The Best of The Pogues explained

The Best of the Pogues
Type:	greatest
Artist:	The Pogues
Cover:	Best of Pogues Cover.jpg
Released:	September 7, 1991
Recorded:	1984–1991
Genre:	Celtic punk folk punk Celtic rock folk rock
Label:	Pogue Music
Producer:	Various
Prev Title:	Hell's Ditch
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Essential Pogues
Next Year:	1991

The Best of the Pogues is a greatest hits album by the Pogues, released in September 1991. The album was dedicated to the memory of Deborah Korner.

Track listing

1. "Fairytale of New York" (Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer)
2. "Sally MacLennane" (MacGowan)
3. "Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl)
4. "The Irish Rover" (Traditional, arr. The Pogues & The 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" (Phil Chevron)
13. "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (MacGowan)
14. "The Body of an American" (MacGowan)

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"
• James Fearnley – accordion

Other musicians

• Cait O'Riordan – bass, vocals
• Siobhan Sheahan – harp on "Fairytale of New York"
• Tommy Keane – Uileann pipes on "Dirty Old Town" and "The Body of an American"
• Henry Benagh – fiddle
• Elvis Costello – acoustic guitar
• Dick Cuthell – flugelhorn on "A Rainy Night in Soho"
• Brian Clarke – alto saxophone on "Fiesta"
• Joe Cashman – tenor saxophone on "Fiesta"
• Eli Thompson – trumpet on "Fiesta"
• Chris Lee – trumpet
• Paul Taylor – trombone
• Ron Kavana – tenor banjo, mandolin on "Thousands Are Sailing"

Charts

2000 chart performance for The Best of the Pogues!Chart (2000)!Peak
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Notes

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