''Float'' is the fourth studio album by the

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. It was released on March 4, 2008, and debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, selling about 48,000 copies in its first week.Katie Hasty
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Critical reception

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'' "isn't there any more", they praised the band for their consistency and for "sharpening their well established sound". In another positive review,

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wrote that ''Float'' is "full of the boozy, bleary-eyed, fatalistic poetry that makes Irish music at once romantic and grimly realistic". They also noted the album's political themes regarding the treatment of Iraq war veterans ("From the Back of a Broken Dream") and problems with America's capitalist economy ("You Won't Make a Fool out of Me", "Man with No Country" and "Requiem for a Dying Song"). ''

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'' magazine's review pointed to the band's non-Irish influences evident on the album, including

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Track listing

# "Requiem for a Dying Song" – 3:30 # "(No More) Paddy's Lament" – 3:24 # "Float" – 4:53 # "You Won't Make a Fool Out of Me" – 2:43 # "The Lightning Storm" – 3:29 # "Punch Drunk Grinning Soul" – 4:20 (the end features a 30-second performance by Tom Corrigan called "Moral Decay") # "Us of Lesser Gods" – 3:19 # "Between a Man and a Woman" – 3:21 # "From the Back of a Broken Dream" – 3:21 # "Man with No Country" – 3:04 # "The Story So Far" – 4:11

Personnel

* Dave King – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bodhran *Bridget Regan – violin, classical guitar, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, vocals *Dennis Casey – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals *Matt Hensley – accordion, concertina, piano, vocals *Nathen Maxwell – bass guitar, vocals * Bob Schmidt – five-string banjo, tenor banjo, mandolin, mandola, vocals *George Schwindt – drums, percussion

Charts

References

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