The Gang's All Here

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For the 1943 film by the same name (a Busby Berkeley film starring Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda), see The Gang's All Here (film).

The Gang's All Here
Studio album by Dropkick Murphys
Released	March 9, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Punk
Length	42:51
Label	Hellcat Records
Producer(s)	Lars Frederiksen
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Dropkick Murphys chronology
Do or Die (1997)	The Gang's All Here (1999)	Mob Mentality (2000)

The Gang's All Here was the second album release by Irish-American punk band, the Dropkick Murphys. It is the first album that the band did with Al Barr, ex-vocalist for The Bruisers. The songs and the album as a whole has a strong, military theme resonating throughout. It was released in 1999 on Hellcat Records. The title track has a secret ending which caught many people by surprise. It's the answering machine of then guitarist, Rick Barton. The band released a music video for the single "10 Years Of Service".

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Dropkick Murphys 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" (John Newton)– 2:38
16. "The Gang's All Here" – 7:59
    • Contains a hidden track of guitarist Rick Barton's answering machine

[edit] Personnel

• Al Barr – vocals
• Rick Barton – guitar
• Ken Casey – bass
• 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 Intro
• Jim Seigal - engineer
• Thomas "T.J." Johnson – engineer on "Roll Call"