The Best of The Pogues
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| The Best of the Pogues | ||
 |
||
| Studio album by The Pogues | ||
| Released | 1991 | |
| Genre | Folk rock | |
| Label | Pogue Music Ltd | |
| Producer(s) | Various | |
The Best of the Pogues is a 1991 album by The Pogues.
The album was dedicated to the memory of Deborah Korner
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Fairytale of New York" (MacGowan/Finer)
- "Sally MacLennane" (MacGowan)
- "Dirty Old Town" (MacColl)
- "The Irish Rover" (Traditional arr The Pogues & Dubliners)
- "A Pair of Brown Eyes" (MacGowan)
- "Streams of Whiskey" (MacGowan)
- "Rainy Night in Soho" (MacGowan)
- "Fiesta" (MacGowan/Finer/Kotscher/Lindt)
- "Rain Street" (MacGowan)
- "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" (Finer)
- "White City" (MacGowan)
- "Thousands are Sailing" (Chevron)
- "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (MacGowan)
- "The Body of an American" (MacGowan)
[edit] Personnel
- Shane MacGowan - lead vocals / guitar
- Terry Woods - citern / vocals
- Philip Chevron - guitar / vocals
- Spider Stacy - tin whistle / vocals
- Andrew Ranken - drums
- Jem Finer - banjo / saxaphone
- Darryl Hunt - bass guitar
- Kirsty MacColl vocals on Fairytale of New York
[edit] Other musicians
- Cait O'Riodan - Bass / vocals
- Siobhan Sheahan - harp on Fairytale of New York
- Tommy Keane - Uileann pipes on Dirty Old Town
- Henry Benagh - fiddle
- Elvis Costello - acoustic guitar
- Dick Cuthell - Flugel horn on A Rainy Night in Soho
- Bryan Clarke - alto sax on Fiesta
- Joe Cashman - tenor sax on Fiesta
- Eli Thompson - trumpet on Fiesta
- Chris Lee - trumpet
- Paul Taylor - trombone
- Ron Kavana - tenor banjo / mandolin on Thousands are Sailing
- Tommy Kean - Uileann pipes on The Body of an American
[edit] Notes
- Dirty Old Town written by Ewan McColl sung by MacGowen and members of the Dubliners
- Tracks produced by Steve Lillywhite except, tracks 2,3,5 & 14 - Elvis Costello, track 4 - Eamonn Campbell, track 6 - Stan Brennan and track 9 - Joe Strummer
