Released March 9, 1999 Length 42:51 Artist Dropkick Murphys Producer Lars Frederiksen | Recorded 1998 The Gang's All Here
(1999) Unity
(1999) Release date 9 March 1999 Label Hellcat Records | |
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Genres Punk rock, Celtic punk, Hard rock Similar Dropkick Murphys albums, Punk rock albums | ||
The Gang's All Here is the second album released by American Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys. It is their first album with Al Barr (ex-vocalist for The Bruisers) who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998 after he left the band to become a firefighter, and later form his own Punk Rock band Street Dogs. With Barr, the band released their first 7" EP together, 1998's "Curse of a Fallen Soul" prior to recording the album. "10 Years of Service" was the album's first and only single and music video, which got some minor airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes, a first for the band.
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Reception
Allmusic gave The Gang's All Here a score of three out of five stars, and said that while the album "[took] up the expected us-against-the-world pose," its songwriting was of a higher standard than contemporary punk albums. PopMatters noted that "A charmfully, mangled, punked-up 'Amazing Grace' only adds to fun, wild ride 'The Gang’s All Here' guarantees."
Track listing
All 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" (John Newton) Instrumental – 2:38
- "The Gang's All Here" – 7:59
- Contains a hidden track of guitarist Rick Barton's answering machine
Personnel
Songs
1Roll Call0:32
2Blood and Whiskey1:48
3Pipebomb on Lansdowne1:51