Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash 2015 [1800 GM Rhino Vinyl New]

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The Pogues ?– Rum Sodomy & The Lash

Label: Rhino Vinyl ?– RHII-74157

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: US

Released: 2015

Genre:Rock, Folk, World, & Country

Style:Folk Rock, Celtic, Punk

Tracklist

A1

The Sick Bed Of Cúchulainn

Written-By – MacGowan*

A2

The Old Main Drag

Written-By – MacGowan*

A3

Wild Cats Of Kilkenny

Written-By – Finer*, MacGowan*

A4

I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

Written-By – Terry Gilkyson

A5

A Pair Of Brown Eyes

Written-By – MacGowan*

A6

Sally MacLennane

Written-By – MacGowan*

B1

Dirty Old Town

Written-By – Ewan MacColl

B2

Jesse James

Arranged By – The PoguesWritten-By – Trad.*

B3

Navigator

Written-By – Phil Gaston

B4

Billy's Bones

Written-By – MacGowan*

B5

The Gentleman Soldier

Arranged By – The PoguesWritten-By – Trad.*

B6

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

1985's Rum, Sodomy & The Lash, their brilliant second LP was produced by Elvis Costello who also brought the Pogues on tour and later married the band's Cait O'Riordan. #445 on Rolling Stones magazine's '500 Greatest Albums Of All Time'. Highlights include The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn, 'I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday' (sung by Cait), their definitive take on The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, and the stunning 'A Pair Of Brown Eyes,' presenting MacGowan's lyrics and vocals in all their 'dilapidated glory' (Costello phrasing).

AllMusic Review by Mark Deming

"I saw my task... was to capture them in their delapidated glory before some more professional producer f--ked them up," Elvis Costello wrote of his role behind the controls for the Pogues' second album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash. One spin of the album proves that Costello accomplished his mission; this album captures all the sweat, fire, and angry joy that was lost in the thin, disembodied recording of the band's debut, and the Pogues sound stronger and tighter without losing a bit of their edge in the process. Rum Sodomy & the Lash also found Shane MacGowan growing steadily as a songwriter; while the debut had its moments, the blazing and bitter roar of the opening track, "The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn," made it clear MacGowan had fused the intelligent anger of punk and the sly storytelling of Irish folk as no one had before, and the rent boys' serenade of "The Old Main Drag" and the dazzling, drunken character sketch of "A Pair of Brown Eyes" proved there were plenty of directions where he could take his gifts. And like any good folk group, the Pogues also had a great ear for other people's songs. Bassist Cait O'Riordan's haunting performance of "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" is simply superb (it must have especially impressed Costello, who would later marry her), and while Shane MacGowan may not have written "Dirty Old Town" or "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda," his wrought, emotionally compelling vocals made them his from then on. Rum Sodomy & the Lash falls just a bit short of being the Pogues' best album, but was the first one to prove that they were a great band, and not just a great idea for a band.