''The Gang's All Here'' is the second studio album by the American

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band the

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. It is their first album with

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(ex-vocalist for

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), who replaced founding singer

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in 1998. "10 Years of Service" was the album's only single; the music video received some minor airplay on

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'', a first for the band. The album peaked at No. 184 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Production

The album was produced by

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that "Barr's gravelly voice complements '77-style punk

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s that fly by faster than a speeding bullet." ''

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'' thought that "the four band members pummel through their anthems like punked-out Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots."

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wrote that while the album "

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up the expected us-against-the-world pose," its songwriting was of a higher standard than contemporary punk albums.

Track listing

All songs by

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and Matt Kelly unless otherwise noted # "Roll Call" – 0:32 # "Blood and Whiskey" – 1:47 # "Pipebomb on Lansdowne" – 1:50 # "Perfect Stranger" – 1:58 # "10 Years of Service" – 2:45 # "Upstarts and Broken Hearts" – 2:56 # "Devil's Brigade" – 1:27 # "Curse of a Fallen Soul" – 3:00 # "Homeward Bound" – 2:00 # "Going Strong" – 3:06 # "

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" (Traditional) – 3:13 # "Boston Asphalt" – 1:39 # "Wheel of Misfortune" – 3:50 # "The Only Road" – 2:11 # "

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" (Instrumental) (

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) – 2:38 # "The Gang's All Here" – 7:59 #*Contains a hidden track of guitarist Rick Barton's answering machine

Personnel

– vocals * Rick Barton – guitar *

– bass guitar/vocals * Matt Kelly – drums * Joe Delaney –

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on "Amazing Grace" *

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–

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on "Wheel of Misfortune" and "The Gang's All Here" * Tularch Ard Pipe and Drum Corps – drums on "Roll Call" * Jim Seigal - engineer * Thomas "T.J." Johnson – engineer on "Roll Call" *

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References

Dropkick Murphys albums 1999 albums Hellcat Records albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub