The Snake is the first solo album by Shane MacGowan with backing band The Popes. Released in 1994 by ZTT Records. Guests on the album include Johnny Depp and members of The Dubliners, Thin Lizzy and The Pogues.
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Released | 1994 | |||
Label | ZTT | |||
Producer | Dave Jordan | |||
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An expanded edition was released in 1995 with a revised running order and added three additional tracks: the traditional songs "Nancy Whiskey" and "Roddy McCorley", which had been released as b-sides the previous year,[2] as well as a duet with Sinéad O'Connor - a new recording of the Pogues song "Haunted". The song would later also appear on the soundtrack for the romantic comedy film Two If by Sea.
A third edition, first released on vinyl in 1995, adds another duet, "You're the One", this time with Clannad's Máire Brennan, from the soundtrack to the film Circle of Friends.
A fourth, further-expanded release appeared as a limited edition CD remaster in Japan only in 2009, adding the 1997 b-side "A Man Called Horse"[3] as a bonus track.[4]
Like a number of songs recorded by MacGowan's previous band, The Pogues, traditional tunes are sometimes used as a base for a new song (for example, the melody for "The Song With No Name" is based on "The Homes of Donegal").[5]
All songs composed by Shane MacGowan; except where noted
Released by ZTT in 1994 on CD and cassette in 1994 in Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan, and on vinyl in Europe only. Re-released on vinyl in Europe in 2016 by Music On Vinyl/WEA.
Released in 1995 on CD and cassette in the US by Warner Bros. Records/ZTT, in Europe by ZTT, and in Poland by Warner Music Poland
Released by ZTT in 1995 on vinyl in France & Germany only, and on CD in Europe in 1998
Released by ZTT in 2009 as a limited edition remastered CD in Japan only.
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