The Pogues – Red Roses For Me LP (Red Vinyl) For Cheap

After four decades, Red Roses For Me is still celebrated as a groundbreaking debut album from an unlikely group of supposed ne er-do-wells from London. The album mashes traditional songs and instrumentals – about death and drink, love and London – with those of frontman Shane MacGowan s – and all fuelled by the punk ethos. Irreverent, powerful, unique and spirited, this album was the beginning of an incredible and unflinching journey for a London-Irish band whose music sparkles with the genius of it s songwriting.