Red Roses For Me
by The Pogues

Album
Red Roses For Me by The Pogues
Year: 1984
Release date: 1984-10-15
Overall rank: 4,262nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 97 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (65th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (616th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,262nd)

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The Pogues bestography

Red Roses For Me is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by The Pogues on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Pogues is Rum Sodomy & The Lash which is ranked number 569 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,985.

The Pogues album bestography « Higher ranked (972nd)
If I Should Fall From Grace With God This album (4,262nd)
Red Roses For Me Lower ranked (6,078th) »
Hell's Ditch

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Red Roses For Me rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,262nd | 1980s rank: 616th | 1984 rank: 65th  Overall chart history
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Red Roses For Me forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 07/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5374): By Dankel
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From 08/31/2010 20:12 | #14800 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A strong debut, although a bit too uneven to receive the really high scores. Streams of Whiskey is magnificent, and there is another handful of really strong tracks. The Auld Triangle and Kitty should have been excluded for a better total experience.
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From 04/10/2014 18:59 | #108963 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
yeah! it's the pogues! irish punk folk - awesome. glorious music for beer drinking. but it's the same as for rockabilly: that's live music. listening to it at home on a record is less than half the fun...
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From 04/22/2026 01:41 | #314048 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Debut album. How can you not love The Pogues. Such buoyant music. They only got better with their next couple of albums (Edited)
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