On 15th October 1984, The Pogues released their debut album 'Red Roses For Me'.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary, Warners UK are releasing a special 1LP on recycled red vinyl.
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.
Tracklisting
Side A
1. Transmetropolitan
2. Battle of Brisbane
3. The Auld Triangle
4. Waxies Dargle
5. Boys From the County Hell
6. Sea Shanty
7. Dark Streets of London
Side B
1. Streams of Whiskey
2. Poor Paddy
3. Dingle Regatta
4. Greenland Whale Fisheries
5. Down in the Ground Where the Deadmen Go
6. Kitty