The Gang's All Here (Dropkick Murphys album)

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The Gang's All Here
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Studio album by
Dropkick Murphys
ReleasedMarch 16, 1999
Recorded1998
Genre Punk rock, Celtic punk, hardcore punk, street punk, oi!
Length42:51
Label Hellcat [1]
Producer Lars Frederiksen
Dropkick Murphys chronology
Do or Die
(1998)		The Gang's All Here
(1999)		 Unity
(1999)
Singles from The Gang's All Here
  1. "10 Years of Service"
    Released: 1999

The Gang's All Here is the second studio album by the American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, released on March 16, 1999, through Hellcat Records. [2] [3] [4] It is their first album with Al Barr (ex-vocalist for The Bruisers), who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998. [5] It would be the last full album to feature guitarist Rick Barton, who left the band in 2000 during the recording of Sing Loud, Sing Proud .

Contents

"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.

The album was produced by Rancid's Lars Frederiksen, who had produced their debut album as well. It was the final Dropkick Murphys album to be produced by Frederiksen. [6]

The album peaked at No. 184 on the Billboard 200. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
PopMatters 6.4/10 [10]

CMJ New Music Report wrote that "Barr's gravelly voice complements '77-style punk riffs that fly by faster than a speeding bullet." [4] 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. [8]

Track listing

All songs by Ken Casey and Matt Kelly unless otherwise noted

  1. "Roll Call" – 0:32
  2. "Blood and Whiskey" – 1:47
  3. "Pipebomb on Lansdowne" – 1:50
  4. "Perfect Stranger" – 1:58
  5. "10 Years of Service" – 2:45
  6. "Upstarts and Broken Hearts" – 2:56
  7. "Devil's Brigade" – 1:27
  8. "Curse of a Fallen Soul" – 3:00
  9. "Homeward Bound" – 2:00
  10. "Going Strong" – 3:06
  11. "The Fighting 69th" (Traditional) – 3:13
  12. "Boston Asphalt" – 1:39
  13. "Wheel of Misfortune" – 3:50
  14. "The Only Road" – 2:11
  15. "Amazing Grace" (Instrumental) (John Newton) – 2:38
  16. "The Gang's All Here" – 7:59
    • Contains a hidden track of guitarist Rick Barton's answering machine

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (21 July 1999). "Punk at Warped Speed". The Washington Post. p. C5.
  2. ↑ "Dropkick Murphys Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Sharpe-Young, Garry (July 20, 2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited. ISBN   9780958268400 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. March 22, 1999 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Sculley, Alan (8 July 1999). "DROPKICK MURPHYS REFUSE TO PUNT". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Get Out. p. 22.
  6. ↑ "THE GANG'S ALL HERE -- DROPKICK MURPHYS". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Dropkick Murphys". Billboard.
  8. 1 2 Pearson, Paul. The Gang's All Here at AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 133.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ Chonin, Neva (Apr 1, 1999). "The Gang's All Here". Rolling Stone. No. 809. pp. 96–97.
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