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Hell's Ditch arrived in 1990 as the final chapter of the Shane MacGowan era, recorded in the Sinai Desert and Los Angeles with producer Joe Strummer stepping in as a stabilizing force behind the boards. The album pushes the band's Celtic punk foundation toward something more expansive and world-weary, with MacGowan's writing at its most cinematic and strange. For fans who followed the Pogues from the Fleadh stages to the sticky floors of a hundred Irish bars, it's an essential and often overlooked corner of their catalog.
1LP, 180g Single Sleeve / Inner Bag, 2004 re-mastered audio
Tracklist
Side A
1. The Sunnyside Of The Street (2:44)
2. Sayonara (3:07)
3. The Ghost Of A Smile (2:58)
4. Hell's Ditch (3:03)
5. Lorca's Novena (4:40)
6. Summer In Siam (4:06)
Side B
1. Rain Street (4:00)
2. Rainbow Man (2:46)
3. The Wake Of The Medusa (3:04)
4. House Of The Gods (3:46)
5. 5 Green Queens And Jean (2:35)
6. Maidrín Rua (1:47)
7. Six To Go (2:58)
UPC: 825646255856
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 3.17.15
Format: LP Vinyl