to be but which out of necessity, carelessness or something else sacrifices the detailed, Dickensian, grand mythical effect of Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. No disputing these are good stories, but they're vehicles for inducing a pleasurable kind of ribaldry rather than carefully-crafted stories of ribaldry that transport the listener into their tumultuous scenes.
Not my cup of tea.
Not even a strong example from within the “genre” - take out fairytale and it’s an easy 1 star
Don't understand.
How many Pogues albums are gonna be in here 🙄
Not something i would listen too normally. But I would definitely watch them at a festival of ever given a chance. Overall I did enjoy it. It’s a high 2
2.2 - A mixed bag - some interesting surprises, some atrocious. It started off with some Irish type ditties but with profuse swearing and grunty, confrontational vocals. Think soccer hooligans. Along the way, there are some interesting instrumental tracks that blend disparate influences, particularly from American easy listening and Broadway. Some of the more traditional Irish/Welsh folk songs sound vital and upbeat.
Ehhhhhh happy Saint patty’s couldn’t finish 2.1
No thanks
A bunch of really great musicians playing trad Irish stuff...and Shane McGowan is also there.
Ilosta irkkuilua, mut ei mitään erikoista
folk şov ilgilenmiorum
Not sure I need a whole album of this - the Christmas record works well enough.
A true gentleman is a man who knows how to play the banjo, and don't... the same with the accordion.
Definitely not the music I would listen to. Gives European country vibes, that just can't connect to.
DNF
Not for me.
Not for me
Nope.
Een mix van punk en IRISH FOLK bro je moet mij niet bellen voor deze shit. Bro als die fairytale of New York hun populairste is dan hoef ik de rest niet te horen
Bastante folklorico, uno tiene que estar bastante abierto a una mezcla de música escosesa, pero no me gustó
Tune 4 en juillet, ouch. Je comprends le style mais c’est juste mauvais. Genre Bravehearth sur l’acide.
I was interested to here a whole album but I really didn’t like it, presumably on here for the single?
Music for people who don’t like music - one star. Tom.
Even if the compositions were great (and they're not), I have rarely seen a lead singer so impressively bad that they could completely condemn a whole record.
A challenging album to listen to.
1/2
Every one of these songs sound like the punk music in Pro Skater 4 but more folky. The first 3 tracks have blended together, with the second being my favorite. It sounds like pirate music. The vocals are good Metropolis sucks, it sounds like half pirate music half 50's superhero motif. I think I get what the deal is with the chaotic blending of sounds, but it is not fun to listen to. Okay look I don't really care. Like if there's an album all about how much someone loves being American and misses their country I'm probably not going to give a shit about it. Ireland is cool and I'm sure there's a rich culture, history, and heritage over there - but I do not care. With that being said, Thousands Are Sailing is an enjoyable song that sounds unlike any of the tracks that preceded it. Mostly anyway. Look man music can and should be fun, but Fiesta is just too much. I'm tapping out here and will pick back up tomorrow. I'm listening to Nathaniel's Iron Maiden album instead, I am not excited to jump back into this one. Hell I ran back a Bob Dylan song before I reopened this album, hahahaha. Ok we're coming back at track 8. Dude this shit sucks. It's well made but I hate the way it sounds and I don't give 2 fucks about Ireland. I didn't sleep enough last night I'm not havin it today. Hey isn't Aiedyn an Irish name. The Broad Majestic Shannon is okay. I still don't like it. I'm just gonna go ahead and set up for the end of the review; I'm going to get through it, but I checked out a long time ago. Favorite: Thousands Are Sailing Least Favorite: Metropolis, Sketches of Spain Shotout: Uhhhh. The Broad Majestic Shannon? 1 star. I went ahead and skimmed their other album on this list and it's the same shit.
This was really hard to listen. Hard to say why. The way the harmonies work, how the instruments are treated, they are just quite hard to let in.
Still can’t stand Celtic stuff, even if they do mix in some Turkish and stuff.
puta que pariu viu DE NOVO ISSO vsf
sorry to say i didn’t finish this, tavern music is not my jig :(
Cool for like 2 songs then it lost me
Liked Breaking the girl Mellowship slinky in major B The power of equalty
No es mi estilo
1/5. It sounds okay and toes into enjoyable, but stays within a sound that is akin to... precursor boom clap hey/pirate/folk music that never finds a natural cohesion.
