The Pogues
If I Should Fall From Grace With God LP vinyl

After two releases that fused Clash-like punk and Celtic folk, the Pogues stretch their boundaries with If I Should Fall From Grace With God from 1988. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album 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, If I Should Fall From Grace With God 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 '80s more iconoclastic bands.

NEW / Released in 1988 / Reissue 2015

Tracklist:

A1 If I Should Fall From Grace With God

A2 Turkish Song Of The Damned

A3 Bottle Of Smoke

A4 Fairytale Of New York

A5 Metropolis

A6 Thousands Are Sailing

B1 Fiesta

B2 Medley

B3 Streets Of Sorrow/birmingham Six

B4 Lullaby Of London

B5 Sit Down By The Fire

B6 The Broad Majestic Shannon

B7 Worms