release date: Feb. 24, 1986
format: digital
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: Elvis Costello
label: Stiff Records - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: 1. "London Girl" (4 / 5) - 2. "Rainy Night in Soho" (4 / 5) - 3. "The Body of an American" (4 / 5) (live) - 4. "Planxty Noel Hill" (3,5 / 5)
4-track studio ep by The Pogues, released after their breakthrough album Rum Sodomy & The Lash from 1985, and like that these tracks were produced by Elvis Costello. The band has been expanded with guitarist Terry Woods, but it was also the last album to feature founding member Cait O'Riordan who married Costello in may '86. Stylistically, this is close to the two great albums of 85 and 88. A song like "Rainy Night in Soho" sounds much like an early blueprint of the band's famous Christmas song "Fairytale of New York", which would appear on the '86 album. The first three tracks are by MacGowan and the last instrumental track is by banjo-player Jem Finer.