Didn't enjoy this nearly as much as their first album. Hectic, chaotic and made my head hurt.
q carajos es esto
Nothing has ever been more not-for-me, or rather just less-for-me. Totally irredeemable.
Jesus Christ this was awful
🇨🇮🇨🇮irish moment 🇨🇮🍀🍀🍀
Ik dacht ik sla een paar over en ik doe weer leuk mee. Kwam deze verschrikking, ik heb echt leuke albums moeten overslaan… Het klonk alsof mumford en sons een carnavalsplaat ging maken met een dronken Ier van de straat geplukt. Voor sommige mensen klinkt dat leuk, maar niet voor mij. Dat kerstliedje is ook verschrikkelijk, maar het dieptepunt is toch wel dat nummer mountain dew. Als je kijkt in welk jaar dit album is gemaakt lijkt het me alsof ze een retroplaat hebben gemaakt als tegenhanger van de mainstream muziek van die tijd. Ik vind dat als je het niet eens bent met de hedendaagse mainstream muziek je iets vernieuwends moet maken in plaats van terug vallen in wat daar voor al niet leuk was. Mijn allergie voor de banjo is nog groter geworden na het luisteren van dit album.
wtf
i cant handle it
Diddly diddly dee - sorry can't stand this. Fairytale is the only redeeming song but its been played to death, so i hate that as well!
Not for general listening and not really for me. It feels like a sound track to something. It was be a banger in an 1800s pirate tavern. It does some interesting stuff, but it's not for me
I’d rather die than listen to another song on this album. This was genuinely some of the worst music I’ve ever heard in my life.
No es mi estilo. La voz del cantante me pareció molesta.
not my cup of tea mate
I like the folk based melodic phrasing and can put up with the singing style, but the constant banjo plucking, cheesy grating accordion and the monotonous reel rhythm really grind my gears. A tedious slog.
don't really appreciate irish or whatever punk
m,mmm
18 straight songs of jig and polka that sound exactly the same. Absolute trash ⭐️
Can’t believe there’s a second album from this band. The first one was swashbuckler pirate bullshit, the only reason I remember it is because I was so blown away with how weird and out of place it was on this list. If this album is the same vibes I’m not listening all the way through. Through song 1 I have low hopes. More pirate bs. I’m done after 2 songs. It’s the same exact shit. I didnt like the first one, I’m not going to like this one. This genre just did not last the test of time. I don’t understand how two of basically the exact same album Make this list but there’s other albums that are subjectively better and have more sales and listeners that are not on this list. It was clearly made by a white guy from Europe. JAA. 1.4 for trying.
Tellement chiant d’écouter que de la musique irlandaise pendant ce qui semble être 1000 ans. M’a irrité.
Odié el álbum, no me gustó para nada. No lo entendí, así que le doy 1 de 5. Creo que también es por el género; había algunos sonidos interesantes, como un estilo irlandés, pero aun así no logré conectarme con la música.
like kinda fun i guess? i only made it halfway through so that probably says something
It's not my style
no lo escuche, ya la primera cancion no me gusto el country
I refuse.
irish folk… not for me
Nice
the most irish thing i've ever heard in my entire life i could not get past the third song
Gogol Bordello meets East Coast meets British Punk. Not my favourite.
Jag är ledsen men irländsk tjo och tjim tål jag inte. Fryntligt fylleskrål över skummande ölbord är det första jag skulle förbjuda, strax före vitmaktmusik, Eric Clapton och tysk hiphop om jag var diktator. Riverdance är mer problematiskt än Epstein-filerna. Mustiga sedelärande berättelser med älvor, gröna pysslingar och en kittel med guld vid regnbågens slut är skäl nog att rättfärdiga folkmord. Britterna hade chansen innan 1916 men gjorde ett dåligt jobb.
Really want to like this record. I’ve heard great cover songs of the Pogues and I know how revered Shane MacGowan is…but this just is not it for me. Sorry.
What even is this?!
