Rum Sodomy & The Lash
by The Pogues
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash is ranked as the best album by The Pogues.
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 31 hours ago | hardrockcafe63 | 28 | 92/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 21:18 |  Milhaud | 1,695 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2025 07:40 | brent13 | 1,653 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 03:11 |  jhuik | 497 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 21:49 | JamesMowbray | 5,266 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Great 2nd album from them and a big step up from their debut. How can you not love 'Dirty Old Town'. The singalong gold standard.
Brad1770 06/02/2024 22:31 | #303817
R.I.P Shane
It’s a miracle you made it this far but your legacy will live on forever
This is such a fun record to listen to with its high energy songs being irresistible to me. The big hits on here are just so incredibly catchy that it makes me want to replay them over and over again without stopping. This is most true for Sally MacLennane which is such a phenomenal song. The album definitely peaks near the beginning with the first 6 or so tracks being so passionate and fun to listen to. However, once you get passed Dirty Old Town there is a significant drop off in quality and I find the next 4 songs to be filler. They really drag the record down as they are skippable tracks that could really have been cut off the record due to them being uninteresting and boring. Overall, a great album that is let down by a weak spell of songs but that doesn't take away from the quality of the earlier tracks which are incredible.
Not really my cup of tea, but I gotta admit this record slaps.
Terrific varied album. Happy days travelling in the car with the kids singing along to Sally MacLennane.
Jboy56 02/04/2022 13:23 | #280707
A fun album, an evening in the pub with these guys would unforgettable. Slainte!
IlMala 02/03/2022 16:11 | #280568
Even if defenitely not my cup of tea, i enjoy this funny album.
Shane McGowan at his best, mostly coherent and a great selection of songs New and old, well produced by Elvis Costello I think I recall. Stand outs, dirty old town, pair of brown eyes.
What a great album - only just getting to it. I loved their Fairytale of NY (and think its the best Xmas tune) but never really listened to them. But there are a number of great tunes here culminating in the superb "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" - great storyline.
Goliath 11/30/2018 16:15 | #225926
Where did Pistol For Paddy Garcia go?
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