Donnchadh O’Neill, hotpress.com:
"This was the most exciting of the Pogues’ albums – a real complete, modern and vibrant record that was Irish yet wasn’t. It marked our emergence on the world scene – the diaspora of Ireland making global music, yet maintaining a heavy Gaelic resonance and an unmistakable sense of their roots. ‘Thousands Are Sailing’ and ‘Broad Majestic Shannon’ were Chevron and MacGowan’s finest hour."