Released 1994 Release date 1994 Label ZTT Records | Artist Shane MacGowan Producer Trevor Horn | |
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Shane macgowan and the popes church of the holy spook
The Snake is the first solo album by Shane MacGowan with backing band The Popes. Released in 1994 by ZTT Records. Guests on the album include Johnny Depp, members of The Dubliners, Thin Lizzy and The Pogues.
Contents
- Shane macgowan and the popes church of the holy spook
- Shane macgowan the song with no name
- Track listing original edition 1994 EuropeanCanadian release
- Track listing 1995 US Release
- Track listing 1996 EuropeanFrench release
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The 1995 US edition featured a revised running order, and also added three additional tracks: the traditional songs "Nancy Whiskey" and "Roddy McCorley", as well as the Sinéad O'Connor duet "Haunted", an old Pogues song originally sung by Cait O'Riordan for the Sid & Nancy soundtrack. The 1996 edition adds another duet, "You're the One", this time with Clannad's Máire Brennan, from the soundtrack to the film Circle of Friends.
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").
Shane macgowan the song with no name
Track listing (original edition: 1994 European/Canadian release)
All tracks composed by Shane MacGowan; except where indicated
- "The Church Of The Holy Spook"
- "That Woman's Got Me Drinking"
- "The Song with No Name"
- "Aisling"
- "I'll Be Your Handbag"
- "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway" (Gerry Rafferty)
- "A Mexican Funeral In Paris"
- "The Snake with Eyes of Garnet"
- "Donegal Express"
- "Victoria" (song written about longtime girlfriend Victoria Mary Clarke)
- "The Rising of the Moon" (Traditional, arranged S. MacGowan)
- "Bring Down the Lamp"
Track listing (1995 US Release)
- "The Church Of The Holy Spook"
- "Nancy Whiskey" (Traditional)
- "The Song with No Name"
- "Aisling"
- "Roddy McCorley" (Traditional)
- "Victoria"
- "That Woman's Got Me Drinking"
- "A Mexican Funeral In Paris"
- "The Rising of the Moon" (Traditional, arranged S. MacGowan)
- "The Snake with Eyes of Garnet"
- "Haunted"
- "I'll Be Your Handbag"
- "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway" (Gerry Rafferty)
- "Bring Down the Lamp"
- "Donegal Express"
Track listing (1996 European/French release)
- "The Church Of The Holy Spook"
- "Nancy Whiskey" (Traditional)
- "The Song with No Name"
- "Aisling"
- "Roddy McCorley" (Traditional)
- "Victoria"
- "That Woman's Got Me Drinking"
- "You're the One" (Shane MacGowan, Michael Kamen)
- "A Mexican Funeral In Paris"
- "The Rising of the Moon" (Traditional; arranged by Shane MacGowan)
- "The Snake with Eyes of Garnet"
- "Haunted"
- "I'll Be Your Handbag"
- "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway" (Gerry Rafferty)
- "Bring Down the Lamp"
- "Donegal Express"
Personnel
The Popes:
Guests:
Songs
1The Church of the Holy Spook3:00
2That Woman's Got Me Drinking3:24
3The Song With No Name4:06