The Pogues

Irish folk-rock band, playing mainly songs written by Shane MacGowan and traditional songs. Also some instrumentals.

(The main members are/have been Shane MacGowan (vocals), 
Jimmy Fearnley (b 1954) (accordion), Jem Finer (banjo), Cait O'Riordan (bass, vocals), 
Spider Stacey (tin whistle, vocals), Andrew Ranken (drums)
(Shane McGowan has also recorded with The Popes and The Nips)
(Terry Woods has recorded with Steeleye Span and Sweeney's Men)
(Cait O'Riordan is married to Elvis Costello)
("Pogue Mahone" is Irish Gaelic for "Kiss My Arse")

Original studio albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Red Roses For Me	1984	Wea Stiff	SEEZ55
[Reissue]	1988	Teldec	6-26800
[Reissue with extra tracks]	2004	Wea	5046759582
[Reissue]	2006	Rhino	R2 74071
Rum Sodomy and The Lash	1985	Wea	0 2292 44495 4 3
[Reissue]	2004	WSM	2 61146
[Reissue] (Vinyl)	2006	Rhino	RHI1 74157
[Reissue] (CD)	2006	Rhino	R2 74071
If I Should Fall From Grace With God (LP)	1988	Wea	224 493-1
[Reissue] (CD)	1988	Island	422 842 878-2
[Reissue] (CD)	2004	WSM	5046759602
Peace and Love	1989	Wea	246 086-2
Hells' Ditch	1990	Wea	9031-72554-2
[Reissue]	2004	WSM	5046-75952-2
Waiting For Herb	1993	Wea	4509 63463-1
[Reissue]	2004	WSM
Pogue Mahone	1995	Wea	0630 11210-2
[Reissued with extra tracks]	2004	WSM	5046759642

Multi-volume albums.

Title	Year.	Label.	number.
Original Album Series (5 CDs) (*)	2010	Rhino	?

(* "Red Roses For Me" plus "Rum Sodomy and The Lash" plus "Peace and Love" plus "Hells' Ditch" plus "Hells' Ditch".)

Compilations.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Best of	1991	WEA	9031-75405-1
Essential	1991	Island	314-510-610-2
The Rest of The Best	1992	Warner	9041-7734-2
The Very Best of	2001	Warner	9573 87459 5
The Ultimate Collection (2 CDs) (*)	2005	Warner	2564 62254 2
Dirty Old Town: the Platinum Collection	2005	WSM	5101-10404-2
Just Look at Them Straight in the Eye and Say ... (5 CDs)	2008	Rhino	5144281352

(* 2nd CD recorded at Brixton Academy, 2001)

Live Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Streams Of Whiskey: Live in Leysin, Switzerland 1991	2002	Sanctuary/ Castle	CMRCD388

Anthology - Bill Whelan, The Pogues, Altan, Clannad, Frances Black, The Chieftains, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Nollaig Casey, Davy Spillane, et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
L'Imaginaire Irlandais (*)	1996	Keltia Musique	KMCD63

(* one track only - "Summer in Siam" from "Hell's Ditch".)

DVDs.

Title	year.	Label.
Live (*)	2005

(* recorded at The Town and Country, 1988)

Best Albums(*).

Title.	year.
Rum Sodomy and The Lash	1985
Red Roses For Me	1984
If I Should Fall From Grace With God	1988
Best of the Pogues	1991

(*)Based on my opinion.

Singles - The Nips.

Title.	year.	Label.
King of the Bop/ Nervous Wreck	1978	?
All the Time in The World/ Private Eyes	1979	?
Gabrielle/ Vengeance	1980	?
Happy Song/ Nobody to Love	1981	?

Singles - The Pogues.

Title.	year.	Label.	no
Dark Streets of London/ The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (*)	1984	Pogue Mahone Reords	PM1
Boys From the County Hell/ Repealing of the Licensing Laws	1984	Stiff	BUY 212
A Pair of Brown Eyes/ Whiskey You're the Devil	1985	Stiff	BUY/DBUY 220
Sally MacLennane/ Wild Rover	1985	Stiff	BUY/DBUY 224
Dirty Old Town/ A Pistol For Paddy Garcia	1985	Stiff	BUY/PBUY 229
Poguetry in Motion (EP) (+)	1986	Stiff	BUY/BUYIT 243
Haunted/ Junk Theme	1986	MCA Records	MCAT 1084
The Irish Rover/ The Rare Old Mountain Dew (**)	1987	Stiff	BUY 258
Fairytale of New York/ Battle March Medley (***)	1987	Pogue Mahone Records	NY 7
If I Should Fall From Grace With God/ Sally MacLennane (live)	1988	Pogue Mahone Records	FG1
Fiesta/ Sketches of Spain	1988	Pogue Mahone Records	FG2
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah/ The Limerick Rake	1988	WEA	YZ 355
Thousands are Sailing	1988	Island
Misty Morning, Albert Bridge/ Cotton Fields	1989	WEA	YZ 407
White City/ Every Man is a King	1989	WEA	YZ 409
Jack's Heroes/ Whiskey in the Jar (**)	1989	WEA	YZ 500
Summer in Siam/ Bastard Landlord	1990	WEA	YZ 519
Miss Otis Regrets/ Just One of those Things (***)	1990	Chrysalis
Sayonara/ Curse of Love/ Infinity	1991	?	?
Rainy Night in Soho/ Squid out of Water	1991	WEA	YZ 603
Fairytale of New York/ Fiesta (***)	1991	WEA	YZ 628
Honky Tonk Women/ Curse of Love	1992	WEA	YZ 673
Tuesday Morning/ First Day of Forever	1993	WEA	YZ 758
Once Upon a Time/ Train Kept Rolling On	1994	WEA	YZ 771
How Come/ Eyes of an Angel	1995	WEA	011
Fairytale of New York/ Fairytale of New York (instr version)	2007	WEA

(*) by Pogue Mahone.
(**) The Pogues and the Dubliners.
(***) The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl.
(+) A Rainy Night in Soho/ The Body of an American/ London Girl/ Planxty Noel Hill

Singles - Lilt.

