Moving away
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By thefunnyboy
If you've listened to "Love You 'Till The End," the sixth cut on the Pogues' "Pogue Mahone," and you're worried that their manic energy has fallen off with the removal of Shane MacGowan, don't. It's still here. They've just found room to explore some other sounds.
With a few exceptions, such as "Love You 'Till The End," a stripped-down and sentimental tune, and "Oretown," which sounds like it wouldn't be out of place in a Pink Floyd album, this is the same kind of music you've heard in "If I Should Fall From Grace WIth God" and other MacGowan-era albums. There's a definite switch here which might offend Pogues purists, and this album is definitely not their best. But it's good enough.