The Best of The Pogues

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The Best of the Pogues
Greatest hits by The Pogues
Released	September 1991
Genre	Folk rock
Label	Pogue Music Ltd
Producer	Various
Professional reviews
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The Pogues chronology
Hell's Ditch (1990) The Best of the Pogues (1991) Waiting for Herb (1993)

The Best of the Pogues is a 1991 album by The Pogues.

The album was dedicated to the memory of Deborah Korner

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Other musicians 4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

1. "Fairytale of New York" (MacGowan/Finer)
2. "Sally MacLennane" (MacGowan)
3. "Dirty Old Town" (MacColl)
4. "The Irish Rover" (Traditional arr The Pogues & Dubliners)
5. "A Pair of Brown Eyes" (MacGowan)
6. "Streams of Whiskey" (MacGowan)
7. "Rainy Night in Soho" (MacGowan)
8. "Fiesta" (MacGowan/Finer/Kotscher/Lindt)
9. "Rain Street" (MacGowan)
10. "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" (Finer)
11. "White City" (MacGowan)
12. "Thousands are Sailing" (Chevron)
13. "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (MacGowan)
14. "The Body of an American" (MacGowan)

[edit] Personnel

• Shane MacGowan - lead vocals / guitar
• Terry Woods - cittern / vocals
• Philip Chevron - guitar / vocals
• Spider Stacy - tin whistle / vocals
• Andrew Ranken - drums
• Jem Finer - banjo / saxophone
• Darryl Hunt - bass guitar
• Kirsty MacColl vocals on Fairytale of New York

[edit] Other musicians

• Cait O'Riodan - Bass / vocals
• Siobhan Sheahan - harp on Fairytale of New York
• Tommy Keane - Uileann pipes on Dirty Old Town
• Henry Benagh - fiddle
• Elvis Costello - acoustic guitar
• Dick Cuthell - Flugel horn on A Rainy Night in Soho
• Bryan Clarke - alto sax on Fiesta
• Joe Cashman - tenor sax on Fiesta
• Eli Thompson - trumpet on Fiesta
• Chris Lee - trumpet
• Paul Taylor - trombone
• Ron Kavana - tenor banjo / mandolin on Thousands are Sailing
• Tommy Kean - Uileann pipes on The Body of an American

[edit] Notes

• Dirty Old Town written by Ewan MacColl sung by MacGowen and members of the Dubliners
• Tracks produced by Steve Lillywhite except, tracks 2,3,5 & 14 - Elvis Costello, track 4 - Eamonn Campbell, track 6 - Stan Brennan and track 9 - Joe Strummer