Title.	year.	Label.
Irish Ways ()/ For the Children (*)	1991	?

(*) with Shane MacGowan and Alias Ron Kavana.
(**) with Phil Chevron and Mary Coughlan.

Hit Albums.

Title.	year.	Highest position.
Red Roses For Me	1984	89
Rum Sodomy and The Lash	1985	13
If I Should Fall From Grace With God	1988	3
Peace and Love	1989	5
Hell's Ditch	1990	12
The Best of the Pogues	1991	11
Waiting for Herb	1993	20
Very Best of the Pogues	2001	18
The Ultimate Collection	2005	15

Hit Singles.

Title.	year.	Highest position.
A Pair of Brown Eyes/ Whiskey You're the Devil	1985	72
Sally MacLennane/ Wild Rover	1985	51
Dirty Old Town/ A Pistol For Paddy Garcia	1985	62
Poguetry in Motion (EP)	1986	29
Haunted/ Junk Theme	1986	42
The Irish Rover/ The Rare Old Mountain Dew (**)	1987	8
Fairytale of New York/ Battle March Medley (***)	1987	2
If I Should Fall From Grace With God/ Sally MacLennane (live)	1988	58
Fiesta/ Sketches of Spain	1988	24
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah/ The Limerick Rake	1988	43
Misty Morning, Albert Bridge/ Cotton Fields	1989	41
Jack's Heroes/ Whiskey in the Jar (**)	1989	63
Summer in Siam/ Bastard Landlord	1990	64
Rainy Night in Soho/ Squid out of Water	1991	67
Fairytale of New York/ Fiesta (***)	1991	36
Honky Tonk Women/ Curse of Love	1992	56
Tuesday Morning/ First Day of Forever	1993	18
Once Upon a Time/ Train Kept Rolling On	1994	66

(**) The Pogues and the Dubliners.
(***) The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl.

Popular downloads.

Title.
Fairytale of New York
Dirty Old Town
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Sally MacLennane
Love You Till The End
A Pair of Brown Eyes
Fiesta
Thousands are Sailing

Album tracks.

Red Roses For Me Running time 57 minutes 47 seconds. Recorded 1984. Shane MacGowan (vocals), Jimmy Fearnley (accordion), Jem Finer (banjo), Cait O'Riordan (bass,vocals), Spider Stacey (tin whistle, vocals), Andrew Ranken (drums).

Title.	Author.	time
1. Transmetropolitan	Shane MacGowan	4m 26s
2. The Battle Of Brisbane	MacGowan	1m 51s
3. The Auld Triangle	Brendan Behan	4m 22s
4. Waxie's Dargle	Trad	1m 53s
5. Boys From The County Hell	MacGowan	2m 56s
6. Sea Shanty	MacGowan	2m 24s
7. Dark Streets Of London	MacGowan	3m 17s
8. Streams Of Whiskey	MacGowan	2m 32s
9. Poor Paddy	Trad	3m 09s
10. Dingle Regatta (instrumental)	Trad	2m 52s
11. Greenland Whale Fisheries	Trad	2m 36s
12. Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go	MacGowan	3m 32s
13. Kitty	Trad	4m 55s
14. The Leaving of Liverpool (*)	Trad	3m 12s
15. Muirshin Durkin (*)	Trad	1m 50s
16. Repeal of the Licensing Laws (instr) (*)	Stacey	2m 12s
17. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (*)	Eric Bogle	4m 50s
18. Whiskey You're The Devil (*)	Trad	2m 09s
19. The Wild Rover (*)	Trad	2m 36s

(* bonus tracks not on the original release)

Rum Sodomy & The Lash Recorded 1985. Shane MacGowan (vocals), Jimmy Fearnley (accordion), Jem Finer (banjo), Cait O'Riordan (bass,vocals), Spider Stacey (tin whistle, vocals), Andrew Ranken (drums), Philip Chevron (guitar). Produced by Elvis Costello (except "A Pistol for Paddy Garcia").

Title.	Author.
1. The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn	MacGowan
2. The Old Main Drag	MacGowan
3. Wild Cats of Kilkenny	MacGowan/Finer
4. I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day	Trad
5. A Pair Of Brown Eyes	MacGowan
6. Sally MacLennane	MacGowan
7. A Pistol for Paddy Garcia	Jem Finer
8. Dirty Old Town	Ewan MacColl
9. Jesse James	Trad
10. The Navigator	Phil Gaston
11. Billy's Bones	MacGowan
12. The Gentleman Soldier	Trad
13. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda	Eric Bogle

Website

www.pogues.com

Last updated on 11/02/2011