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Rum Sodomy & The Lash (Expanded),The Pogues

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The Pogues
Released 2005

The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
03:01
7,876 plays

Sally MacLennane
02:46
7,451 plays

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
08:15
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- 1
- The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
- 03:01
- 7,876 plays

- 2
- The Old Main Drag
- 03:19
- 5,133 plays

- 3
- Wild Cats Of Kilkenny
- 02:49
- 4,757 plays

- 4
- I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
- 02:54
- 6,649 plays

- 5
- A Pair Of Brown Eyes
- 05:03
- 6,660 plays

- 6
- Sally MacLennane
- 02:46
- 7,451 plays

- 7
- Dirty Old Town
- 03:44
- 6,252 plays

- 8
- Jesse James
- 02:59
- 4,622 plays

- 9
- Navigator
- 04:13
- 4,302 plays

- 10
- Billy's Bones
- 02:02
- 4,570 plays

- 11
- The Gentleman Soldier
- 02:04
- 4,808 plays

- 12
- The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
- 08:15
- 6,679 plays

- 13
- A Pistol For Paddy Garcia
- 02:32
- 3,735 plays

- 14
- London Girl
- 03:07
- 3,718 plays

- 15
- A Rainy Night In Soho
- 05:36
- 3,528 plays

- 16
- The Body Of An American
- 04:50
- 6,088 plays

- 17
- Planxty Noel Hill
- 03:12
- 3,253 plays

- 18
- The Parting Glass
- 02:17
- 4,171 plays

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album review

"I saw my task...was to capture them in their dilapidated glory before some more professional producer f*cked them up," Elvis Costello wrote of his role behind the controls for the Pogues' second album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash. One spin of the album proves that Costello accomplished his mission; this album captures all the sweat, fire, and angry joy that was lost in the thin, disembodied recording of the band's debut, and the Pogues sound stronger and tighter without losing a bit of their edge in the process. Rum Sodomy & the Lash also found Shane MacGowan growing steadily as a songwriter; while the debut had its moments, the blazing and bitter roar of the opening track, "The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn," made it clear MacGowan had fused the intelligent anger of punk and the sly storytelling of Irish folk as no one had before, and the rent boys' serenade of "The Old Main Drag" and the dazzling, drunken character sketch of "A Pair of Brown Eyes" proved there were plenty of directions where he could take his gifts. And like any good folk group, the Pogues also had a great ear for other people's songs. Bassist Cait O'Riordan's haunting performance of "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" is simply superb (it must have especially impressed Costello, who would later marry her), and while Shane MacGowan may not have written "Dirty Old Town" or "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda," his wrought, emotionally compelling vocals made them his from then on. Rum Sodomy & the Lash falls just a bit short of being the Pogues' best album, but was the first one to prove that they were a great band, and not just a great idea for a band. [WEA's long-overdue remastered reissue of Rum Sodomy & the Lash features six bonus tracks (one of which, "A Pistol for Paddy Garcia," first appeared on the album's initial cassette release, while the others popped up on singles), as well as an appreciation from Tom Waits and informative liner notes from David Quantick; the audio is also a genuine improvement over the album's previous CD release.] ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide