The Crock of Gold was the second full-length album by Shane MacGowan and the Popes and was released in November 1997 on ZTT Records. The Crock of Gold followed The Snake, MacGowan's first solo album after the breakup of The Pogues, and was less critically acclaimed than its predecessor. The album is named for the novel by Irish writer James Stephens. To date, it is the last full studio album MacGowan has recorded.
Across the Broad Atlantic (Live on Paddy's Day) (2002)
The Crock of Gold was written primarily by MacGowan in Nenagh, The Republic of Ireland and was recorded at Wessex Studios in London, England. The original sessions were produced by Brian Robertson who was later replaced by Adrian Sherwood and engineer Alan Branch.[1]
According to Rob Martin, writing for Spinal Column in 1998, "The Crock of Gold has one really solid song after another in the quasi-Celtic folk rock traditional style. The only negative is that there's not too much experimentation on the album. The only real unusual track is 'B&I Ferry', which has a reggae dub style. However, all the songs on the album are exactly what you'd expect from MacGowan. There are songs of lost love, drunken sorrows, loneliness, character portraits, and pride. All contain Shane's gritty and soulful trademark voice (and the vocals actually come off clear on the recordings- always a crapshoot when it comes to MacGowan's pipes). Although it's tough to top the work that MacGowan did with the Pogues, The Crock of Gold is a worthy effort that fans of MacGowan and the Pogues are sure to enjoy."
Like a number of songs by The Pogues, traditional Irish tunes are used as base melodies for some songs; including "Paddy Public Enemy Number One", which combines the tune of "The Man From Mullingar" with "The Kesh Jig"; and "More Pricks Than Kicks", to the tune "Tabhair Dom Do Lamh".[2]
Track listingEdit
All tracks composed by Shane MacGowan; except where indicated
"Paddy Rolling Stone"
"Rock 'n' Roll Paddy"
"Paddy Public Enemy No. 1"
"Back in The County Hell"
"Lonesome Highway"
"Come to The Bower" (traditional; arranged MacGowan)
Recorded and mixed at Wessex, Matrix, and On-U Studios
Cover painting by Shane MacGowan
ReferencesEdit
^Balls, Richard (2021). A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan. Omnibus Press. pp. 338–346. ISBN978-1-78760-108-6. "For Shane it was an escape from the distractions of London, and it was in his bedroom there that he had begun writing songs for The Crock Of Gold. He felt more at home in Nenagh and its surrounds than anywhere else, and that affinity bled through in the lyrics"
"The recording of The Crock Of Gold at Wessex Studios in London was beset with problems. Brian Robertson produced the original sessions, only to be replaced by Adrian Sherwood and engineer Alan Branch."
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