The Pogues
Rum Sodomy & the Lash
a reissued and remastered version of the second pogues album originally released in 1985 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 this reissue includes 6 bonus tracks and new liner notes packaging
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