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Red Roses for Me
Studio album by The Pogues
Released	1984
Genre	Folk rock
Length	40:12
Label	WEA International
Producer(s)	Stan Brennan
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	Red Roses for Me (1984)	Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (1985)

Red Roses for Me was the first full length album by London-based band The Pogues, released in 1984. Filled with traditional Irish music performed with a furious punk attitude, this album was something the music scene never had seen before. Traditional songs and ballads mixed with Shane MacGowan's "gutter hymns" about drinking, fighting and fucking was considered a fresh breeze at the time. Or as lead singer MacGowan explained the music: "I couldn't believe that nobody else were doing it, so we went on doing it ourselves..." The title "Red Roses for Me" is the name of a play by Sean O'Casey, though it did not appear on the album, nor was it ever recorded by The Pogues.

The following track listing differs from that on the UK LP:

1. "Transmetropolitan" (MacGowan)
2. "The Battle of Brisbane" (MacGowan)
3. "The Auld Triangle" (Brendan Behan)
4. "Waxie's Dargle" (Traditional)
5. "Boys from the County Hell" (MacGowan)
6. "Sea Shanty" (MacGowan)
7. "Dark Streets of London" (MacGowan)
8. "Whiskey You're the Devil" (Traditional)
9. "Streams of Whiskey" (MacGowan)
10. "Poor Paddy" (Traditional)
11. "Dingle Regetta" (Traditional)
12. "Greenland Whale Fisheries" (Traditional)
13. "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go" (MacGowan)
14. "Kitty" (Traditional)

The original UK LP has the following tracklisting

1. "Transmetropolitan" (MacGowan)
2. "The Battle of Brisbane" (MacGowan)
3. "The Auld Triangle" (Brendan Behan)
4. "Waxie's Dargle" (Traditional)
5. "Boys from the County Hell" (MacGowan)
6. "Sea Shanty" (MacGowan)
7. "Dark Streets of London" (MacGowan)
8. "Streams of Whiskey" (MacGowan)
9. "Poor Paddy" (Traditional)
10. "Dingle Regetta" (Traditional)
11. "Greenland Whale Fisheries" (Traditional)
12. "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go" (MacGowan)
13. "Kitty" (Traditional)

In 2004, a CD was issued with 6 bonus tracks. "Repeal of the Licensing Laws" was the B-side of their second single. "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" was the B-side of their first single. "Whiskey You're The Devil" was the B-side of their third single. "The Wild Rover" was the B-side of their fourth single.

• 14. The Leaving of Liverpool (Traditional)
• 15. Muirshin Durkin (Traditional)
• 16. Repeal of the Licensing Laws (instr) (Stacey)
• 17. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle)
• 18. Whiskey You're The Devil (Traditional)
• 19. The Wild Rover (Traditional)

• Shane MacGowan – vocals
• Jem Finer – banjo
• Spider Stacy – tin whistle
• James Fearnley – accordion
• Cait O'Riordan – bass guitar
• Andrew Ranken – drums