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Essential Pogues
Essential Pogues
Greatest hits album by The Pogues
Released	19 November 1991
Genre	Celtic punk; folk punk; Celtic rock; folk rock;
Length	53:37
Label	Island Records (Polygram Records)
Producer	Various
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Essential Pogues is a greatest hits album by The Pogues, released in November 1991.

Track listing

"The Sunny Side of the Street" (Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer)
"If I Should Fall From Grace With God" (MacGowan)
"Lorelei" (Phil Chevron)
"Thousands Are Sailing" (Chevron)
"White City" (MacGowan)
"Fairytale of New York" (MacGowan, Finer)
"Fiesta" (MacGowan, Finer, Kotscher, Lindt)
"Rain Street" (MacGowan)
"Turkish Song of the Damned" (MacGowan, Finer)
"Summer in Siam" (MacGowan)
"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" (Finer)
"Blue Heaven" (MacGowan, Hunt)
"Honky Tonk Woman" (Jagger, Richards)
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Long Version)" (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"
Henry Benagh - fiddle
Elvis Costello - acoustic guitar
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"

Notes

Tracks produced by Steve Lillywhite except tracks 1, 8, and 10 - Joe Strummer

References

^ "Essential Pogues Import". Amazon. January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ Essential Pogues at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[Amazon_Essential_Pogues-1] "Essential Pogues Import". Amazon. January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[2] Essential Pogues at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

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 == Track listing ==

v t e The Pogues
Spider Stacy Jem Finer James Fearnley Shane MacGowan Andrew Ranken Darryl Hunt Terry Woods Cait O'Riordan Philip Chevron Joe Strummer Dave Coulter James McNally Jamie Clarke
Studio albums	Red Roses for Me Rum Sodomy & the Lash If I Should Fall from Grace with God Peace and Love Hell's Ditch Waiting for Herb Pogue Mahone
EPs	Poguetry in Motion Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Compilations	Essential Pogues The Best of The Pogues The Very Best of The Pogues
Singles	"Dark Streets of London" "A Pair of Brown Eyes" "Sally MacLennane" "Dirty Old Town" "Haunted" "The Irish Rover" "Fairytale of New York" "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" "Fiesta" "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" "Summer in Siam" "Jack's Heroes" "Sunny Side of the Street" "A Rainy Night in Soho" "Honky Tonk Women" "Tuesday Morning" "Once Upon a Time"
Other songs	"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" "The Auld Triangle" "Greenland Whale Fisheries" "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" "Jesse James" "Maggie May" "Mountain Dew" "The Parting Glass" "Poor Paddy" "South Australia" "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" "Thousands Are Sailing" "Waxie's Dargle" "When the Ship Comes In" "Worms"
Related articles	Discography Songs