New Shane MacGowan Best Of

Rakes, Rats, Pricks & Kicks is out in April.

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 14 Feb 2011

Shane MacGowan gets the retrospective treatment with the April Fool’s Day release here of Shane MacGowan gets the retrospective treatment with the April Fool’s Day release here of Rakes, Rats, Pricks & Kicks – An Anthology.

The 2CD package includes tracks from his ‘70s punk outfit The Nipple Erectors, The Pogues, The Popes and collaborations with among others Nick Cave, Sinéad O’Connor, Johnny Depp, The Mighty Stef and Máire Brennan.

Our favourite though is Shane’s Nike advert soundtracking take on ‘My Way’, which is far more Sid Vicious than Frank Sinatra.

The 2CD package includes tracks from his ‘70s punk outfit The Nipple Erectors, The Pogues, The Popes and collaborations with among others Nick Cave, Sinéad O’Connor, Johnny Depp, The Mighty Stef and Máire Brennan.

Our favourite though is Shane’s Nike advert soundtracking take on ‘My Way’, which is far more Sid Vicious than Frank Sinatra.

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