The Gang's All Here (album)

The Gang's All Here is 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) who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998 after he left the band to become a firefighter, and later form his own Punk Rock band Street Dogs. With Barr, the band released their first single together, 1998's "Curse of a Fallen Soul" prior to recording the album. "10 Years of Service" was as a single and music video, which some airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes, a first for the band.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Punknews.org	^[2]

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] PopMatters noted that "A charmfully, mangled, punked-up 'Amazing Grace' only adds to fun, wild ride 'The Gang’s All Here' guarantees."

Track listing

All songs by Ken Casey and Matt Kelly unless otherwise noted

"Roll Call" – 0:32
"Blood and Whiskey" – 1:47
"Pipebomb on Lansdowne" – 1:50
"Perfect Stranger" – 1:58
"10 Years of Service" – 2:45
"Upstarts and Broken Hearts" – 2:56
"Devil's Brigade" – 1:27
"Curse of a Fallen Soul" – 3:00
"Homeward Bound" – 2:00
"Going Strong" – 3:06
"The Fighting 69th" (Traditional) – 3:13
"Boston Asphalt" – 1:39
"Wheel of Misfortune" – 3:50
"The Only Road" – 2:11
"Amazing Grace" (John Newton) Instrumental – 2:38
"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

References

1 2 Pearson, Paul. The Gang's All Here (album) at AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
↑ Pat41 The Gang's All Here on Punknews.org.

Dropkick Murphys

Ken Casey Matt Kelly Al Barr James Lynch Tim Brennan Jeff DaRosa Past members Mike McColgan Rick Barton Jeff Erna Marc Orrell Robbie "Spicy McHaggis" Mederios Ryan Foltz Scruffy Wallace Past touring members Joe Delaney Stephanie Dougherty

Studio albums	Do or Die The Gang's All Here Sing Loud, Sing Proud! Blackout The Warrior's Code The Meanest of Times Going Out in Style Signed and Sealed in Blood

EPs	Boys on the Docks Tessie Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity

Compilation albums	The Early Years The Singles Collection, Volume 1 Singles Collection, Volume 2

Live albums	Live on St. Patrick's Day from Boston, MA Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA Live at Fenway Park

Singles	"Curse of a Fallen Soul" "10 Years of Service" "Good Rats" "The Spicy McHaggis Jig" "The Wild Rover" "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight" "Walk Away" "Time to Go" "Fields of Athenry" "Tessie" "Sunshine Highway" "The Warrior's Code" "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" "The State of Massachusetts" "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya" "The Chosen Few" "Going Out in Style" "Memorial Day" "Sunday Hardcore Matinee" "Rose Tattoo" "The Season's Upon Us" "The Boys Are Back" "Rose Tattoo (w/ Bruce Springsteen) "Out of Our Heads"

Split releases	Dropkick Murphys/Ducky Boys Split 7 inch The Bruisers/Dropkick Murphys Split 7 inch Anti-Heros vs Dropkick Murphys German Lager vs. Irish Stout Mob Mentality Unity Face to Face vs. Dropkick Murphys Fat City Presents...One For the Ages!

Related articles	Discography On the Road With the Dropkick Murphys The Outlets The Bruisers The Ducky Boys Everybody Out! Street Dogs Danny O'Connor Spike O'Sullivan

Book:Dropkick Murphys

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