Rum Sodomy & The Lash
Label : Pogue Mahone Records
Catalogue No: 8.26E+11
["The Sick Bed Of Càöà´chulainn\nThe Old Main Drag\nWild Cats Of Kilkenny\nI'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day\nA Pair Of Brown Eyes\nSally MacLennane\nDirty Old Town\nJesse James\nNavigator\nBilly's Bones\nThe Gentleman Soldier\nAnd The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"]
Media Condition : Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition : Mint (M)
Produced by Elvis Costello, the Pogues' second album brilliantly courted irish drinking music with the thornier aspects of punk. Cait O' Riordan would eventually marry the producer and leave the band, but Shane Macgowan always made it his show and here he exploits his barfly voice to full effect. 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda' is worthy of Tom Waits, while 'A Pair of Brown Eyes' is as sentimental as he gets. The addition of uillean pipes, fiddle, and horns make this a grand statement about how all music can be filtered down to blood and guts and made to rock. LP - 180 Gram Black vinyl.