Blackout (Dropkick Murphys album)

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Blackout
Blackout cover
Studio album by Dropkick Murphys
Released June 10, 2003
Recorded ???
Genre Punk
Length 46:42
Label Hellcat Records
Producer Ken Casey
Professional reviews
Dropkick Murphys chronology
Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA
(2003)		 Blackout
(2003)		 Tessie
(2004)

Blackout is the fourth studio album from Dropkick Murphys, released in 2003. It was released with a DVD, which contained live videos for "Rocky Road to Dublin" and "Boys on the Dock", a music video for "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight", and a trailer for their then upcoming untitled full-length DVD, which became On The Road With The Dropkick Murphys.

The album was released in a condensed format on 10" vinyl. It had 5 songs from the album as well as a cover of AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" which was later released on Singles Collection, Volume 2. The band filmed music videos for "Walk Away" and "Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight".

The track "Time to Go" was featured in the 2003 videogame Tony Hawk's Underground.

The track "This Is Your Life" was featured in the 2003 video game Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Dropkick Murphys unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Walk Away" – 2:51
  2. "Worker's Song" (Ed Pickford) – 3:32
  3. "The Outcast" – 3:10
  4. "Black Velvet Band" (Traditional, Dropkick Murphys) – 3:03
  5. "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight" (Woody Guthrie, Dropkick Murphys) – 2:39
  6. "World Full of Hate" – 2:22
  7. "Buried Alive" – 1:57
  8. "The Dirty Glass" – 3:38
  9. "Fields of Athenry" (Pete St. John) – 4:24
  10. "Bastards on Parade" – 3:50
  11. "As One" – 3:01
  12. "This Is Your Life" – 3:43
  13. "Time to Go" – 2:53
  14. "Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced" – 5:34

[edit] 10" and 7" Tracklisting

All songs by Dropkick Murphys unless otherwise noted

"Blackout 10" (Limited to 6,000 copies. First 250 released online and autographed by the band)"

Side A

  1. "Walk Away" – 2:51
  2. "Buried Alive" – 1:57
  3. "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight" (Woody Guthrie, Dropkick Murphys) – 2:39

Side B

  1. "Fields of Athenry" (Pete St. John) – 4:24
  2. "Bastards on Parade" – 3:50
  3. "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) – 4:43

"The Fields Of Athenry 7" (Limited to 2,000 copies)"

  1. "The Fields of Athenry"
  2. "I'm Shipping up to Boston"
  3. "If I Were a Carpenter (Live)"

[edit] CD Singles

"Walk Away (European release only)"

  1. "Walk Away"
  2. "We Got the Power"
  3. "Victory"

"The Fields of Athenry (Limited to 600 copies)"

  1. "The Fields of Athenry"
  2. "I'm Shipping up to Boston"
  3. "If I Were a Carpenter (Live)"

"The Fields of Athenry Promo (Given away at Soccer match in Glasgow, Scotland)"

  1. "The Fields of Athenry"
  2. "Buried Alive"

"Time to Go (Limited to 12,000 copies - released at Boston Bruins game)"

  1. "Time to Go"
  2. "The Dirty Glass"

[edit] Personnel

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Dropkick Murphys
Tim Brennan · Jeff DaRosa · James Lynch · Al Barr · Ken Casey · Matt Kelly · Scruffy Wallace
Marc Orrell · Mike McColgan · Rick Barton · Robbie "Spicy McHaggis" Mederios · Ryan Foltz · Jeff Erna
Studio albums
EPs
Compilation albums
Live albums
Singles
"Fire and Brimstone" · "Tattoos and Scally Caps" · "Curse of Fallen Soul" · "Good Rats" · "Live on a Five" · "Walk Away" · "Time to Go" · "The Fields of Athenry" · "Back to the Hub" · "Fields of Athenry: Andrew Farrar Memorial" · "State of Massachusetts"
Split albums
Split with Ducky Boys · Split with Bruisers · Anti-Heroes vs Dropkick Murphys · Split with Oxymoron · Mob Mentality · Unity · This Is the East Coast (...Not L.A.) · Face to Face vs. Dropkick Murphys · One for the Ages
DVD/Film appearances
Vans Warped Tour 2003 · Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1 · On the Road with the Dropkick Murphys · Punk Rock Holocaust · Give 'Em the Boot
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