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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
Island Records, 1988
REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 03/03/1997
(Editor's note: The cover art featured above is not
the original artwork that was on the 1988 release.)
With the release of U2's latest album just 24 hours away, let's
turn our attention to undoubtedly the best band to ever come out of
Ireland.
That's right - forget about U2. I'm talking about The Pogues.
Their 1988 release
If I Should Fall From Grace With God is their best album,
and one of the best albums I have ever heard in all my years of
critiquing music.
I first heard about these guys from "Buzz," a religion teacher
at my high school (and still one of the hippest cats I have ever
met). He described these guys as a drunken, raucous Irish folk
band. Indeed, one can imagine Shane MacGowan and crew sloshed out
of their minds in the studio doing this one.
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