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Track Listing
1. For Boston
2. Legend of Fin Maccumhail, The
3. Which Side Are You On?
4. Rocky Road to Dublin
5. Heroes From Our Past
6. Forever
7. Gauntlet, The
8. Good Rats - (featuring Shane MacGowan)
9. New American Way, The
10. Torch, The
11. Fortunes of War, The
12. Few Good Men, A
13. Ramble and Roll
14. Caps and Bottles
15. Wild Rover - (featuring Shane MacGowan)
16. Spicey McHaggis Jig, The
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Shane MacGowan | | Producer: | Ken Casey | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Dropkick Murphys: Ken Casey (vocals, bass); Al Barr (vocals); Marc Orrell (guitar, accordion, background vocals); James Lynch (guitar, background vocals); Ryan Foltz (dulcimer, mandolin, whistle); Spicy McHaggis (bagpipes); Matt Kelly (drums, bodhran, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Shane MacGowan, Colin McFaull, Desi Queally (vocals); Rick Barton (guitar); Johnny Cunningham (mandolin); Brian Queally (whistle); Carl Kelly (Uilleann pipes); Joe Delaney (bag pipes); Andreas Kelly (accordion); Zack Brines (piano); Katie Terrio, Ryan Whelan, Marissa Alterie (background vocals).
Recorded at The Outpost Studios, Stoughton, Massachusetts.
The Dropkick Murphys are to punk what House of Pain was to rap. They bring an explicitly Irish sensibility to their chosen style (there are shamrocks on the album cover, and there's a bagpiper in the band, for goodness' sake) while remaining true to the conventions of the genre. Still, despite the occasional jig-like detour or pennywhistle flourish, the Murphys aren't trying to reinvent punk.
Their songs are presented the way punk was meant to be; loud, fast, hard, and simple. The driving guitars and pummelling drums that power these songs could be descended from the vintage Ramones (or at least Social Distortion) album of your choice. Admittedly, there aren't too many other punk bands that combine mohawks with kilts, or power chords with bodhrans, but that's what gives the Murphys their distinctive sound.
Industry Reviews
...Strong from start to finish...
CMJ (02/12/2001)
4 out of 5 - ...All the way, the Murphy's champion blue-collar, pro-union workmanship, [and] cutting the pop-cheese bulls***...and hoisting up the beer-drinking anthems that remain...
Alternative Press (03/01/2001)
...Some killer punk....16 tracks of sloshing, forget-your-troubles good times...
Magnet (04/01/2001)
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