| Blackout | ||||
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| Studio album by Dropkick Murphys | ||||
| Released | June 10, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | ??? | |||
| Genre | Celtic Punk | |||
| Length | 46:42 | |||
| Label | Hellcat Records | |||
| Producer | Ken Casey | |||
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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 five 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", a homage to the Boston Bruins, 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 |
All songs by Dropkick Murphys unless otherwise noted.
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
Side B
"The Fields Of Athenry 7" (Limited to 2,000 copies)"
"Walk Away (European release only)"
"The Fields of Athenry (Limited to 600 copies)"
"The Fields of Athenry Promo (Given away at Soccer match in Glasgow, Scotland)"
"Time to Go (Limited to 12,000 copies - released at Boston Bruins game)"
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| Allmusic | [1] |
Allmusic gave Blackout a score of four stars out of five, saying that the album was the band's "tightest material to date" and that it combined the "intensity" of earlier albums with "a bit more polish."[1]
In 2005, the band released a two-song CD single for the family of Andrew K. Farrar, Jr., a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps who was killed on January 28, 2005 in Al Anbar, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Farrar, who was a big fan of the Murphys, made a request to his family that if something were to happen to him during his tour of duty, he wanted "The Fields of Athenry" to be played at his funeral. The single features a ballad version of "The Fields of Athenry" that was originally recorded and placed in Farrar's casket, although the band decided to release the updated version. The disc also features the track "Last Letter Home," which was written about Farrar and was featured on the Murphys' 2005 album 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.
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