The Pogues discography

The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London in 1982,[1] as Pogue Mahone – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic póg mo thóin, meaning 'kiss my arse'.[2]

The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, recording several hit albums and singles. MacGowan left the band in 1991 owing to drinking problems, but the band continued – first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals – before breaking up in 1996.[3] The Pogues re-formed in late 2001, and played regularly across the UK and Ireland and on the US East Coast, until dissolving again in 2014. The group did not record any new material during this second incarnation.

Their politically-tinged music was informed by MacGowan and Stacy's punk backgrounds,[4] yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin and accordion.

## Albums[edit]

### Studio albums[edit]

Title  | Details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications
(sales thresholds)

|
|
|

AUS
[5][6] | AUT
[7] | GER
[8] | NL
[9] | NOR
[10] | NZ
[11] | SWE
[12] | SWI
[13] | UK
[14] | US
[15]
Red Roses for Me |

* Released: October 1984
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | —  |

* BPI: Silver[16]

Rum Sodomy & the Lash |

* Released: August 1985
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| 89 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 39 | — | 13 | —  |

* BPI: Gold[16]

If I Should Fall from Grace with God |

* Released: January 1988
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| 36 | — | — | 52 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 88  |

* BPI: Gold[16]

Peace and Love |

* Released: July 1989
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| — | — | 13 | 53 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 118  |

* BPI: Gold[16]

Hell's Ditch |

* Released: 6 November 1990
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| 82 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 187  |

* BPI: Silver[16]

Waiting for Herb |

* Released: September 1993
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| — | 30 | 32 | — | — | — | 15 | 29 | 20 | —  |
Pogue Mahone |

* Released: 27 February 1996
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | —  |
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

### Live albums[edit]

Title  | Details  | Peak chart positions

|
|

[14]
Streams of Whiskey:
Live in Leysin, Switzerland 1991 |

* Released: 2002
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| —
The Ultimate Collection Including
Live at the Brixton Academy 2001 |

* Released: 2005
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| 15
The Pogues in Paris: 30th
Anniversary Concert at the Olympia |

* Released: 2012
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| —
Live In London
The Pogues with Joe Strummer |

* Released: 2013
* Formats: CD. LP, digital download - Released on CD as part of 2013 30 Years collection, released on LP as a 2014 Record Store Day exclusive release

| —
BBC Sessions 1984-1986 |

* Released: 2020
* Formats: LP - Record Store Day Exclusive, limited to 5000 copies - CD, digital download, streaming - October 30, 2020

| —
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

### Compilation albums[edit]

Title  | Details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications
(sales thresholds)

|
|
|

IRE
[17] | AUS
[6] | NOR
[10] | NZ
[11] | SWE
[12] | SWI
[13] | UK
[14]
The Best of The Pogues |

* Released: September 1991
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| 21 | 94 | — | 10 | 34 | 25 | 11  |

* ARIA: Gold[6]
* BPI: Gold[16]

Essential Pogues |

* Released: 19 November 1991[18]
* Label: Island Records
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
The Rest of The Best |

* Released: 1992
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
The Very Best of The Pogues |

* Released: 2001
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| 2
[19] | — | 40 | 12 | — | 87 | 18  |

* BPI: Platinum[16]
* ARIA: Gold[20]

The Ultimate Collection |

* Released: 2005
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| 12 | — | 13 | 8 | 41 | — | 15  |

* BPI: Gold[16]

Dirty Old Town:
The Platinum Collection |

* Released: 2005
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, LP

| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | —  |

* BPI: Silver[16]

Just Look Them Straight in the
Eye and Say... POGUE MAHONE
(The Pogues Box Set) |

* Released: 2008
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| 40 | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
The Pogues: Original Album Series |

* Released: 2010
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD Box Set

| — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
The Very Best of The Pogues |

* Released: 2013
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
30:30: The Essential Collection |

* Released: 2013
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| 91 | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
30 Years The Pogues |

* Released: 2013
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
The Stiff Records B-Sides (1984-1987) |

* Released: April 22, 2023
* Label: Warner Music Group
* Formats: LP
* Note: Record Store Day comp released only through independent record stores

| — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

## Tributes[edit]

Title  | Details

|

Tribute to the Pogues |

* Released: 17 March 2016
* Label: Independent Russian Release
* Formats: Digital download, CD

## Videos[edit]

Title  | Details  | Notes

|
|

Live at The Town & Country Club London 1988 |

* Released: VHS, 1988; DVD, 2003
* Formats: VHS, DVD

Saturday Night Live |

* Released: 1990
* Formats: VHS, DVD

* Season 15, Episode 16 – "Rob Lowe/The Pogues"

