Shane MacGowan & The Popes - The Snake
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Free Music Review: A great rock album with Shane's classic touch!
Hit: 5 Stars
Shane MacGowan rocks on this album. Both the lyrics and the music are full of great hooks. An album that gets better everytime you listen to it.Free Music Review: I wouldn't call it a classic but...
Hit: 4 Stars
Shane vocally sounds better than he had since "If I Should Fall from Grace of God" which says a lot because the last two Pogues albums his vocals were really weak. Probally due to the substance abuse that was happening then.
There are quite of few excellent songs like Nancy Whisky, Church of the Holly Spook, Donegal Express, Snake With Eyes Of Garnet and so on. He sure missed the mark with the duets with Moya Brennan and Sinead O'Connor it sounds like it was their songs with him thrown in as an after thought. Sorry they are trash! nothing like Fairytale of New York which is composed by Shane and is in his style. I also didn't feel comfortable with the "Rock" based songs like I'll Be Your Handbag, Victoria... He always tried to stay away from cliché sounding guitar rock in the Pogues and now he's doing it (is it because his backup band is rock based to begin with). His songs are good but especially on this album his songwriting abilities aren't up to par with his previous albums they seem to be lacking I think without the rest of the Pogues he lost his muse which challenged him to write well.
Over all if you trimmed a little off of the edges this would be a great album not anywhere his best but a solid album.
Free Music Review: cheers to Shane
Hit: 4 Stars
This album proves that the Pogues need Shane a lot more than he needs them. There are a few clunkers on The Snake, but for the most part it is a very strong showing by Shane, especially on such songs as The Snake With Eyes of Garnet, The Song With No Name, Aisling, and Haunted, as well as the covers of traditional songs (Nancy Whiskey, Roddy McCorley, Rising of the Moon). It should not be surprising that this album is not as good as the Pogues' first three studio albums (what is?), but it is miles ahead of the Pogues post-Shane releases (and even Peace & Love and Hell's Ditch, in my opinion). Why? Consistency. This album does not have the patchwork, pot-luck vibe of the Pogues' last few releases. The Pogues ditched Shane partly because of his refusal to move on from Irish-flavored songs (both lyrically and musically). Well, on this album Shane proves he can beat them at their own game, with rockers like Church of the Holy Spook and Mexican Funeral In Paris, while staying true to his roots for the rest of the album. I strongly recommend this album to any Shane/Pogues fan.Free Music Review: With rare exceptions, this is a good CD
Hit: 4 Stars
I love the Pogues so I was wary of this CD. However, I am inexplicably drawn to all things Shane McGowan so I took a chance. I'm glad I did. I often laugh (and feel sad) as I listen to some of the songs that are overpowered by what I call the "drunken stylings of Shane McGowan." On one song, "A Mexican funeral in Paris", he is so obviously dead drunk, I don't know how he made it through. But...BUT..songs like "That woman's got me drinking" and "Her father didn't like me" the types of "sing loud as you drive" songs that touch a realistic nerve. Others, like "You're the one" and "Haunted" are so beautifully arranged with words so soulful, it's worth all else. Also, it is rarely mentioned that the Popes are a skillful, talented band. It is a delight to listen to their creative, hard driving instrumentation.
This is an interesting CD because I agree with others who say that there are some songs I can strictly do without but the good ones completely eclipse those. And...drunk or not, Shane McGowan is an artist of distinction. That also makes the difference.
Free Music Review: Pretty Damn Good
Hit: 4 Stars
This Release is almost great. It has some classics like nancy whisky, song with no name, and the snake. It is quite inconsistant, however. Many people did not like the later pogues which tended to experiment with other types of music that werent irish sounding. This is the same, except i enjoyed when the pogues did it more.