The Pogues
Rum Sodomy & The Lash LP vinyl

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 uilleann 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.

NEW / Released in 1985 / Reissue 

Tracklist:

A1 The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn

A2 The Old Main Drag

A3 Wild Cats Of Kilkenny

A4 I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday

A5 A Pair Of Brown Eyes

A6 Sally Maclennane

B1 Dirty Old Town

B2 Jesse James

B3 Navigator

B4 Billy's Bones

B5 The Gentleman Soldier

B6 And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda