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Rum Sodomy & the Lash

Artist The Pogues Released 1985 Type album

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Second of the seven The Pogues records held here. It came three years into a run that began in 1982. 1985 is also the year this tree dates Celtic punk from. It is one of the four records Celtic punk is listed as starting from.

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Rum Sodomy & the Lash is the second studio album by the London-based, Irish folk punk band the Pogues, released on 5 August 1985. The album reached number 13 on the UK charts. The track "A Pair of Brown Eyes", based on an older Irish tune, reached number 72 on the UK singles chart. "The Old Main Drag" later appeared on the soundtrack to the film My Own Private Idaho.

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