Peace and Love

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Peace and Love
Studio album by The Pogues

Publication
(s)

1989

Label (s) Island Records

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Folk rock

Title (number)

14th

running time

44:54

occupation

production

Steve Lillywhite

chronology
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
(1988) 		Peace and Love Hell's Ditch
(1990)

Peace and Love is the fourth music album by the British folk punk band The Pogues . It reached fifth place on the UK album charts.

history

With Peace and Love, the band continued the gradual departure from traditional Irish music . The album begins with the heavily jazz- influenced "Gridlock". B. inspired by London ("White City", "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge ", "London You're a Lady"). Even so, some of the songs mention important Irish personalities, e. B. James Napper Tandy (Boat Train), Christy Brown , whose book "Down All The Days" appears as the song title, and Ned Of The Hill (Young Ned Of The Hill). "Cotton Fields" is based on the song of the same name by the American blues singer Leadbelly . The line of text in which James Napper Tandy appears was borrowed from the song "The Wearing of the Green".

Track list

No. title Lead vocals written by length
1. "Gridlock" Instrumental Finer, tendrils 3:33
2. "White City" MacGowan MacGowan 2:31
3. "Young Ned Of The Hill" Woods Woods, Ron Kavana 2:45
4th "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" MacGowan Finer 3:01
5. "Cotton Fields" MacGowan, tendrils MacGowan 2:51
6th "Blue Heaven" Chevron, Hunt Chevron, Hunt 3:36
7th "Down All The Days" MacGowan, Chevron MacGowan 3:45
8th. "UNITED STATES" MacGowan, tendrils MacGowan 4:52
9. "Lorelei" Chevron Chevron 3:33
10. "Gartloney Rats" Woods Woods 2:32
11. "Boat Train" MacGowan, Stacy MacGowan 2:40
12. "Tombstone" Woods Finer 2:57
13. "Night Train to Lorca" MacGowan, Chevron Finer 3:29
14th "London You're A Lady" MacGowan MacGowan 2:56

Re-release from 2005

  1. "Gridlock" (Jem Finer, Andrew Ranken) - 3:33
  2. "White City" (Shane MacGowan) - 2:31
  3. "Young Ned Of The Hill" (Terry Woods, Ron Kavana) - 2:45
  4. "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" (Finer) - 3:01 am
  5. "Cotton Fields" (MacGowan) - 2:51
  6. "Blue Heaven" (Philip Chevron, Darryl Hunt) - 3:36
  7. "Down All The Days" (MacGowan) - 3:45
  8. "USA" (MacGowan) - 4:52
  9. "Lorelei" (Chevron) - 3:33
  10. "Gartloney Rats" (Woods) - 2:32
  11. "Boat Train" (MacGowan) - 2:40
  12. "Tombstone" (Finer) - 2:57
  13. "Night Train to Lorca" (Finer) - 3:29
  14. "London You're A Lady" (MacGowan) - 2:56
  15. " Star of the County Down " (Traditional) - 2:33
  16. "The Limerick Rake" (Traditional) - 3:12
  17. "Train of Love" (Finer) - 3:08
  18. "Everyman Is a King" (Woods, Kavana) - 3:54
  19. "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" (MacGowan) - 3:19
  20. "Honky Tonk Women" ( Mick Jagger , Keith Richards ) - 2:55

reception

medium Rating critic
Allmusic Mark Deming
Robert Christgau B. Robert Christgau

Mark Deming wrote in his review for the Allmusic Guide :

"Peace and Love isn't as good as the two Pogues albums that preceded it (which represent the finest work of their career), but it does make clear that MacGowan was hardly the only talented songwriter in the band (...). "

"Peace and Love is not as good as the two previous Pogues albums (which represent the best work of their career), but it makes clear that MacGowan wasn't the band's only talented songwriter."

However, Robert Christgau said:

"(...) Shane MacGowan will remain the only Pogue in the down-and-out hall of fame."

"(...) Shane MacGowan will be remembered as the only pogue in the bum hall of fame."

Trivia

  • The album was dedicated to the 96 dead in the Hillsborough disaster .
  • The boxer on the album cover has six fingers on his right hand .
  • The song "Down All The Days" was later covered by noise rock band Steel Pole Bath Tub on their album The Miracle of Sound in Motion.

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