Track Listing

1. Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
2. Old Main Drag
3. Wild Cats of Kilkenny
4. I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
5. Pair of Brown Eyes
6. Sally Maclennane
7. Pistol for Paddy Garcia
8. Dirty Old Town
9. Jesse James
10. Navigator
11. Billy's Bones
12. Gentleman Soldier
13. Band Played Waltzing Matilda
14. A Pistol For Paddy Garcia (Bonus Track)
15. London Girl (Bonus Track)
16. Rainy Night In Soho (Bonus Track)
17. Body Of An American (Bonus Track)
18. Planxty Noel Hill (Bonus Track)
19. The Parting Glass (Bonus Track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11334 in Music
• Released on: 2004-12-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks

Customer Reviews

And the Band Played and Played...
`Rum, Sodomy and the Lash' was Winston Churchill's famous description of the British Royal Navy and somehow suits the album down to the ground. The album its self is a masterpiece and certainly The Pogues most perfect and fully realised album, perfectly portraying their fantastic live performances of this period, the height of Shane MacGowan's song writing and there most inventive reinterpretation of traditional folk music.
Of the Shane MacGowan originals the singles `Sally MacLennane' and `A Pair of Brown Eyes' were obvious choices but `The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn' `Billy's Bones' and `The Old Main Drag' are equally accomplished songs. Only the instrumental `Wild Cats of Kilkenny' smack of filler.

The choice and arrangement of the majority of the traditional standard are also inspired. `Dirty Old Town' was possibly over produced to engineer it into their biggest single up to that point but the rough performances of `Navigator', `The Gentleman Soldier' and the Spider Stacey driven `Jesse James' fit in with the album theme so much more. The one trick `I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day' is possibly the albums lowest point. The album ends perfectly with a fantastic performance on Eric Bogle's `The Band Played Waltzing Matilda'.

The CD re-issue also includes the `Pogetry in Motion' e.p. which is worth the cover price alone. Either of `The Body of an American', `Rainy Night in Soho' or `London Girl' could have been singles in their own right and highlights the strength of MacGowan's song writing during this period.

One of the greatest and certainly one of my favourite bands and albums of all time.

Move over U2
I've seen all sorts of lists of the 100 finest albums, and cry into my Guiness that this one hardly ever features. In my book it's No.1.
Every song tells a story, some funny, many sad, all historically accurate and none with any bias....19c navvies may have suffered harsh conditions, but at least they were tough enough to cope so no need to feel sorry eh Shane ?
The instrumentals are of the highest standard, but of course it's McGowans sly, rasping drawl that spits in yer eye and spills yer pint.
Magnificent.
(Feel free to mail your own opinion)

At last! Poguetry in Motion
This is a welcome rerelease of "Rum Sodomy and the Lash," the Pogues' second album. The sound is much brighter than on the 1994 CD release. It was probably remastered.

Even better, the disk includes four tracks from the 1980s EP "Poguetry in Motion." For some reason, the several "greatest hits" anthologies managed to overlook these gems: "Rainy Day in Soho," "London Girl," "Body of an American," and "Planxty Noel Hill." The last named is an instrumental jig; the other three are classic Sean Macgowan songs.