The Gang's All Here | ||||
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Studio album by Dropkick Murphys | ||||
Released | March 9, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Punk rock, Celtic punk | |||
Length | 42:51 | |||
Label | Hellcat Records | |||
Producer | Lars Frederiksen | |||
Dropkick Murphys chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Gang's All Here | ||||
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Allmusic | |
Punknews.org |
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 7" EP together, 1998's "Curse of a Fallen Soul" prior to recording the album. "10 Years of Service" was the album's first and only single and music video, which got some minor airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes, a first for the band.
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.PopMatters noted that "A charmfully, mangled, punked-up 'Amazing Grace' only adds to fun, wild ride 'The Gang’s All Here' guarantees."
All songs by Ken Casey and Matt Kelly unless otherwise noted