The Pogues - Peace And Love

2013 remix cut from original multi-track tapes

Produced by Steve Lillywhite

180-gram vinyl reissue featuring original artwork

"Given the circumstances — Shane MacGowan's potent appetite for alcohol was evident from the time the Pogues cut their first album, but by the time they got to work on Peace and Love in 1989, it was evident that he'd gone far past the point of enjoying a few pints (or many pints) and had sunk deep into drug and alcohol dependence —  the Pogues deliver with greater strength than one might expect on Peace and Love.

"Terry Woods contributes two terrific traditional-style numbers ('Young Ned of the Hill' and 'Gartloney Rats'), Philip Chevron's 'Lorelei' is a superb tale of lost love (he and Darryl Hunt also teamed up for a fine bit of Celtic-calypso fusion on 'Blue Heaven'), and Jem Finer brought along a trio of strong originals. Musically, Peace and Love found the band stretching their boundaries, adding accents of film noir jazz on 'Gridlock,' rockabilly on 'Cotton Fields,' straight-ahead rock on 'USA,' and power pop on 'Lorelei,' though the group's highly recognizable Celtic-trad-on-steroids style is never far beneath the surface." — AllMusic