If I Should Fall from Grace with God
The Pogues
℗ 1988
After three releases that fused Clash-like punk and Celtic folk, the Pogues stretch their boundaries with If I Should Fall from Grace with God. Produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, Psychedelic Furs), Grace flirts with jazz, world music and even norteno — the gloriously romp-y "Fiesta" sounds as if whiskey-parched vocalist Shane MacGowan hooked up with East LA's Los Lobos. Nonetheless, this is still the Pogues, meaning that when the day is done, Grace still feels as if it was born out of the bottom of a pint of Guinness. It's gritty, wildly spirited and, in the case of the ballad "Fairytale in New York" (a duet featuring Kirsty MacColl), heartbreakingly beautiful. Another great record by one of the '80's more iconoclastic bands. — Neal Weiss. |
- 1. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [02:21]
- 2. Turkish Song of the Damned [03:27]
- 3. Bottle of Smoke [02:47]
- 4. Fairytale of New York [04:36]
- 5. Metropolis [02:50]
- 6. Thousands Are Sailing [05:28]
- 7. South Australia [03:28]
- 8. Fiesta [04:13]
- 9a. The Recruiting Sergeant
- 9b. The Rocky Road to Dublin
- 9c. Galway Races [04:02]
- 10a. Streets of Sorrow [04:39]
- 10b. Birmingham Six
- 11. Lullaby of London [03:32]
- 12. Battle March Medley [04:10]
- 13. Sit Down by the Fire [02:17]
- 14. Broad Majestic Shannon [02:55]
- 15. Worms [01:03]