Album
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
1988 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
41 collectors on Gatefold own this
If I Should Fall From Grace With God is a Rock album by The Pogues, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 101 pressings tracked, owned by 41 collectors.
About
To borrow an anachronistic saying, the sun never sets on The Pogues’ third album, <i>If I Should Fall from Grace with God</i>. The group’s music is still firmly set in the Celtic folk-punk of its first two record, which had been produced by a third-generation Irishman named Declan McManus (aka Elvis Costello). But <i>If I Should Fall</i>, released in 1988, sees the members of the London-formed Pogues wandering further into the musical diaspora than ever before. The catalysts for the creative wayfaring found throughout <i>If I Should Fall</i> came from a variety of intermingled source. “Fiesta” is based around an incessant fairground melody overheard by the bandmates while staying in the south of Spain (the tune turned out to be “Liechtensteiner Polka” by German composers Edmund Kötscher and Rudi Lindt, who’d later demand to be compensated for the unintended nick). “Turkish Song of the Damned,” meanwhile, was inspired by a malapropism in a German magazine, which vocalist Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer used as a jumping-off point for a tale of Aegean pirates swashbuckling to the sound of a faux-Middle Eastern soundtrack. .
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Tracklist
- 1If I Should Fall from Grace with God2:20
- 2Turkish Song of the Damned3:26
- 3Bottle of Smoke2:47
- 4Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)4:32
- 5Metropolis2:50
- 6Thousands Are Sailing5:26
- 7Fiesta4:12
- 8Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road to Dublin / Galway Races4:04
- 9Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six4:36
- 10Lullaby of London3:31
- 11Sit Down by the Fire2:18
- 12The Broad Majestic Shannon2:50
- 13Worms1:03
- 14The Battle March Medley4:12
- 15The Irish Rover (feat. The Dubliners)4:08
- 16Mountain Dew (with the Dubliners)2:17
- 17Shanne Bradley3:40
- 18Sketches of Spain2:14
- 19South Australia3:29
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- rowdy
- defiant
- raw
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew RankenDRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS, HARMONICA VOCALS, DRUMS, PERCUSSION, HARMONICA
- Brian ClarkeALTO SAXOPHONE
- Brian SheridanBACKING VOCALS
- Chris LeeTRUMPET
- Darryl Hunt8-STRING BASS GUITAR, PERCUSSION, VOCALS BASS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS BASS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY
- Eli ThompsonTRUMPET TRUMPET, ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Fiachra TrenchARRANGED BY
- Frank MurrayBACKING VOCALS
- James FearnleyACCORDION, PIANO, MANDOLA, DULCIMER, GUITAR, PERCUSSION, CELLO ACCORDION, PIANO, MANDOLE, DULCIMER, GUITAR, PERCUSSION, CELLO ACCORDION, PIANO, MANDOLIN, DULCIMER, GUITAR, CELLO, PERCUSSION
- Jem FinerBANJO , MANDOLA, SAXOPHONE BANJO, MANDOLA, SAXOPHONE BANJO, MANDOLIN, SAXOPHONE
- Joey CashmanBACKING VOCALS TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE, CHOIR , TOUR MANAGER
- John LawlorBACKING VOCALS
- Paul ScullyBACKING VOCALS
- Paul TaylorTROMBONE
- Paul VernerBACKING VOCALS
- Philip ChevronGUITAR , MANDOLIN, VOCALS GUITAR, MANDOLIN, VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR, MANDOLIN
- Ron KavanaBACKING VOCALS CHOIR , TENOR BANJO, SPOONS, MANDOLIN TENOR BANJO , SPOONS, MANDOLIN
- Shane MacGowanVOCALS, GUITAR
41 collectors on Gatefold own this · 101 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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