Dirty Rotten Shame

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Dirty Rotten Shame
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Studio album by
Released1995
Studio Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
Label Columbia
Producer Keith Donald
Ronnie Drew chronology
Guaranteed
(1978)
Dirty Rotten Shame
(1995)
The Humour Is on Me Now
(1999)

Dirty Rotten Shame is an album by Ronnie Drew, released in 1995. [1]

Contents

Drew left The Dubliners in 1995, after recording this album due to its high chart success in the Irish Charts. It has more of a rock music feel than his previous solo albums and features Aslan on backing vocals.[ citation needed ]

It was produced by Keith Donald, formerly of Moving Hearts and contains songs by Elvis Costello, Christy Moore and U2's Bono. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Gardiner Street Blues" (Donal McDonald) - 5:16
  2. "Eurolations" (Donal McDonald) - 3:56
  3. "Do You Want My Job" (Ry Cooder) - 5:43
  4. "The Dunes" (Shane MacGowan)
  5. "One Last Cold Kiss" (Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins) - 3:18
  6. "Dirty Rotten Shame" (Elvis Costello) - 3:44
  7. "Drinkin' in the Day" (Bono, Simon Carmody) - 4:46
  8. "Viva La Quinte Brigada" (Christy Moore) - 4:33
  9. "Happy As a Baby" (Mick Hanly) - 3:52
  10. "Far Off Fields" (Keith Donald) - 2:45
  11. "True Ron Ron" (Keith Donald) - 2:44
  12. "Brothers in Arms" (Mark Knopfler) - 4:40

Personnel

References

  1. "Ronnie Drew: Singer with the Dubliners whose distinctive vocals became the hallmark of seven Drunken Nights and other hits". The Daily Telegraph. 18 August 2008. p. 23. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. "Ronnie may have left the band but he'll always be a Dubliner". Irish Independent. 26 September 1995. p. 34. Retrieved 6 April 2025.