Float is the fourth studio album by the Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly. It was released on March 4, 2008, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling about 48,000 copies in its first week[4] It also reached number one on the Billboard Independent Chart and number two on the Billboard Alternative chart.
The album features a darker and more political subject matter, with less whimsical and punk-influenced music.
[edit] Track listing
- "Requiem for a Dying Song" - 3:30
- "(No More) Paddy's Lament" - 3:24
- "Float" - 4:53
- "You Won't Make a Fool Out of Me" - 2:43
- "The Lightning Storm" - 3:29
- "Punch Drunk Grinning Soul" - 4:20 (At the end features a 30-second performance by Tom Corrigan called "Rural Decay")
- "Us of Lesser Gods" - 3:19
- "Between a Man and a Woman" - 3:21
- "From The Back of a Broken Dream" - 3:21
- "Man With No Country" - 3:04
- "The Story So Far" - 4:11
[edit] Personnel
- Dave King - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bodhran
- Bridget Regan - violin, classical guitar, tin whistle, uillean pipes, vocals
- Dennis Casey - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Matthew Hensley - accordion, concertina, piano, vocals
- Nathen Maxwell - bass guitar, vocals
- Robert Schimdt - 5 string banjo, tenor banjo, mandolin, mandola, vocals
- George Schwindt - drums, percussion
[edit] Reviews
"Float is one of the most important records of this year, if not the decade". -Alternative Press[5]
"Flogging Molly’s blend of traditional Irish music and supersonic punk is guaranteed to propel you out of your seat and into a pogo-hopping frenzy." -Crawdaddy![6]
[edit] Charts
- Album
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