Sing Loud, Sing Proud! is the third studio album from Bostonpunk rock band the Dropkick Murphys. The album was released on February 6, 2001 through Hellcat.
The album is final release to feature founding guitarist Rick Barton, who left the band early into the record of the album and only appears on a three songs. The album features various new member since their previous album. In 2000, guitarist James Lynch of Boston punk band The Ducky Boys joined the band shortly before Barton's departure while 17 year old guitarist, Marc Orrell was added as well. The new lineup was rounded out by mandolin player, Ryan Foltz and bagpipe player, Spicy McHaggis, who are only featured on this album.
Music videos were released for the songs "The Spicy McHaggis Jig", "The Gauntlet" and "The Wild Rover".
Allmusic gave Sing Loud, Sing Proud! a score of three stars out of five, and called it "a decent addition to the band's album roster."[3] Punknews.org gave the album four out of five stars said the album "blends the sounds of 'Do or Die' and 'The Gang's All Here,'" and that "the Murphy's skill is in blending their folk influences into their street punk sound, without losing the attitude and energy of the latter. This separates the band from acts with similar setups like Flogging Molly."
Cover art
The mural on the cover actually exists in South Boston on the corner of West Broadway and C Streets on the wall of "Al's Liquor Store." The mural was painted by Tricia O'Neill[12][13] and her father Patrick O'Neill in the summer of 2000. Tricia was hired by Ken Casey and his wife, Jenn. Their relationship continued—Pat was in the follow-up album's video for "Walk Away" and Tricia photographed the "Blackout" cover and interior artwork, then both the Dropkick and Tricia became involved with the Red Sox. The Dropkicks' Music became synonymous with the team while Tricia began doing all the hand lettering in Fenway Park during the expansion of the park of course with the help of her father Pat and also her husband Steve Brettler. A more recent collaboration was some photography at a Dropkick Murphys show in Dublin, Ireland at the "Vicar Street" venue.
Rick Barton – additional guitars on "The Torch", "The New American Way" and "Fortunes of War" (founding guitarist of the band quit early during the album's recording)
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