If I Should Fall From Grace With God: hmmm it truly just isnt my type of song...ive never been too fond of this music genre Turkish Song of the Damned: not sure how i feel about this one...i like it a little but it also sounds so similar to the previous one... Bottle of Smoke: sounds exactly like the last song Fairytale of New York: i dont like this one at all... Metropolis: i liked how it started but it got not good after... Thousands Are Sailing: didnt like it Fiesta: yeah this album just isnt for me Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road To Dublin/Galway Races: at this point im just listening out of duty Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six: dude this album wont end i didnt want to torture myself any longer so i didnt listen to any other songs. 0/10 i really didnt like this
Why does this list have so much punk
Shit
Yuck
No
Once again it weren’t for me x
59/1089 1.4229* If aliens landed on earth and asked to either hear quintessential Irish music or face human extinction, this would be a feasible album recommendation. This is the first album that was a struggle to complete. I wouldn't want to be stuck in a room with this on repeat. If you're into Irish music then I know you'd like it but i couldn't stand it..and this is coming from someone with a not-too-distant family name of O'Shannon.
My brain isn't ready for this punk crossover, and I know that's got to do with my own ignorance. If I knew more about Irish folk, if I invested more time into Celtic music in a very general sense, I'd probably appreciate this more. But those vocals, that cadence, the speed, it beats at my eardrums like something is not quite right. I understand what's happening, and I get how it influences bands in the future, bands I can appreciate more. It just doesn't help me appreciate this one by a lot. The Battle March Medley was the only track that made me stop to consider my opinion, and as that's the instrumental track. I figure my issue is mainly the vocals. 1.3/5
Ich kann mit Schunkelrock überhaupt nix anfangen
Not for me
Puedo valorar que es una gran banda de música, pero no puedo con el metal.
Odd transition from bottle of smoke to fairytale of New York. I can’t listen to this anymore it’s so bad.
Couldn’t even get through his album because it was too harsh to the ears. I love a folky old-timey record as much as the next person, but there was way too much accordion in it for me.
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Klingt wie österreichische Volksmusik nur in Englisch. Nicht mein
Nice if you are in a pub
Nada mi tipo, interesante genero
This is what the vampires from Sinners sound like to me
are all 22 million monthly listeners of these people deaf? i’ll be honest, i couldn’t listen to the whole thing, i couldn’t get through it. it’s jst noise, i can’t even tell what im listening to. it wouldn’t even be bad if they jst fixed the volume on all the sounds. i can’t hear a word they guy is saying, i can’t hear anything.
This sounded like one long song. Not for me.
Not into that style
Not really my type of music
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Nah
j’ai écouté le premier son j’ai cru être au monde des farfadets j’ai pas écouté la suite mais je note quand même
Un album que j’aurais sûrement bien plus apprécié si j’étais un pirate et que l’on venait d’aborder avec succès un navire marchand dont les soutes étaient remplies de vivres et d’or à profusion.
Made it 3 songs in- sounded way too folky and crazy for me. Went back to listening to Big Thief
Very folksy album. It's very clear they had a lot of fun in the studio with this one. Overall, not for me at all.
The lead singer's voice hurts my ears. Too bad, I thought the instrumentals were interesting, maybe get a better singer and try again. 1.0
I absolutely hate this. Everything in me hates this. I hate the fiddle, I hate the singing, I hate the doodlydoooo songs. I don't think any volume of alcohol could make me like this sea shanty punk irish ballad shit. I can't. Please make it stop. At least they seem to really have fun making this which lifts it above TS and Linkin Park
Jesus Christ man. Maybe I would like this if I was listening to it live at a renaissance faire. Or at a pub. And actually, I probably would like it then. But not while I'm just trying to cook some fucking eggs, or drive to Aldi. Christ this was long. Weirdly I am glad I listened to this, because man is it unique. Just sort of unique in a bad way. Yarr. By the way, Guinness sucks. Fave tracks: - Metropolis - Fiesta
If I heard this album play in heaven I would happily skip into the fires of hell. The furthest thing from my taste in music. If I hear an accordion for one more second I’m gonna blow my head smooth off.
Not my cup of tea
Fairytale of New York was a classic but the rest was not for me
I really don’t like the singing on this. The whole album feels like a joke that I don’t find funny. As close to a DNF as I’ve ever gotten
uggh i did not like
1.5 - Bad
This kind of music has very limited applications. I can’t understand how many anyone can listen to a whole album of it. Every song sounds the same.
