Original Album Series

Compilation by The Pogues

Released 26 February 2010

folk folk rock rock

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Tracklist

CD 1: Red Roses for Me
1
Transmetropolitan
4:15
4.0 ★
2
The Battle of Brisbane
1:49
2.0 ★
3
The Auld Triangle
4:20
4.5 ★
4
Waxie’s Dargle
1:53
3.0 ★
5
Boys From the County Hell
2:56
5.0 ★
6
Sea Shanty
2:24
5.0 ★
7
Dark Streets of London
3:33
5.0 ★
8
Streams of Whiskey
2:32
5.0 ★
9
Poor Paddy
3:09
5.0 ★
10
Dingle Regatta
2:52
3.0 ★
11
Greenland Whale Fisheries
2:36
4.0 ★
12
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go
3:30
2.0 ★
13
Kitty
4:23
3.0 ★
CD 2: Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
1
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
2:59
4.6 ★
2
The Old Main Drag
3:19
3.5 ★
3
Wild Cats of Kilkenny
2:48
4.0 ★
4
I’m a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
2:55
5.0 ★
5
A Pair of Brown Eyes
4:54
4.4 ★
6
Sally MacLennane
2:43
5.0 ★
7
A Pistol for Paddy Garcia
2:31
4.0 ★
8
Dirty Old Town
3:45
4.8 ★
9
Jesse James
2:58
3.0 ★
10
Navigator
4:12
4.0 ★
11
Billy’s Bones
2:02
4.0 ★
12
The Gentleman Soldier
2:04
5.0 ★
13
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
8:10
5.0 ★
CD 3: If I Should Fall From Grace With God
1
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
2:21
5.0 ★
2
Turkish Song of the Damned
3:27
5.0 ★
3
Bottle of Smoke
2:47
3.0 ★
4
Fairytale of New York
feat. Kirsty MacColl
4:36
4.0 ★
5
Metropolis
2:50
3.0 ★
6
Thousands Are Sailing
5:28
5.0 ★
7
South Australia
3:28
4.0 ★
8
Fiesta
4:13
4.5 ★
9
Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road to Dublin / The Galway Races
4:02
4.0 ★
10
Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six
4:39
5.0 ★
11
Lullaby of London
3:32
5.0 ★
12
The Battle March Medley
4:10
3.0 ★
13
Sit Down by the Fire
2:17
3.0 ★
14
The Broad Majestic Shannon
2:55
4.5 ★
15
Worms
1:03
2.0 ★
CD 4: Peace And Love
1
Gridlock
3:33
3.0 ★
2
White City
2:31
3.0 ★
3
Young Ned of the Hill
2:45
3.5 ★
4
Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
3:01
5.0 ★
5
Cotton Fields
2:51
4.0 ★
6
Blue Heaven
3:36
4.0 ★
7
Down All the Days
3:45
3.0 ★
8
USA
4:52
3.0 ★
9
Lorelei
3:33
5.0 ★
10
Gartloney Rats
2:32
4.0 ★
11
Boat Train
2:40
4.0 ★
12
Tombstone
2:57
4.0 ★
13
Night Train to Lorca
3:29
3.0 ★
14
London You’re a Lady
2:56
4.0 ★
CD 5: Hell’s Ditch
1
The Sunnyside of the Street
2:44
4.5 ★
2
Sayonara
3:07
3.5 ★
3
The Ghost of a Smile
2:58
3.5 ★
4
Hell’s Ditch
3:03
3.5 ★
5
Lorca’s Novena
4:40
3.0 ★
6
Summer in Siam
4:06
3.5 ★
7
Rain Street
4:00
4.5 ★
8
Rainbow Man
2:46
3.0 ★
9
The Wake of the Medusa
3:04
3.5 ★
10
House of the Gods
3:46
3.5 ★
11
5 Green Queens and Jean
2:35
3.5 ★
12
Maidrin Rua
1:47
3.0 ★
13
Six to Go
2:58
3.5 ★

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Release credits

Andrew Ranken
arranger [15], background vocals [5, 7], drums (drum set) [1-11, 13], tambourine [9]
Cait O’Riordan
lead vocals [4]
Chris Dickie
engineer [1-15]
Craig Thompson
engineer [1-13]
Darryl Hunt
background vocals [1-2, 5, 7, 10], bass [1-5, 7-11, 13], congas [6]
Elvis Costello
producer [1-6, 8-13]
James Fearnley
accordion [1-5, 7, 9-11, 13], acoustic guitar [4, 8], arranger [15], classical guitar [5], electric guitar [8], electric sitar [10], mbira [6], piano [3, 6-7], violin [9]
Jem Finer
acoustic guitar [9], banjo [1-2, 7-8, 13], hurdy gurdy [4-5, 10], lap steel guitar [1], mandola [4], saxophone [6], shakers [7]
Joe Strummer
producer [1-13]
Kirsty MacColl
vocal [4]
Nick Lacey
engineer [1-15]
Nick Robbins
engineer [1.1-13, 2.1-6, 2.8-13]
Paul Cobbold
engineer [1-13]
Paul Scully
engineer [1-6, 8-13]
Philip Chevron
acoustic guitar [1-3, 6-7, 9-11, 13], background vocals [2], electric guitar [5], producer [7]
Roy Spong
engineer [1-15]
Shane MacGowan
vocal [1-7, 10-11]
Siobhan Sheahan
harp [6]
Spider Stacy
harmonica [5], tin whistle [1-7, 10], vocal [9]
Stan Brennan
producer [1-13]
Steve Lillywhite
producer [3.1-15, 4.2-4]
Terry Woods
acoustic guitar [8], autoharp [10], cittern [4-5, 7, 9], concertina [9], electric guitar [3], mandolin [1-3, 10-11, 13], vocal [8, 13]
The Pogues
arranger [3.7, 3.9, 2.4, 2.9], percussion [4], performer [4]

Issues

O
Original Album Series
5x CD (The Pogues; Volume 1)
26 February 2010