If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Studio album by The Pogues
Released	1988
Recorded	?
Genre	Rock
Length	51:43
Label	Island
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone [1]
The Pogues chronology
Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985)	If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988)	Peace and Love (1989)
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God is a 1988 album by The Pogues. The album was a departure from previous Pogues albums, which had focused on an Irish folk/punk hybrid which had earned them both a reputation as music radicals and also as a commercial success. On If I Should Fall From Grace with God several more genres were added to this mixture, including Jazz, Spanish folk and Middle Eastern Folk. The adding of Spanish and Middle Eastern sounds was a sign of things to come; on later albums such as 1990's Hell's Ditch these would become the defining sound. However on this album it was very much Irish folk to the fore, especially on songs such as the title track, "Bottle of Smoke", "South Australia", "Lullaby of London" and "Sit Down By The Fire", and the rendition of the traditional jig "The Lark in the Morning" as the coda to "Turkish Song Of The Damned". These songs were more typical of the earlier Pogues albums, mostly fast and heavily textured. The album was also the first by the band to utilize a complete drum kit. Image File history File links The_Pogues-If_I_Should_Fall_From_Grace_With_God_(album_cover). ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... The Pogues are a popular Irish-influenced band based in England. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Steve Lillywhite (born in 1955) is a well-known British music producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... The Pogues are a popular Irish-influenced band based in England. ... Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is a 1985 album by The Pogues, their second. ... The Album Cover, note the six fingers on the mans right hand Peace and Love is a 1989 album by The Pogues, their fourth full length studio album. ... Image File history File links If_I_should_Fall_from_Gace_with_God_Alt_Cover. ... See also: 1987 in music, other events of 1988, 1989 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ... The Pogues are a popular Irish-influenced band based in England. ... Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic politically divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... For many people, Spanish music is virtually synonymous with flamenco, an Andalucian-Gitano form of music. ... Hells Ditch is the fifth full-length album by The Pogues, and the last to feature frontman Shane MacGowan as a member. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ...

Also prominent on the album were the ballads, "Thousands are Sailing", "The Broad Majestic Shannon" and especially, the Christmas hit, a duet with Kirsty MacColl, "Fairytale of New York". "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" showed a passionate and angry political side to their music, the first part being about the sorrow a person feels about the streets of Northern Ireland, and the second half about the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four, two groups of people wrongly imprisoned for terrorism offences and held in gaol despite evidence showing they had not committed the crimes. The song also makes a passing reference to the Loughgall Martyrs with the line "while over in Ireland eight more men lay dead, kicked down and shot in the back of the head". 68. ... Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter. ... Fairytale of New York is a popular Christmas song by Irish folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the British singer Kirsty MacColl. ... Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six is a political song by the Irish folk punk band The Pogues, written by Terry Woods and Shane MacGowan and included on the bands 1988 If I Should Fall from Grace with God album. ... Motto:  (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Ulster Scots, Irish3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of... The Birmingham Six were six men—Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power and John Walker—sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 in an infamous miscarriage of justice for two pub bombings in Birmingham, England on November 21, 1974 that killed 21 people. ... The Guildford Four were a group of people (Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Paddy Armstrong and Carole Richardson), who were wrongly convicted in the United Kingdom in October 1975 for the Provisional IRAs Guildford pub bombing — which killed five people and injured sixty-five more — and imprisoned for over... Terrorist redirects here. ... The Provisional IRAs East Tyrone Brigade was one of the most famous Republican groups in Northern Ireland over the course of the Troubles. They allegedly drew their membership from right across the eastern side of County Tyrone as well as North Monaghan and South Derry. ...

If I Should Fall From Grace With God marked the most substantial line-up change to date for The Pogues, as it was the first full-length album on which multi-instrumentalist Terry Woods and bassist Darryl Hunt appear. It also marked the first departure of one of the original members, former bassist Cait O'Riordan. Terry Woods (born 4 December 1947), in Dublin, is an Irish folk musician, specialising in playing the mandolin and cittern. ... Darryl Hunt is the Bassist for Folk-Punk Band The Pogues. ... Caitlín Cáit ORiordan (born 4 January 1965) was the bass player for Irish punk/folk band, The Pogues from 1983-1986. ...

Track listing

1. "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" (MacGowan)
2. "Turkish Song of the Damned" (MacGowan/Finer)
3. "Bottle of Smoke" (MacGowan/Finer)
4. "Fairytale of New York" (MacGowan/Finer)
5. "Metropolis"
6. "Thousands are Sailing" (Chevron)
7. "South Australia" (bonus track) (Traditional)
8. "Fiesta" (MacGowan/Finer)
9. "Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races" (Traditional)
10. "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" (MacGowan/Woods)
11. "Lullaby of London" (MacGowan)
12. "The Battle March Medley" (bonus track)
13. "Sit Down by the Fire" (MacGowan)
14. "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (MacGowan)
15. "Worms" (Traditional)

Jeremy Jem Finer (born July 20, 1955) is a musician and composer who was one of the founding members of The Pogues. ... Fairytale of New York is a popular Christmas song by Irish folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the British singer Kirsty MacColl. ... Lyrics In South Australia I was born Heave away! Haul away! South Australia round Cape Horn And were bound for South Australia Haul away you rolling king Heave away! Haul away! All the way youll hear me sing And were bound for South Australia As I walked... The Rocky Road To Dublin is an Irish Traditional song, also covered by Boston punk band Dropkick Murphys on their album Sing Loud, Sing Proud. ... Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six is a political song by the Irish folk punk band The Pogues, written by Terry Woods and Shane MacGowan and included on the bands 1988 If I Should Fall from Grace with God album. ... The River Shannon (Irish: Sionainn, altenatively Sionna), Irelands longest river, divides the West of Ireland (mostly the province of Connacht) from the east and south (Leinster and most of Munster). ...

2005 Reissue Track listing

1. "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" (MacGowan)
2. "Turkish Song of the Damned" (MacGowan/Finer)
3. "Bottle of Smoke" (MacGowan/Finer)
4. "Fairytale of New York" (MacGowan/Finer)
5. "Metropolis"
6. "Thousands are Sailing" (Chevron)
7. "Fiesta" (MacGowan/Finer)
8. "Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races" (Traditional)
9. "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" (MacGowan/Woods)
10. "Lullaby of London" (MacGowan)
11. "Sit Down by the Fire" (MacGowan)
12. "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (MacGowan)
13. "Worms" (Traditional)
14. "The Battle March Medley" (Terry Woods(bonus track)
15. "The Irish Rover" (Joseph Crofts/Traditional)(Bonus Track)
16. "Mountain Dew" (Traditional((Bonus Track)
17. "Shanne Bradley" (Shane MacGowan)(Bonus Track)
18. "Sketches Of Spain" (The Pogues)(Bonus Track)
19. "South Australia" (Traditional)(Bonus Track)