I’m gonna be completely honest, this was hard album to listen to. I can respect that the profiles are good musicians, and that the lyrics and messages their songs convert can be full of heart and sadness and cheer. But this genre of music is just unappealing to me completely. The flutes, accordion and banjo combo with the snare, this sort of Celtic punk is just produced an instantly skip neuron in my brain that has me itching for the next track, despite it sounding more of the same Like there’s some noticeable differences were things were different, like “Turkish sing of the dammned” and “Fairytale” but ultimately everything would come back to central sound that after so many tracks just after to sound irritating Again, good musicians, poignant words and if you can connect/dance/chant, then more power to you. But it’s something I’ll be leaving as a distant memory. 1/5
What the fuck is this bullshit. Some leprechaun religous crap. Id give it a 0 but least is 1 star
Unintelligible lyrics and way too much fiddling and fluting
Really Celtic folksy music
Álbum com uma sonoridade típico a cultura Irlandês, não acostumado
Jaunty Irish folk and the worst Christmas song of all time
Irish folk is really not for me, I listened to a couple of the songs, but had to skip through most of it.
Reductive, but hearing Dropkick Murphys through a recording played back in a dim & crowded Irish bar isn’t doing it for me.
Irish punk not really my taste
My mum was in an Irish folk band throughout my childhood and this is reminding me way too much of evenings and holidays spent around strangers dancing to music I didn’t understand or like rarely with other children around to hang out with
Nie wierzę, że ten album nie został wykorzystany przez chińskie służby do torturowania szpiegów. Szanty mają specjalne miejsce w piekle a te wanna be szanty już chyba pod samym Lucyferem grajcują
Walk in heard these were playing walked out
1.5/5
This was hard for me to listen to. That’s the point of this list though, so I persevered. Musically of course it’s well played. Some nice ideas here and there that sadly often descend into the same snare shuffle or “jig”. MacGowan has a mean scream though, and I liked that it hinted at punk at times. Repetitive at times and far too jolly throughout. This has been the biggest ask of this challenge so far for me personally. It is what it is, but isn’t for me.
Sounds like aggressive folk music. I looked it up and it's Irish. I was about to comment how the beginning of this album reminded me of Flogging Molly. Went from aggression to clearly a drunk singing at the karaoke bar to probably the most stereotypical Irish sounding music I have ever heard in my life. I think Fiesta is the most...out of pocket song on this album. This is not something I will go back and listen to. In fact, I'm struggling to finish the album.
o.o
i'm not sure what i was expecting, but it wasn't that.
Demasiado creativo ese irish punk como para mí pero me hizo mucha gracia la mezcla de instrumentos
Thanks. Because of you, there is a Dropkick Murphys. I hate amber ale.
This style of music is not for me, except for maybe "Fairytale of New York
Ugh. Not my thing at all.
...then I'm going to Hell.
I thought I liked The Pogues. Turns out I do not actually like The Pogues. Maybe deserves 2 stars, but if this is the top 1001 then it's all relative, man.
not for me o.o
i refused to listen to more than one song
I tried! Got thru 13 of 19 songs. I will never listen to The Pogues again. An hour of this is waaaay too long!
Couldn’t get into this one…only made through bout 20 min.
1.4/i'm sorry irish people but this was the last thing i wanted to be listening to at 9am on a wednesday morning
J - 1/5 Best Track - "Mountain Dew" F - DNL
Not my kind of music tbh
Can't stand to listen to this Irish stuff, awful
the pirates life is not for me:( upbeat, sounds like they are having fun? +30 song about worms -40 too many voices at once (pirate crew?) -10 only good song is christmasy? -5 overall left very confused. don’t tell me songs about sailing and hauling away to Australia aren’t piratey
made sure to listen in a private session
reallly hated this one
I really wish I could give this album fewer stars. Honestly.
Oh my god I hated this so much. I kept trying to convince myself that it’s punk and that I’m just not getting it, but no I get it. It’s Irish folk music, no edge to it just old Irish folk music. Nothing to get excited about. I kept trying to tell myself, no it’s not terrible, it’s just like that Maybe it’s me, I’m willing to admit that. Maybe it’s my fault that this music burns like holy water. I just have no attachment to Irish folk music and I think it’s objectively grating.
Really not for me, very very irish. Long album that seemed very similar all throughout. 3.1/10
I hate the stupid instruments they use amd I hate the shitty vocals.
