Red Roses for Me - The Pogues [CD]

After four decades, 'Red Roses For Me' is still celebrated as a groundbreaking debut album from an unlikely group of supposed ne'er-do-wells from London's Kings Cross in the convulsive aftermath of the re-election of the Thatcher government. The album mashes traditional songs and instrumentals - about death and drink, love and London - with those of frontman Shane MacGowan's - and all fuelled by the punk ethos.

Disc 1
1. Transmetropolitan - The Pogues
2. The Battle of Brisbane - The Pogues
3. The Auld Triangle - The Pogues
4. Waxie's Dargle - The Pogues
5. Boys from the County Hell - The Pogues
6. Sea Shanty - The Pogues
7. Dark Streets of London - The Pogues
8. Streams of Whiskey - The Pogues
9. Poor Paddy - The Pogues
10. Dingle Regatta - The Pogues
11. Greenland Whale Fisheries - The Pogues
12. Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go - The Pogues
13. Kitty - The Pogues
Disc 2
1. The Leaving of Liverpool (Bonus Track) - The Pogues
2. Muirshin Durkin (Bonus Track) - The Pogues
3. Repeal of the Licensing Laws (Bonus Track) - The Pogues
4. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Bonus Track) - The Pogues
5. Whiskey You're the Devil (Bonus Track) - The Pogues
6. The Wild Rover (Bonus Track) - The Pogues
7. Streams of Whiskey (John Peel Session 10th April 1984) - The Pogues
8. Greenland Whale Fisheries (John Peel Session 10th April 1984) - The Pogues
9. Boys from the County Hell (John Peel Session 10th April 1984) - The Pogues
10. The Auld Triangle (John Peel Session 10th April 1984) - The Pogues
11. Dingle Regatta/Holly Johnsons (David 'Kid' Jensen Session 21st June 1984) - The Pogues
12. Poor Paddy On the Railway (David 'Kid' Jensen Session 21st June 1984) - The Pogues
13. The Boys from the County Hell (David 'Kid' Jensen Session 21st June 1984) - The Pogues
14. Connemara, Let's Go! (David 'Kid' Jensen Session 21st June 1984) - The Pogues
15. Whiskey You're the Devil (John Peel Session 4th December 1984) - The Pogues
16. The Navigator (John Peel Session 4th December 1984) - The Pogues
17. Sally McLannan (John Peel Session 4th December 1984) - The Pogues
18. Danny Boy (John Peel Session 4th December 1984) - The Pogues