Editing Red Roses for Me (section)

==Overview==
''Red Roses for Me'' is filled with traditional [[Irish music]] performed with [[punk rock|punk]] influences. ''The Mancunion'' saw the "creativity of [[post-punk]]" as being "evident throughout the record", while Muso's Guide described much of ''Red Roses for Me'' as "a whirlwind of revved-up folk punk".<ref name="Mancunion">{{cite news |title=Classic album: The Pogues – Red Roses For Me |url=https://mancunion.com/2012/02/09/classic-album-the-pogues-red-roses-for-me/ |work=Mancunion |date=9 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="musos">{{cite news |last1=Coote |first1=Jono |title=Classic Album : The Pogues – Red Roses For Me |url=http://www.musosguide.org.uk/k2-categories/classic-albums1/item/782-classic-album-the-pogues-red-roses-for-me |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=Muso's Guide |date=26 February 2013}}</ref> The band's approach of mixing traditional songs and ballads with frontman [[Shane MacGowan]]'s "gutter hymns" about drinking, fighting and sex was innovative at the time. The album reached number 89 in the UK album charts.

The front of the album shows the band with the exception of drummer [[Andrew Ranken]] (pictured in inset) sitting in front of a picture of US President [[John F. Kennedy]]. On the back cover, accordion player [[James Fearnley]] has a bottle sticking out of his coat, while bass player [[Cait O'Riordan]] is seen holding a can of beer.  [[Shane MacGowan]] is pictured with his foot in a cast.