This was a deeply unpleasant experience, especially at 8 in the morning. I don't understand the appeal of this drunken Irish music unless you yourself are drunk in a pub. Fairytale of New York is one of the worst Christmas songs I've ever heard.
Don't really know them... oh fairytale from new York?? Aight starting the first song: .. I have to listen to an hour of this? 😭😭 not a great start tbh. Song 2 (hihi) ok actually kinda sick "riff" - I give up.. (4 songs in lol 😭) not my vibe at all
Irish dance songs?
HOLY SHIT WHAT GENRE IS THIS jumpscare Okay update: Anglo-Irish Celtic Punk Band wowza Fairytale of New York is my fav so far it was a cute duet can’t complain I fear I’m not Irish enough to fully appreciate this $B sample worms rn creepy as hellll
I fucking hate the Pogues
Can't ever imagine myself listening to this again. They look like nice people but it's not my genre. And I'm not a big fan of that dragging voice. Turkish song of the damned is ok. I prefer this one. It would be fun if it went off in like a small pub in like Ireland. Bottle of smoke, didn't like. I don't get what genre are they? Folk rock? Fairytale of New York is a classic, how can you not love it. It's also a lot softer than their other songs. Though it still has than fun dancy sound to it. Metropolis just sounds like loud random noise. Not for me.
No
Not my taste
Did not enjoy this one bit.
A third of the way in and I cannot bear to listen to more. 'Metropolis' is good though.
Nachme höch chund wider s tüüf. Mit dene Seefahrer-buebe chani absolut gar nüd ahfange. Ein chliine, gstrandete und vertröchnete Seestern für das Theater
Pfuui tüfel. Ganz grusig, hed mine ohre weh tah und null spass gmacht. If i should get eardamage from sound with the pogues by the devils. Ein tüfel ein pubkt
Nope
This was interesting, for like, two songs. It was like, what the hell is folk/punk?! Punk is the antithesis of folk. Oh. OK. So, that's Irish folk/punk. Ok. I get it. And I'm done with it. I guess I needed to hear that before I died so that I knew that there was such a thing as Irish folk/punk? I guess? But, like, how is that useful knowledge? I dunno. This album leaves me with more questions than answers. Actually, no. I have no further questions. I have zero desire to hear this again. Ever.
Not a fan
nao vou ouvir isso ai nao
Bis auf 2-3 Songs unfassbar schlecht. Schlechte Aufnahmequalität, wirklich nicht gut. Ich frage mich wer so ein Album gekauft hat bzw. kauft.
shite
Didn't like it at first but grew on me the more I listened.
no
Ok
An Irish cacophony
Chaotic and borderline incomprehensible at times. The only thing I could make out was that every song sounded exactly the same, with the same cadence and melody pattern, and the same lack of any appeal.
shit
First listen. Nah nah nah nah nah NAH!
One star simply for making me listen to Christmas music in the first week of November.
Not for me, apart from Fairytale of New York, all sounded the same!
No
Wow. Very much not my thing.
It seemed listenable until the “Spanish” number. Oof.
Can see why they had one huge hit and nothing else. Great if you like fiddles and flutes.
Uninteresting and not terribly original. Not necessary to hear before you die.
Nope, nope. 😂 Možda za popiti pivo u pravom Irish pubu, ali da mi to pili sat vremena u pozadini, počela bih vrištati. Boring, beyond boring! Prvi album koji nisam do kraja poslušala, eto i to se dogodilo. 1 ili 2/10 (jer uvijek može gore).
Nikada ih nisam volio. Nakon slušanja ovog albuma ih volim još manje, doslovce si nikada ne bih ovo pustio, a kad mi slučajno naleti, prebacim. Pada prva jedinica, možda je do ponedjeljka, inače bi bili nagrađeni s dvojčicom.
Just not my jam
I am neither drunk, Irish nor a pirate so this music is not for me. This album is so bad it made me racist against the Irish, fuck bono, fuck Liam Neeson, fuck Thin Lizzy, fuck them all. Fuck Irish independence, should be apart of the UK and most of all FUCK GUINESS
Sheesh! Brutal to hear lyrics rhyming “maggot” with the F-word (not f*ck, the other F-word) in a song about Christmas bells in New York.
It’s a no from my, dawg.
I couldn't listen to the whole album, I hated it.
Meh
NO
Nope. Celtic music ain't my thing.