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The Gang's All Here (Dropkick Murphys album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Gang's All Here

| type = Studio

| artist = Dropkick Murphys

| cover = DropkickMurphys - TheGangsAllHere.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 16, 1999

| recorded = 1998

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock, Celtic punk, hardcore punk, street punk, oi!

| length = 42:51

| label = Hellcat{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Punk at Warped Speed |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=21 July 1999 |page=C5}}

| producer = Lars Frederiksen

| prev_title = Do or Die

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Unity

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Gang's All Here

| type = Studio album

| single1 = 10 Years of Service

| single1date = 1999

}}

}}

The Gang's All Here is the second studio album by the American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, released on March 16, 1999, through Hellcat Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dropkick-murphys-mn0000804431/biography|title=Dropkick Murphys Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC&pg=PA123|title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal|first=Garry|last=Sharpe-Young|date=July 20, 2005|publisher=Zonda Books Limited|isbn=9780958268400|via=Google Books}} It is their first album with Al Barr (ex-vocalist for The Bruisers), who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998.{{cite news |last1=Sculley |first1=Alan |title=DROPKICK MURPHYS REFUSE TO PUNT |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=8 July 1999 |location=Get Out |page=22}} It would be the last full album to feature guitarist Rick Barton, who left the band in 2000 during the recording of Sing Loud, Sing Proud.

"10 Years of Service" was the album's only single; the music video received some minor airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes, a first for the band.

The album was produced by Rancid's Lars Frederiksen, who had produced their debut album as well. It was the final Dropkick Murphys album to be produced by Frederiksen.{{cite web |title=THE GANG'S ALL HERE -- DROPKICK MURPHYS |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1999-03-18-9904020816-story.html |website=Hartford Courant |access-date=20 July 2021}}

The album peaked at No. 184 on the Billboard 200.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dropkick-murphys/chart-history/tlp/|title=Dropkick Murphys|magazine=Billboard}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r397715/review|first=Paul|last=Pearson|accessdate=June 20, 2011}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=133}}

|rev4 = PopMatters

|rev4score = 6.4/10{{Cite web|url=http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/dropkick-black47.html|title=Dropkick Murphys, The Gang's All Here, Black 47, Live In New York City - PopMatters Music Review|date=September 3, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000903184901/http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/dropkick-black47.html|archive-date=2000-09-03}}

}}

CMJ New Music Report wrote that "Barr's gravelly voice complements '77-style punk riffs that fly by faster than a speeding bullet."{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-Pim7dBEHEC&pg=PA22|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=March 22, 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} Rolling Stone thought that "the four band members pummel through their anthems like punked-out Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots."{{cite magazine |last1=Chonin |first1=Neva |title=The Gang's All Here |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=Apr 1, 1999 |issue=809 |pages=96–97}}

AllMusic wrote that while the album "[took] up the expected us-against-the-world pose," its songwriting was of a higher standard than contemporary punk albums.

Track listing

All songs by Ken Casey and Matt Kelly 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" (Instrumental) (John Newton) – 2:38
  16. "The Gang's All Here" – 7:59
  17. *Contains a hidden track of guitarist Rick Barton's answering machine

Personnel

References

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Category:Dropkick Murphys albums

Category:1999 albums

Category:Hellcat Records albums