Red Roses for Me

by The Pogues

Red Roses for Me cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: Stiff
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 57:47
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Shane MacGowan, Brendan Behan, Cait O'Riordan, Spider Stacy, Andrew Ranken, Jem Finer, James Fearnley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Pogues violently upended traditional Irish folk music by injecting it with the breakneck speed and raw, chaotic energy of punk rock. Shane MacGowan's poetic, highly slurred vocal delivery navigates tales of historic tragedy, drinking, and romance over fiercely passionate, acoustic instrumentation. 'Red Roses for Me' is a deeply bittersweet, playful, and remarkably energetic foundation for the Celtic punk movement.

Genres

Descriptors: history, alcohol, melodic, folk, party, storytelling, traditional, acoustic, vocal, rhythmic, raucous

Tracklist

  1. Transmetropolitan (4:25)
  2. The Battle of Brisbane (1:51)
  3. The Auld Triangle (4:22)
  4. Waxie's Dargle (1:54)
  5. Boys from the County Hell (2:56)
  6. Sea Shanty (2:24)
  7. Dark Streets of London (3:17)
  8. Streams of Whiskey (2:32)
  9. Poor Paddy (3:09)
  10. Dingle Regatta (2:53)
  11. Greenland Whale Fisheries (2:35)
  12. Down in the Ground Where the Deadmen Go (3:31)
  13. Kitty (4:26)
  14. The Leaving of Liverpool (3:43)
  15. Muirshin Durkin (1:50)
  16. Repeal of the Licensing Laws (2:10)
  17. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (4:52)
  18. Whiskey You're the Devil (2:10)
  19. The Wild Rover (2:37)

Credits

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