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The Very Best of The Pogues

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The Very Best of the Pogues
Greatest hits album by
The Pogues
Released11 April 2001
Genre
LabelWarner Music Group
ProducerVarious
The Pogues chronology
Pogue Mahone
(1996) 		The Very Best of the Pogues
(2001) 		Streams of Whiskey: Live in Leysin, Switzerland 1991
(2002)

The Very Best of the Pogues is a greatest hits album by The Pogues, released in April 2001.

Track listing

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  1. "Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl)
  2. "The Irish Rover" (featuring The Dubliners) (Traditional)
  3. "Sally MacLennane" (Shane MacGowan)
  4. "Fiesta" (MacGowan, Jem Finer, Edmund Kötscher, Rudi Lindt)
  5. "A Pair of Brown Eyes" (MacGowan)
  6. "Fairytale of New York" (featuring Kirsty MacColl) (MacGowan, Finer)
  7. "The Body of An American" (MacGowan)
  8. "Streams of Whiskey" (MacGowan)
  9. "The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn" (MacGowan)
  10. "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" (MacGowan)
  11. "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" (Finer)
  12. "Rain Street" (MacGowan)
  13. "White City" (MacGowan)
  14. "A Rainy Night In Soho" (MacGowan)
  15. "London Girl" (MacGowan)
  16. "Boys From The County Hell" (MacGowan)
  17. "Sunny Side of the Street" (MacGowan, Finer)
  18. "Summer in Siam" (MacGowan)
  19. "Hell's Ditch" (MacGowan, Finer)
  20. "The Old Main Drag" (MacGowan)
  21. "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (Eric Bogle)

Charts

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2023 chart performance for The Very Best of The Pogues
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Irish Albums (OCC)[1] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[2] 87

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[3] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Platinum 300,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Pogues – The Very Best of...". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ "British album certifications – Pogues – The Very Best of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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