The Gang's All Here (Dropkick Murphys album)
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The Gang's All Here is the second album released by American Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys. It is their first album with Al Barr (ex-vocalist for The Bruisers) who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998 after he left the band to become a firefighter, and later form his own Punk Rock band Street Dogs. With Barr, the band released their first single together, 1998's "Curse of a Fallen Soul" prior to recording the album. "10 Years of Service" was as a single and music video, which got some airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes, a first for the band.
Reception
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Allmusic gave The Gang's All Here a score of three out of five stars, and said that while the album "[took] up the expected us-against-the-world pose," its songwriting was of a higher standard than contemporary punk albums.[1] PopMatters noted that "A charmfully, mangled, punked-up 'Amazing Grace' only adds to fun, wild ride 'The Gang’s All Here' guarantees."
Track listing
All songs by Ken Casey and Matt Kelly unless otherwise noted
- "Roll Call" – 0:32
- "Blood and Whiskey" – 1:47
- "Pipebomb on Lansdowne" – 1:50
- "Perfect Stranger" – 1:58
- "10 Years of Service" – 2:45
- "Upstarts and Broken Hearts" – 2:56
- "Devil's Brigade" – 1:27
- "Curse of a Fallen Soul" – 3:00
- "Homeward Bound" – 2:00
- "Going Strong" – 3:06
- "The Fighting 69th" (Traditional) – 3:13
- "Boston Asphalt" – 1:39
- "Wheel of Misfortune" – 3:50
- "The Only Road" – 2:11
- "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) Instrumental – 2:38
- "The Gang's All Here" – 7:59
- Contains a hidden track of guitarist Rick Barton's answering machine
Personnel
- Al Barr – vocals
- Rick Barton – guitar
- Ken Casey – bass guitar/vocals
- Matt Kelly – drums
- Joe Delaney – bagpipes on "Amazing Grace"
- Johnny Cunningham – fiddle on "Wheel of Misfortune" and "The Gang's All Here"
- Tularch Ard Pipe and Drum Corps – drums on "Roll Call"
- Jim Seigal - engineer
- Thomas "T.J." Johnson – engineer on "Roll Call"
- Marco Almera - cover
References
- ^ a b Pearson, Paul. The Gang's All Here at AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ Pat41 The Gang's All Here on Punknews.org.