The Gang's All Here (Dropkick Murphys album) explained

The Gang's All Here
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Dropkick Murphys
Cover:	DropkickMurphys - TheGangsAllHere.jpg
Released:	March 9, 1999
Recorded:	1998
Genre:	Punk rock, Celtic punk, hardcore punk, street punk, oi!
Length:	42:51
Label:	Hellcat^[1]
Producer:	Lars Frederiksen
Prev Title:	Do or Die
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Unity
Next Year:	1999

The Gang's All Here is the second studio album by the American Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys.^{[2] [3]} It is their first album with Al Barr (ex-vocalist for The Bruisers), who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998.^[4] "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.^[5]

Production

The album was produced by Lars Frederiksen.^[6]

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."^[7] Rolling Stone thought that "the four band members pummel through their anthems like punked-out Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots."^[8]

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.

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

• Al Barr – vocals
• Rick Barton – guitar
• Ken Casey – bass guitar/vocals
• Matt Kelly – drums
• Joe Delaney – bagpipes on "Amazing Grace"
• Johnny Cunningham – fiddle on "Wheel of Misfortune" and "The Gang's All Here"
• Tularch Ard Pipe and Drum Corps – drums on "Roll Call"
• Jim Seigal – engineer
• Thomas "T.J." Johnson – engineer on "Roll Call"
• Marco Almera – cover

Notes and References

1. News: Jenkins . Mark . Punk at Warped Speed . The Washington Post . 21 July 1999 . C5.
2. Web site: Dropkick Murphys | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Book: Sharpe-Young, Garry. New Wave of American Heavy Metal. July 20, 2005. Zonda Books Limited. 9780958268400. Google Books.
4. News: Sculley . Alan . DROPKICK MURPHYS REFUSE TO PUNT . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 8 July 1999 . Get Out . 22.
5. Dropkick Murphys. Billboard.
6. Web site: THE GANG'S ALL HERE -- DROPKICK MURPHYS . Hartford Courant . 20 July 2021.
7. Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Report. March 22, 1999. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
8. Chonin . Neva . The Gang's All Here . Rolling Stone . Apr 1, 1999 . 809 . 96–97.