Waiting for Herb

Occupation

• Vocals: Spider Stacy
• Accordion, piano, dulcimer, harmonica, guitar, clarinet, banjo James Fearnley
• Banjo, soprano saxophone, hurdy-gurdy, Pachinko, guitar, vocals: Jem Finer
• Guitar, Vocals: Philip Chevron
• Cittern, mandolin, concertina, bouzouki, banjo, vocals Terry Woods
• E- bass, vocals: Darryl Hunt
• Drums, vocals Andrew Ranken

Waiting for Herb is the sixth album by the British folk - punk band The Pogues. It reached the twentieth place in the British album charts.

History

Waiting for Herb was the first album of the band, which was taken without the previous singer Shane MacGowan. For this and the next album of the tin whistle player Peter " Spider" Stacy took over the vocals. He replaced so that the former Clash singer Joe Strummer, who, after MacGowan left the band for some shows lead singer of the band was.

As with MacGowan also the main songwriter of the band had been lost, for example, this task was taken over by the other band members, of the banjo player Jem Finer, who was previously the second most important songwriters. In addition, James Fearnley, Andrew Ranken and Darryl Hunt wrote a part of the song material. For Fearnley were " Sitting on the Top of the World " and " Drunken Boat" (which in an earlier version named " Moving to Moldova" at the 2008 released album " Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say ... POGUE was included MAHONE! ") the debut as a songwriter for the Pogues.

Andrew Ranken stepped on " My Baby 's Gone " for the first time as lead singer, the song was Deborah Korner dedicated to the Waiting for Herb died before the recording sessions wife Rankens. At concerts the band was sung instead of tendrils " My Baby 's Gone " by Stacy.

With Waiting for Herb, the influences of Irish Folk disappeared further and further, it is the second album (after Peace and Love ) without a single traditional composition. Included on the album is the song "Tuesday Morning", which was for the Pogues, the first Top 20 hit since "Fairytale of New York". He reached the eighteenth place in the UK singles chart. The second decoupled from the album single, " Once Upon a Time," reached number 66

Title list

Re-release from 2004

Reception

Quoted from the Allmusic Guide:

"Without Shane MacGowan, the Pogues are a competent Irish folk - rock band with several strong songs, yet They paint the fire of Their Earlier albums. For the diehard, Waiting for Herb will be Necessary, even if it is a little disheartening. "

"Without Shane MacGowan, the Pogues are a competent Irish folk rock band with some strong songs, but they lack the fire of their earlier albums. For the diehard fans Waiting for Herb will be necessary, although it seems a bit daunting.

The Allmusic Guide rated the album two out of five stars.