The Pogues – Red Roses for Me

Description

Red Roses for Me is filled with traditional Irish music performed with punk influences. The Mancunion saw the “creativity of post-punk” as being “evident throughout the record”, while Muso’s Guide described much of Red Roses for Me as “a whirlwind of revved-up folk punk”. The band’s approach of mixing traditional songs and ballads with frontman Shane MacGowan’s “gutter hymns” about drinking, fighting and sex was innovative at the time. The album reached number 89 in the UK album charts.