The Warrior's Code

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The Warrior's Code

Studio album by Dropkick Murphys
Released	June 21, 2005
Recorded	2004 – 2005
Genre	Punk
Length	41:04
Label	Hellcat Records
Producer(s)	Ken Casey, David Bianco
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Dropkick Murphys chronology
Singles Collection, Volume 2 (2005)	The Warrior's Code (2005)

The Warrior's Code is the fifth studio album of the Dropkick Murphys, released in June 2005, it is also their bestselling. It features a dedication to Lowell's own "Irish" Micky Ward.

"The Green Fields of France" is a cover of a song originally performed by Eric Bogle. The lyrics to "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" come from unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics, similar to "There's Gonna Be a Blackout" from their previous album, Blackout. "Tessie" is a cover of a Boston Red Sox rally song. On this release, it is called a bonus track because it was already released on the Tessie EP in 2004 during the Red Sox season where they ended up winning the World Series for the first time in 86 years. The band filmed music videos for "Sunshine Highway" and "The Warrior's Code". A video for "Tessie" was also filmed in 2004.

1 Track listing
2 Singles
3 Fields Of Athenry Andrew Farrar Memorial CD
4 The Departed
5 Personnel
6 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Dropkick Murphys except where noted.

"Your Spirit's Alive" – 2:20
"The Warrior's Code" – 2:29
"Captain Kelly's Kitchen" ("Courtin' in the Kitchen" traditional) – 2:48
"The Walking Dead" – 2:07
"Sunshine Highway" – 3:22
"Wicked Sensitive Crew" – 2:59
"The Burden" – 2:55
"Citizen C.I.A." – 1:28
"The Green Fields of France" (Eric Bogle cover) – 4:45
"Take It and Run" – 2:44
"I'm Shipping Up to Boston" (Lyrics by Woody Guthrie) – 2:33
"The Auld Triangle" (Brendan Behan cover) – 2:41
"Last Letter Home" – 3:32
"Tessie" (Bonus track) – 4:15

[edit] Singles

"Sunshine Highway"
"The Warrior's Code"
"Tessie" #89 US Modern Rock Charts

[edit] Fields Of Athenry Andrew Farrar Memorial CD

In 2005 the band released a 2 song cd single for fallen soldier and "Dropkick Murphys" fan "Andrew Farrar". Farrar made a request to his family that if something should happen to him in Iraq he wanted "The Fields Of Athenry" to be played at his funeral. The single features a ballad version of "The Fields Of Athenry" which was originally recorded and placed in Farrar's casket though the band decided to release the updated version. The disc also features the track "Last Letter Home" which was written about Farrer and was featured on "The Warrior's Code". All of the proceeds for the $10 single go to the Sgt. Andrew Farrar Memorial Fund and can be purchased through the band's website or at one of their shows.

[edit] The Departed

The song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" is prominently featured in the 2006 film, The Departed. As well as being featured in the film it was a song used in the trailer.