The Best of The Pogues

The Best of the Pogues is a greatest hits album by The Pogues, released in September 1991. The album was dedicated to the memory of Deborah Korner.

Track listing

 * 1) "Fairytale of New York" (Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer)
 * 2) "Sally MacLennane" (MacGowan)
 * 3) "Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl)
 * 4) "The Irish Rover" (Traditional, arr. The Pogues & The Dubliners)
 * 5) "A Pair of Brown Eyes" (MacGowan)
 * 6) "Streams of Whiskey" (MacGowan)
 * 7) "Rainy Night in Soho" (MacGowan)
 * 8) "Fiesta" (MacGowan, Finer, Kotscher, Lindt)
 * 9) "Rain Street" (MacGowan)
 * 10) "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" (Finer)
 * 11) "White City" (MacGowan)
 * 12) "Thousands Are Sailing" (Phil Chevron)
 * 13) "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (MacGowan)
 * 14) "The Body of an American" (MacGowan)

Personnel

 * Shane MacGowan – lead vocals, guitar
 * Terry Woods – cittern, vocals
 * Philip Chevron – guitar, vocals
 * Spider Stacy – tin whistle, vocals
 * Andrew Ranken – drums
 * Jem Finer – banjo, saxophone
 * Darryl Hunt – bass guitar
 * Kirsty MacColl – vocals on "Fairytale of New York"
 * James Fearnley – accordion

Other musicians

 * Cait O'Riordan – bass, vocals
 * Siobhan Sheahan – harp on "Fairytale of New York"
 * Tommy Keane – Uileann pipes on "Dirty Old Town" and "The Body of an American"
 * Henry Benagh – fiddle
 * Elvis Costello – acoustic guitar
 * Dick Cuthell – flugelhorn on "A Rainy Night in Soho"
 * Brian Clarke – alto saxophone on "Fiesta"
 * Joe Cashman – tenor saxophone on "Fiesta"
 * Eli Thompson – trumpet on "Fiesta"
 * Chris Lee – trumpet
 * Paul Taylor – trombone
 * Ron Kavana – tenor banjo, mandolin on "Thousands Are Sailing"