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''Sing Loud, Sing Proud!'' is the third studio album from
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band the Dropkick Murphys. The album was released on February 6, 2001 through Hellcat. The album is final release to feature founding guitarist Rick Barton, who left the band early into the record of the album and only appears on a three songs. The album features various new member since their previous album. In 2000, guitarist James Lynch of Boston punk band The Ducky Boys joined the band shortly before Barton's departure while 17 year old guitarist, Marc Orrell was added as well. The new lineup was rounded out by
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player, Ryan Foltz and bagpipe player, Spicy McHaggis, who are only featured on this album. Music videos were released for the songs "The Spicy McHaggis Jig", "The Gauntlet" and "
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".


Recording

The album features collaborations with Shane MacGowan, vocalist of
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, on the song "Good Rats", and Colin McFaull of
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, on the song "The Fortunes of War", which was about the death of Brian Deneke. The album also features and updated version of the song "Caps And Bottles" which originally appeared on their debut EP, 1997's ''
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''. "The Legend of Finn MacCumhail" was previously released on the band's 1998 single, "Curse of a Fallen Soul" and performed on ''The Gang's All Here tour''. In addition, it includes covers of Irish folk classics, " The Rocky Road to Dublin" and "
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", a cover of " Which Side Are You On?", as well as a rendition of the
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, " For Boston".


Reception

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gave ''Sing Loud, Sing Proud!'' a score of three stars out of five, and called it "a decent addition to the band's album roster." Punknews.org gave the album four out of five stars said the album "blends the sounds of 'Do or Die' and 'The Gang's All Here,'" and that "the Murphy's skill is in blending their folk influences into their street punk sound, without losing the attitude and energy of the latter. This separates the band from acts with similar setups like Flogging Molly."


Cover art

The
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on the cover actually exists in
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on the corner of West Broadway and C Streets on the wall of "Al's Liquor Store." The mural was painted by Tricia O'NeillSigns Unique
/ref> and her father Patrick O'Neill in the summer of 2000. Tricia was hired by Ken Casey and his wife, Jenn. Their relationship continued—Pat was in the follow-up album's video for "Walk Away" and Tricia photographed the "Blackout" cover and interior artwork, then both the Dropkick and Tricia became involved with the Red Sox. The Dropkicks' Music became synonymous with the team while Tricia began doing all the hand lettering in Fenway Park during the expansion of the park of course with the help of her father Pat and also her husband Steve Brettler. A more recent collaboration was some photography at a Dropkick Murphys show in Dublin, Ireland at the "Vicar Street" venue.


Track listing

All songs by Al Barr, Ken Casey and Matt Kelly, unless otherwise noted. # " For Boston" ( T.J. Hurley) – 1:33 # "The Legend of Finn MacCumhail" – 2:15 # " Which Side Are You On?" ( Florence Reece) – 2:28 # " The Rocky Road to Dublin" (Traditional) – 2:37 # "Heroes from Our Past" – 3:31 # "Forever" – 3:08 # "The Gauntlet" – 2:49 # "Good Rats" – 3:03 # "The New American Way" – 3:32 # "The Torch" – 3:17 # "The Fortunes of War" – 2:43 # "A Few Good Men" – 2:36 # "Ramble and Roll" – 1:59 # "Caps and Bottles" (Casey) – 2:41 # "
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" (Traditional) – 3:25 # "The Spicy McHaggis Jig" – 3:27


Personnel

Dropkick Murphys: * Al Barr
vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...
* Rick Barton – additional guitars on "The Torch", "The New American Way" and "Fortunes of War" (founding guitarist of the band quit early during the album's recording) * Ken Casey
bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...
, vocals * Matt Kelly
drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...
s,
bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A Goatskin (material), goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or ot ...
, vocals * James Lynch
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, vocals * Marc Orrell – guitar,
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, vocals * Ryan Foltz
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, tin whistle, dulcimer * Spicy McHaggis
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on "The Spicy McHaggis Jig" (also credited with "excessive smoking and under-aged drinking" in the album sleeve notes) additional personnel: * Shane MacGowan – vocals on "Good Rats" * Colin McFaull – vocals on "Fortunes of War" * Desi Queally – vocals on "Rocky Road to Dublin" * Joe Delaney – bagpipes on "Heroes of Our Past" and "For Boston" * Brian Queally – tin whistle on "Rocky Road to Dublin" * Johnny Cunningham – mandolin on "Good Rats" * Andreas Kelly – accordion on "The Torch" * Zack Brines –
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on "Ramble and Roll" * Carl Kelly – uilleann pipes on "Forever" * Jim Siegal – engineer


References

{{Authority control Dropkick Murphys albums 2001 albums Hellcat Records albums