Within a Mile of Home

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Within a Mile of Home
Flogging molly within a mile of home cd cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004
Recorded Cello Studios (Hollywood, California)
Ocean Studios (Burbank, California)
Genre Punk rock, pop punk, Celtic rock
Length52:08
Label SideOneDummy
Producer Ted Hutt
Flogging Molly chronology
Drunken Lullabies
(2002)
Within a Mile of Home
(2004)
Whiskey on a Sunday
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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PopMatters
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Within a Mile of Home is the third studio album by the Celtic punk band Flogging Molly. Released in 2004, the album reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 chart and No. 1 on the Independent Music chart. The album is dedicated to Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash, as indicated in the album's liner notes. The song "To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)" was featured on the soundtrack of FIFA Football 2005 .

Contents

Reception

In their review, AllMusic noted Flogging Molly's "more mature, more polished" sound on this album and its stylistic variations. They pointed to the Cajun-influenced accordions on "Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon", the a capella performance on "The Wrong Company" and guest Lucinda Williams' guest appearance on "Factory Girls" as evidence of this. The reviewer also appreciated the album's varied themes which include modern-day U.S. policy concerns ("Screaming at the Wailing Wall") and Oliver Cromwell shipping Irish workers to Barbados during the 17th century ("Tobacco Island"). In another positive review, Punknews.org said that Flogging Molly "have a mastery of the traditional sound, and their harder and faster songs are definitely a lot of fun." The reviewer for PopMatters had high praise for the album. The review referred to the opening track "Screaming at the Wailing Wall" as a "toe-tapping, arm-in-arm Celtic boogie tune" and the following song "The Seven Deadly Sins" as a "kitchen-party Celtic assault". The review also noted that the song "To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)" sounds like a "Dublin-ized Mike Ness of Social Distortion" and that "The Wanderlust" as a combination of The Clash and The Pogues.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Dave King, unless otherwise noted; all music is composed by Flogging Molly, unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Screaming at the Wailing Wall" 
3:41
2."The Seven Deadly Sins"  2:50
3."Factory Girls" (featuring Lucinda Williams)  3:51
4."To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)"  3:17
5."Whistles the Wind" 
  • Flogging Molly
  • Ted Hutt
4:32
6."The Light of a Fading Star"  3:52
7."Tobacco Island"  5:17
8."The Wrong Company" Dave King0:36
9."Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon"  3:32
10."Queen Anne's Revenge"Nathen Maxwell 3:06
11."The Wanderlust"  3:31
12."Within a Mile of Home"  3:53
13."The Spoken Wheel" (featuring Noel O'Donovan)  2:13
14."With a Wonder and a Wild Desire"  3:40
15."Don't Let Me Die Still Wondering"  4:17
Total length:52:08

Personnel

Flogging Molly
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [4] 96
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 61
US Billboard 200 [6] 20
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [7] 1

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