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punk rock band Dropkick Murphys, on March 8, 2005. The album, which peaked at No. 26 and spent three weeks on the chart, contains songs released on singles, compilations and splits. Among the songs, two are alternate versions of songs previously released on Dropkick Murphys albums, five songs were written by the band (one of which was co-written with The Business) and the rest were covers. The artists covered range from mainstream

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. "We Got the Power", a song about the 1919 Boston Police Strike also appeared on

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''.

Song information

Track listing

# "21 Guitar Salute" ( Andre Schlesinger) – 2:40 # "

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" ( John Fogerty) – 2:38 # "On the Attack" ( Dropkick Murphys) – 1:26 # "You're a Rebel" (

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) – 2:42 # "Watch Your Back" ( Mick Beaufoy, Steve Bruce, Steve Burgess,

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) – 1:54 # "Vengeance" (

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, K Bradley) – 2:38 # "

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" (

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, Malcolm Young,

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) – 4:43 # "Warlords" ( The F.U.'s) – 2:23 # "Alcohol" (

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, Chuck Stilphen) – 1:54 # "Pipebomb on Lansdowne (Dance Remix)" (Dropkick Murphys) – 2:00 # "Nobody’s Hero" (

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) – 3:42 # "Mob Mentality" (Dropkick Murphys, The Business) – 2:18 # "Informer" (The Business) – 1:56 # "The Nutrocker (Instrumental) (Nutty)" ( Kim Fowley) – 1:17 # "Rock 'n' Roll" ( Phil Campbell,

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, Lemmy, Phil Taylor) – 3:27 # "Hey Little Rich Boy" ( Sham 69) – 1:29 # "Never Again" (

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) – 2:52 # "Halloween" ( Glenn Danzig) – 1:34 # "Soundtrack to a Killing Spree" (Dropkick Murphys) – 1:36 # " Wild Rover" (Traditional, Dropkick Murphys) – 3:24 # "Working" (Mick Beaufoy, Steve Bruce, Steve Burgess, Colin McFaull) – 2:38 # "Victory" ( Michael J. Shea) – 1:43 # "We Got the Power" (Dropkick Murphys) – 2:46

Personnel

Al Barr Alexander Barr (born January 21, 1968) is an American musician. He has been the lead singer of the Dropkick Murphys since 1998. He was also a founder and lead singer for The Bruisers, which he helped form in 1988 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Hi ...

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Rick Barton –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

* James Lynch –

, vocals *

Marc Orrell Marc John Orrell (born November 7, 1982) is an American guitarist known for being a former member of the Boston Celtic Punk band the Dropkick Murphys. He joined the band in 2000, he was 17 years old, while they were recording '' Sing Loud, Sin ...

– guitar, vocals *

Ken Casey Kenneth William Casey Jr. (born April 15, 1969) is an American musician who is a bass guitarist, primary songwriter, and one of the lead singers of the Boston Celtic punk group the Dropkick Murphys. Casey was one of the original members, sta ...

– bass * Matt Kelly – drums *

Joe Delaney Joe Alton Delaney (; October 30, 1958 – June 29, 1983) was an American football running back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). In his two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Delaney set four franchise records ...

– bagpipes on "21 Guitar Salute" and "Mob Mentality" *

Lars Frederiksen Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Erik Dapello, August 30, 1971) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and ...

- guest vocals on "Vengeance" * Dicky Barrett - guest vocals on "Rock 'n' Roll" *

Shane Macgowan Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. He was also a member of the Nipple Erectors and Shane MacGow ...

- guest vocals on "The Wild Rover"

References

{{Authority control 2005 compilation albums B-side compilation albums Dropkick Murphys albums Hellcat Records compilation albums