The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace With God (Remastered & Expanded) (CD, Imported)

IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD marked an apex for the Pogues--with producer Steve Lillywhite at the helm, their neo-traditional Irish songcraft was given a particularly timeless touch without compromising any of the band's trademark intensity. Adding yet another wrinkle of the Irish experience to his profound, intense lyrical oeuvre, Shane MacGowan touches on the Irish in New York, occasionally conjuring up reminders of George M. Cohan (who even gets name-checked here, on "Thousands Are Sailing"). "Metropolis" is a jazzy, brass-fueled instrumental, while the over-the-top sentimentality and swirling strings of "Fairy Tale of New York" made it an instant Christmas classic. From the irreverent bravado of the opening title track straight through to the jokey, fatalistic closer, "Worms," IF I SHOULD FALL is a rollicking, sometimes brutally honest document, driven hard by the band's inspiringly tight, masterful playing and propelled by the raspy vocal and compelling lyrical attack of MacGowan. "Bottle Of Smoke" is a breakneck thrill ride about a celebratory victory at the horse races, while "Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" finds Shane in a rare moment of political rant.

General

Label:	Warner Strategic Marketing
Release date:	December 2004
Originally released:	2006
Performers:	The Pogues
Dimensions:	125 x 142 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	1 hour, 4 minutes
Categories:	Music > Pop / Rock Music > World > British Isles
LSN:	XJ5-W3J-BNE-1
Barcode:	5050467596023

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Disk 1

1	If I Should Fall from Grace With God
2	Turkish Song of the Damned
3	Bottle of Smoke
4	Fairytale of New York
5	Metropolis
6	Thousands Are Sailing
7	Fiesta
8	Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant - The Rocky Road To Dublin - The Galway Races
9	Streets Of Sorrow - Birmingham Six
10	Lullaby of London
11	Sit Down By the Fire
12	The Broad Majestic Shannon
13	Worms
14	The Battle March (Medley) (Bonus Track)
15	The Irish Rover (Bonus Track)
16	Mountain Dew (Bonus Track)
17	Shanne Bradley
18	Sketches Of Spain (Bonus Track)
19	South Australia (Bonus Track)

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