The Warrior's Code
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| Studio album by Dropkick Murphys | ||||
| Released | June 21, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 – 2005 | |||
| Genre | Celtic Punk | |||
| Length | 41:04 | |||
| Label | Hellcat Records | |||
| Producer | Ken Casey, David Bianco | |||
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The Warrior's Code is the fifth studio album of the Dropkick Murphys. Released in June 2005, it is also their bestselling. It features a dedication to Lowell's own "Irish" Micky Ward.
"Your Spirit's Alive" was written for the band's dear friend Greg "Chickenman" Riley, who died in a motorcycle accident in 2004. "The Warrior's Code" is about boxing legend Micky Ward, who hails from Lowell, Massachusetts. "Captain Kelly's Kitchen" is another of the band's traditional arrangements. "Sunshine Highway" was the first single from this album and has surfaced in many places including Royal Caribbean's Sports' Deck. "The Green Fields of France" is a cover of a song originally performed by Eric Bogle. The lyrics to "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" come from unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics, consisting of a short rant by a sailor looking for a wooden leg in Boston. It is similar to "There's Gonna Be a Blackout" from their previous album, Blackout. "Wicked Sensitive Crew" is a spit at the band's critics who claim that they glorify violence and come across as 'tough guys'. "Last Letter Home" was correspondence between American Sgt. Andrew Farrar and his family before his death in the current Iraq War. "Tessie" is a reworking of a Boston Red Sox rally song. On this release, it is called a bonus track because it was already released on the Tessie EP in 2004 during the Red Sox season where they ended up winning the World Series for the first time in 86 years. A second bonus track titled "Hatebomb" can be found on the Japanese release. The band filmed music videos for "Sunshine Highway", "The Warrior's Code" and two videos for "I'm Shipping Up To Boston", one of which was used to promote the movie The Departed and contained clips from the movie. A video for the track "Tessie" was also filmed in 2004.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by Dropkick Murphys except where noted.
- "Your Spirit's Alive" – 2:21
- "The Warrior's Code" – 2:30
- "Captain Kelly's Kitchen" ("Courtin' in the Kitchen" traditional) – 2:48
- "The Walking Dead" – 2:07
- "Sunshine Highway" – 3:22
- "Wicked Sensitive Crew" – 2:59
- "The Burden" – 2:55
- "Citizen C.I.A." – 1:28
- "The Green Fields of France" (Eric Bogle cover) – 4:46
- "Take It and Run" – 2:44
- "I'm Shipping Up to Boston (Lyrics by Woody Guthrie) – 2:34
- "The Auld Triangle" (Brendan Behan cover) – 2:41
- "Last Letter Home" – 3:32
- "Tessie" (Bonus track) – 4:15
- "Hatebomb" (Japanese Bonus track) - 1:12
[edit] Singles
- "Sunshine Highway"
- "The Warrior's Code"
- "I'm Shipping Up To Boston"
- "Tessie" #89 US Modern Rock Charts
[edit] Personnel
- Al Barr – vocals
- Ken Casey – bass, vocals
- Matt Kelly – drums, bodhran, vocals
- James Lynch – guitar, vocals
- Marc Orrell – guitar, accordion, vocals
- James "Scruffy" Wallace – bagpipes
- Tim Brennan – mandolin, tin whistle, acoustic guitar
- Laura Casey – viola, cello
- Marco Urban – vocals
- Josephine Lyons – vocals
- Tom O'Connell – vocals
- Tom Madden – vocals
- Anders Geering – vocals
- Lance Burnett – vocals
[edit] Goofs
In the song "Wicked Sensitive Crew," the band sings that they are not ashamed for crying when Mickey died "in Rocky II" [1]. However, Mickey actually died of a heart attack after a confrontation with Clubber Lang in Rocky III." [2]
The band actually address this in the sleeve notes, however, stating: "Mickey actually died in Rocky 3 but, hey, sue us, two rhymed better." [1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/discography/lyrics/warriorscode/wsc.html
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III
[edit] External links
- The Warrior's Code at the Dropkick Murphys official website.
