The Gang's All Here is the second studio album by the American Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys.[5][6] It is their first album with Al Barr (ex-vocalist for The Bruisers), who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998.[7] "10 Years of Service" was the album's only single; the music video received some minor airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes, a first for the band.
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| Released | March 9, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, Celtic punk, hardcore punk, street punk, oi! | |||
| Length | 42:51 | |||
| Label | Hellcat Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Lars Frederiksen | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| PopMatters | 6.4/10[4] |
The album peaked at No. 184 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Production
editThe album was produced by Lars Frederiksen.[9]
Critical reception
editCMJ New Music Report wrote that "Barr's gravelly voice complements '77-style punk riffs that fly by faster than a speeding bullet."[10] Rolling Stone thought that "the four band members pummel through their anthems like punked-out Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots."[11]
AllMusic wrote that while the album "[took] up the expected us-against-the-world pose," its songwriting was of a higher standard than contemporary punk albums.[2]
Track listing
editAll 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" (Instrumental) (John Newton) – 2:38
- "The Gang's All Here" – 7:59
- Contains a hidden track of guitarist Rick Barton's answering machine
Personnel
edit- 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
edit- ^ Jenkins, Mark (21 July 1999). "Punk at Warped Speed". The Washington Post. p. C5.
- ^ a b Pearson, Paul. The Gang's All Here at AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 133.
- ^ "Dropkick Murphys, The Gang's All Here, Black 47, Live In New York City - PopMatters Music Review". September 3, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-09-03.
- ^ "Dropkick Murphys | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (July 20, 2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited. ISBN 9780958268400 – via Google Books.
- ^ Sculley, Alan (8 July 1999). "DROPKICK MURPHYS REFUSE TO PUNT". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Get Out. p. 22.
- ^ "Dropkick Murphys". Billboard.
- ^ "THE GANG'S ALL HERE -- DROPKICK MURPHYS". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. March 22, 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ Chonin, Neva (Apr 1, 1999). "The Gang's All Here". Rolling Stone. No. 809. pp. 96–97.