The Pogues in all their irreverent 'seriousness' have taken it out on a limb, where it all started, where it belongs." Awarding the album 3¾ stars out of five, Sounds said, "Red Roses for Me is a satisfyingly impure, purposefully imperfect and totally irresistible collection of lasting resentment, rebellious roars, watery-eyed romance and uproarious jigs... Surprisingly, this record works. It manages to convey the sullied, brazen and raucous spirit of their live set very effectively." Robert Christgau gave the album a B+ and proclaimed "tepid it ain't". Legacy For the 1994 reissue of the album Q observed that the album "rushes along at an unholy amphetamine gallop... they sound utterly intoxicated both with their own enthusiasm and the spirit of the jig and the reel". In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Mark Deming calls the album "good and rowdy fun", but feels that "on Rum Sodomy & the Lash and If I Should Fall from Grace with God, the Pogues would prove that they were capable of a lot more than that". Track listing Standard edition "Transmetropolitan" (Shane MacGowan) – 4:15 "The Battle of Brisbane" (instrumental) (MacGowan) – 1:49 "The Auld Triangle" (Brendan Behan) – 4:20 "Waxie's Dargle" (Traditional; arranged by The Pogues) – 1:53 "Boys from the County Hell" (MacGowan) – 2:56 "Sea Shanty" (MacGowan) – 2:24 "Dark Streets of London" (MacGowan) – 3:33 "Streams of Whiskey" (MacGowan) – 2:32 "Poor Paddy" (Traditional; arranged by The Pogues) – 3:09 "Dingle Regatta" (instrumental) (Traditional; arranged by Jem Finer) – 2:52 "Greenland Whale Fisheries" (Traditional; arranged by The Pogues) – 2:36 "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go" (MacGowan) – 3:30 "Kitty" (Traditional; arranged by The Pogues) – 4:23 Bonus tracks (2004 reissue) The first CD issue of the album had a total of 14 tracks, adding "Whiskey You're the Devil" as track 8. In 2004, a remastered CD was issued adding a total of 6 bonus tracks to the original UK album listing. "Repeal of the Licensing Laws" was the B-side of "The Boys from the County Hell" their second single. "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" was the B-side of their first single, "Dark Streets of London". "Whiskey You're the Devil" and "Mursheen Durkin" were the B-sides of their third single, "A Pair of Brown Eyes". "The Wild Rover" and "The Leaving of Liverpool" were the B-sides of their fourth single, "Sally Maclennane". "The Leaving of Liverpool"