The Best of The Pogues

Infobox Album
Name = The Best of the Pogues
Type = greatest
Artist = The Pogues

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Released = September 1991
Recorded = 1984 - 1991
Genre = Folk rock
Length =
Label = Pogue Music Ltd
Producer = Various
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wm01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9frxqr5ld0e link]
Last album = "Hell's Ditch"
(1990)
This album = "The Best of the Pogues"
(1991)
Next album = "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

Track listing

#"Fairytale of New York" (MacGowan/Finer)
#"Sally MacLennane" (MacGowan)
#"Dirty Old Town" (MacColl)
#"The Irish Rover" (Traditional arr The Pogues & Dubliners)
#"A Pair of Brown Eyes" (MacGowan)
#"Streams of Whiskey" (MacGowan)
#"Rainy Night in Soho" (MacGowan)
#"Fiesta" (MacGowan/Finer/Kotscher/Lindt)
#"Rain Street" (MacGowan)
#"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" (Finer)
#"White City" (MacGowan)
#"Thousands are Sailing" (Chevron)
#"The Broad Majestic Shannon" (MacGowan)
#"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"

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 - 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"

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