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 9, 1999
Recorded1998
Genre Punk rock, Celtic punk, hardcore punk, street punk, oi!
Length42:51
Label Hellcat Records [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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
PopMatters 6.4/10 [4]

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.

Contents

The album peaked at No. 184 on the Billboard 200. [8]

Production

The album was produced by Lars Frederiksen. [9]

Critical reception

CMJ 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

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

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