More of the Hard Stuff explained

More of the Hard Stuff
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The Dubliners
Cover:	More of the Hard Stuff.jpg
Released:	1967
Genre:	Irish folk
Label:	Major Minor
Producer:	Tommy Scott
Chronology:	The Dubliners
Prev Title:	A Drop of the Hard Stuff
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Drinkin' and Courtin'
Next Year:	1968

More of the Hard Stuff is the second studio album by The Dubliners, originally released in 1967. The line-up consists of Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Ciarán Bourke and John Sheahan. True to its title, five of the songs concern hard drinking. One of the songs was written by Brendan Behan, another by his brother Dominic. The album reached number 8 in the UK album charts in 1967, and stayed in the charts for 23 weeks.

The original cover (pictured) consists of a photograph taken inside Kelly's Cellars bar in Belfast, County Antrim.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Muirsheen Durkin" (Traditional)
2. "Poor Old Dicey Reilly" (Traditional, adaptation by Dominic Behan)
3. "A Nation Once Again" (Davis)
4. "Whiskey in the Jar" (Traditional)
5. "The Old Triangle" (Brendan Behan)
6. "A Pub with No Beer" (Parsons)
7. "Kelly, the Boy from Killan" (Traditional)

Side two

1. "The Croppy Boy" (Traditional)
2. "Sullivan's John" (*) (Pecker Dunne)
3. "Come and Join the British Army" (Traditional, adaptation Dominic Behan)
4. "(The Bonny) Shoals of Herring" (Ewan MacColl)
5. "Mormond Braes" (Traditional)
6. "Drink It Up Men" (Meek)
7. "Maloney Wants a Drink" (Dominic Behan)

(*) With spoken introduction.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tweet by Kelly's Cellars. http://web.archive.org/web/20220201224810/https://twitter.com/kellyscellars/status/302408407128879104 . live . 2022-02-01 . The Dubliners in Kelly's 1967. The album cover "More Of The Hard Stuff".