Poguevision |

* Released: VHS, 1991; DVD, 2002
* Formats: VHS, DVD

* Music video collection

Completely Pogued |

* Released: VHS 1991; DVD, 2003
* Formats: VHS, DVD

* Documentary
* As extra on Live at the Town & Country

The Pogues in Paris – 30th Anniversary |

* Released: November 2012
* Formats: DVD

* Length: 1h40:17
* Video recording taken from two shows performed on 11 & 12 September 2012 at L'Olympia in Paris, France

## Singles[edit]

Year  | Title  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications  | Album

|
|
|
|

IRE
[17] | AUS
[21] | NL
[9] | NOR
[10] | NZ
[11] | SWE
[12] | SWI
[13] | UK
[14] | US Club | US Rock
1984  | "Dark Streets of London"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Red Roses for Me
"Boys from the County Hell"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
1985  | "A Pair of Brown Eyes"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | —  |  | Rum Sodomy & the Lash
"Sally MacLennane"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | —  |
"Dirty Old Town"  | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | — | —  |

* BPI: Silver[16]

1986  | Poguetry in Motion (EP)  | 11 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 29 | — | —  |  |
"Haunted"  | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | —  |  | Sid and Nancy Soundtrack
1987  | "The Irish Rover"
(featuring The Dubliners) | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | 8 | — | —  |  | 25 Years Celebration
"Fairytale of New York"
(featuring Kirsty MacColl) | 1 | 45
[22] | 74 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 2 | — | —  |  | If I Should Fall from Grace with God
1988  | "If I Should Fall from Grace with God"  | 4 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | 58 | — | —  |
"Fiesta"  | 11 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | —  |
1989  | "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah"  | 6 | 111 | — | — | 19 | — | — | 43 | 36 | 17  |  | Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge"  | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | —  |  | Peace and Love
"White City"  | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | — | —  |
1990  | "Summer in Siam"  | 21 | 139 | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | —  |  | Hell's Ditch
"Jack's Heroes"
(featuring The Dubliners) | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | —  |  | Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
"Miss Otis Regrets / Just One of Those Things"
(with Kirsty MacColl) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Red Hot + Blue
1991  | "Sunny Side of the Street"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23  |  | Hell's Ditch
"A Rainy Night in Soho" (remix)  | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | — | —  |  | Poguetry in Motion
"Fairytale of New York" (re-issue) | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | —  |  | If I Should Fall from Grace with God
1992  | "Honky Tonk Women"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | —  |  | Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
1993  | "Tuesday Morning"  | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 11  |  | Waiting for Herb
"Once Upon a Time"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | —  |
2005  | "Fairytale of New York" (re-release) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | —  |

* BPI: 5× Platinum[16]

| If I Should Fall from Grace with God

## References[edit]

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## External Links[edit]

* The Pogues discography discography at Discogs

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The Pogues

* Spider Stacy
* Jem Finer
* James Fearnley
* Shane MacGowan
* Andrew Ranken
* Darryl Hunt
* Terry Woods
* Cait O'Riordan
* Philip Chevron
* Joe Strummer
* Dave Coulter
* James McNally
* Jamie Clarke

Studio albums|

* Red Roses for Me
* Rum Sodomy & the Lash
* If I Should Fall from Grace with God
* Peace and Love
* Hell's Ditch
* Waiting for Herb
* Pogue Mahone

EPs|

* Poguetry in Motion
* Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Compilations|

* Essential Pogues
* The Best of The Pogues
* The Very Best of The Pogues

Singles|

* "Dark Streets of London"
* "A Pair of Brown Eyes"
* "Sally MacLennane"
* "Dirty Old Town"
* "Haunted"
* "The Irish Rover"
* "Fairytale of New York"
* "If I Should Fall from Grace with God"
* "Fiesta"
* "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah"
* "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge"
* "Summer in Siam"
* "Jack's Heroes"
* "Sunny Side of the Street"
* "A Rainy Night in Soho"
* "Honky Tonk Women"
* "Tuesday Morning"
* "Once Upon a Time"

Other songs|

* "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
* "The Auld Triangle"
* "Greenland Whale Fisheries"
* "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day"
* "Jesse James"
* "Maggie May"
* "Mountain Dew"
* "The Parting Glass"
* "Poor Paddy"
* "South Australia"
* "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six"
* "Thousands Are Sailing"
* "Waxie's Dargle"
* "When the Ship Comes In"
* "Worms"

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