The Gang's All Here (Dropkick Murphys album)

The Gang's All Here
Studio album by
Dropkick Murphys
ReleasedMarch 9, 1999
Recorded1998
GenrePunk rock, Celtic punk, hardcore punk, street punk, oi!
Length42:51
LabelHellcat[1]
ProducerLars 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[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
PopMatters6.4/10[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.

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

References

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