LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl

The Snake is the first solo album by Shane MacGowan with backing band The Popes. Originally released in 1994, the album is a bracing set of songs that draw heavily on traditional Irish folk music while pinning your ears back with a raucous, full-frontal rock sound. Guests on the album include Johnny Depp, members of The Dubliners, Thin Lizzy, and The Pogues.

Like a number of songs recorded by MacGowan's previous band, The Pogues, traditional tunes are sometimes used as a base for a new song. For example, the melody for "The Song With No Name" is based on "The Homes of Donegal".

TRACK LISTING:

SIDE A

1. THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPOOK
2. THAT WOMAN'S GOT ME DRINKING
3. THE SONG WITH NO NAME
4. AISLING
5. I'LL BE YOUR HANDBAG
6. HER FATHER DIDN'T LIKE ME ANYWAY

SIDE B

1. A MEXICAN FUNERAL IN PARIS
2. THE SNAKE WITH EYES OF GARNET
3. DONEGAL EXPRESS
4. VICTORIA
5. THE RISING OF THE MOON
6. BRING DOWN THE LAMP