The Gang's All Here (album)

The Gang's All Here was the second album released by American Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys. It is their first album with Al Barr, ex-vocalist for The Bruisers.

The band released a music video for the single "10 Years of Service".

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

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

Reception

Allmusic gave The Gang's All Here a score of three out of five stars, and said that while the album "[took] up the expected us-against-the-world pose," its songwriting was of a higher standard than contemporary punk albums.^[1]

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