''Swagger'' is the debut studio album by the
Celtic punk band
Flogging Molly
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mixed by
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. It was released in 2000.
Reception
In a very positive review,
AllMusic
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called ''Swagger'' a combination of the "folk of
the Pogues
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with an
Oi!
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blast by way of the
Dropkick Murphys". The reviewer went on to call the album "music that's perfect for any barroom brawl."
Punknews.org gave the album 5 out of 5 stars and said that "every song is a keeper, without a clunker in the bunch".
The review also called "Salty Dog" the "quintessential Flogging Molly song" and noted the album's contrast between aggressive punk-influenced songs and slower ballads like "The Worst Day Since Yesterday".
In popular culture
*"The Worst Day Since Yesterday" was used as the music for the opening and closing montage in ''
Stargate: Universe'' season 1, episode 9, "
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" (first broadcast November 20, 2009).
*"The Worst Day Since Yesterday" was heard in the background in the bar scene in ''
Mr. and Mrs. Smith''.
*"Selfish Man" was used during the closing scene, and over the closing credits, of the fourth episode of
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''.
*"The Ol' Beggars Bush" was playing the bar when Dean picked up Rory in the fourth-season episode "Last Week Fights, This Week Tights" of ''
Gilmore Girls
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''.
*"Devil's Dance Floor" was used in ''
Derry Girls
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'', episode 5 of series 1.
Track listing
All lyrics written by
Dave King, all musics composed by Flogging Molly, except where noted.
# "Salty Dog" – 2:21
# "Selfish Man" – 2:54
# "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" – 3:38
# "Every Dog Has Its Day" – 4:24
# "Life in a Tenement Square" (Dave King, John Donovan, Matt Hensley, Nathen Maxwell, Bridget Regan,
Bob Schmidt, George Schwindt) – 3:11
# "The Ol' Beggars Bush" – 4:34
# "The Likes of You Again" – 4:33
# "Black Friday Rule" (King, Ted Hutt, Dennis Casey, Hensley, Maxwell, Regan, Schmidt, Schwindt) – 6:57
# "Grace of God Go I" – 1:55
# "Devil's Dance Floor" – 3:59
# "These Exiled Years" (Dave King, John Donovan, Matt Hensley, Nathen Maxwell, Bridget Regan, Bob Schmidt, George Schwindt) – 5:15
# "Sentimental Johnny" – 4:47
# "Far Away Boys" – 5:06
Personnel
*
Dave King – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*Bridget Regan – fiddle, tin whistle
*Matt Hensley – accordion
*Nathen Maxwell – bass guitar
*
Bob Schmidt – mandolin, banjo
*George Schwindt – drums, percussion
*John Donovan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*Gary Schwindt – trumpet
Charts
References
Flogging Molly albums
2000 debut albums
SideOneDummy Records albums
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