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ISLAND RECORDS’ new compilation makes a great introduction
B to what the Pogues have been up to in recent years. Shane

‘MaeGowan (far right) left the band this year and was replaced by
Joe Strummer.

Kiss my glass

Island release a best of

| while the Pogues play on

"= QGUE'S PAST
repiaved; Sound-

‘garden grows; Ca- |
nadian rock re-issued;
_ Public Enemy strikes back.
'. Pogues — Essential, Island Re-
cords 1991

Shed a tear for the passage of
Shane MacGowan from the ranks
of the Pogues as you contemplate’
the darkness between you and the
bottom of the mug of stout in your
hand.

The rubber-faced frontman with
the indecipherable mumble and
the horrific teeth seems to be his-
tory thanks to the devil in the bot-
tle. Clashman Joe Strummer as
replacement generates sufficient
spark live but as this retrospective
be.rs out, it is ultimately the
rewarding combination of the
caustic and the sentimental in the
songs penned by MacGowan that
propels the Pogues into a league
of their own,

The title “Essential’’ is ques-
tionable. The compilation covers
only the work released on tsland
Records and is padded with some
decidedly non-essential tracks —
the long version of Yeah, Yeah,
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, and Hanky
Tonk Woman inclusive. Much that
is essential about this band came
before. .

Buy the disc for someone you'd
like to introduce the Pogues to. if
you've been following the band
faithfully, you already have the
essentials.

Soundgarden — Badmotorf-
inger, A&M Records 1991

The Seattle-seeded Soundgarden
is = fertile field flush with cryptic,
apocalyptic lyrics, low, loud,
fuzz-busting guitars and pummell-
ing percussion.

Chris Cornell's lacerating
screams punctuate the band’s
complex rhythmic machinations
and kick the jam into some fierce-
ly metallic moments.

No neophytes when it comes to
whipping up the hype, Soun-
dgarden are in hot holy water over
the video supporting Jesus Christ
Pose. Christians of ail stripes are
angry over the bombastic crucitix-
ion images flashed.

Gratuitous controversy aside,

Michael Becker :
RECORD REVIEW

Badmotorfinger plays out with in-
spired heaviness. This music has

_ hedonic heft.

Various Artists — Made In
Canada, Our Rock N’ Roll
History, BMG 1991

This wide-ranging collection hit
the street last year as a three-
volume affair.

Radio-tested Cancon culture is
revealed to be primarily a parade
of copycat musicians who manag-
ed to sound like they were part of
something happening south of the
boarder or across the water in
England.

. But this collection is broad
enough — 69 cuts spanning the

‘years 1950 to 1974 — to scoop up

some memorable Canuck original-
ity. More of the old is made new
again with the release of an addi-
tional volume — Vol. Four, More
Great Stuff.

And so the blasts from our nor-
thern past include the Jesus sock
of Ocean (Put Your Hand In The
Hand); Terry Jacks (Seasons In The
Sun); Chilliwack (Lonesome Mary).

Stack those up with some of the
best found on the other volumes
— Jackie Shane’s fine 1963 R&B
number Any Other Way, David
Clayton-7 homas and the Bossmen
howling raw on 1966's Brain-
washed -— and with the magic
programming button on your CD
player, you can set yourself a satis-
iying maple-leaf-wrapped time-
trave} trip down the Trans-Canada
of your mind.

Public Enemy -- Apocalypse
91,,. The Enemy Strikes Back,
Sony Music 1991

Public Enemy stick it in the ear

with an uncompromising, ag-

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