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THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION features 45 tracks by Irish rockers taken from both the studio and their fiery live performances and includes the tracks "Rainy Night In Soho," "Irish Rover," "Fiesta," and Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town."
For those who only know the Pogues from their duet Christmas hit with Kirsty MacColl, "Fairytale of New York," or don't know anything about the Irish group at all, this album was an excellent place to start. Featuring 23 tracks spread across their albums -- with three tracks from Red Roses for Me, eight from Rum Sodomy & the Lash, five from If I Should Fall from Grace with God, three each from Peace and Love and Hell's Ditch, and just one track from Waiting for Herb, as Shane MacGowan sank deeper into alcoholism -- so it was a fair summary of the band's output over a period of nearly 20 years. Never a singles band -- in fact, their only Top Ten hits were the Christmas single and a duet with the Dubliners on the traditional Irish jig "The Irish Rover" -- the Pogues nevertheless became one of the most successful traditional Irish folk bands, with their defining points consisting of Shane MacGowan's distinctive slurring vocals and working-class political lyrics. They had released hit collections previously, but both the 1991 albums The Best of the Pogues and The Essential Pogues were condensed 14-track albums and 2001's The Very Best of the Pogues contained 21 tracks on a single CD. This double CD was a revamped version of that album, but also included as the second disc a complete show live at the Brixton Academy from 2001, with live versions of many of the tracks on disc one. As the years go by, the Christmas hit "Fairytale of New York" appears to get more and more popular, originally peaking at number two in 1987, number three in 2005, number six in 2006, and number four in 2007, as the tale of two sparring aging partners has consistently topped the U.K.'s polls of the nation's favorite Christmas records, and inclusion of this one track did The Ultimate Collection no harm at all. ~ Sharon Mawer
45 track collection with both studio and live tracks. Features 'Dirty Old Town', 'If I Should Fall From Grace of God', 'London Girl, 'White City', 'Hell's Ditch' and more Ultimate Collection Music Ultimate Collection Review
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