Editorial Reviews
Music Review:
Music Review
The Best of Gioacchino Rossini [Import]
Rued Langgaard: Sonata No. 2; Béguinage
Music: The Earthquake McGoon Recordings
Telemann: Trumpet Concerto; Trumpet Suite; Overture
Prophets Seers & Sages [Import] [Original recording remastered]
Skrowaczewski - Concerto Nicolo / Concerto For Orchestra
Amazon.com
After three releases that fused Clash-like punk and Celtic folk, the Pogues stretch their boundaries with If I Should Fall from Grace with God. Produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, Psychedelic Furs), Grace flirts with jazz, world music and even norteno--the gloriously romp-y "Fiesta" sounds as if whiskey-parched vocalist Shane MacGowan hooked up with East LA's Los Lobos. Nonetheless, this is still the Pogues, meaning that when the day is done, Grace still feels as if it was born out of the bottom of a pint of Guinness. It's gritty, wildly spirited and, in the case of the ballad "Fairytale in New York" (a duet featuring Kirsty MacColl), heartbreakingly beautiful. Another great record by one of the '80's more iconoclastic bands. --Neal Weiss
Album Description
Deleted in the U.S., this is their 1987 album on Stiff/ WEA International featuring their unforgettable collaboration with Kirsty MacColl, 'Fairytale Of New York'. Produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, Simple Minds, Big Country), it contains a total of 15 tracks.