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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 rock bands such as

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and Creedence Clearwater Revival to influential punk bands such as Sham 69 and

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. "We Got the Power", a song about the 1919 Boston Police Strike also appeared on Fat Wreck Chords's 2004 compilation album '' Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2''.

Song information

Track listing

# "21 Guitar Salute" ( Andre Schlesinger) – 2:40 # " Fortunate Son" ( 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, Colin McFaull) – 1:54 # "Vengeance" ( Shane MacGowan, K Bradley) – 2:38 # "

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" ( Angus Young,

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, Bon Scott) – 4:43 # "Warlords" ( The F.U.'s) – 2:23 # "Alcohol" ( Chris Doherty, Chuck Stilphen) – 1:54 # "Pipebomb on Lansdowne (Dance Remix)" (Dropkick Murphys) – 2:00 # "Nobody’s Hero" (

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

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* Rick Barton –

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* James Lynch –

, vocals * Marc Orrell – guitar, vocals * Ken Casey – bass * Matt Kelly – drums * Joe Delaney –

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on "21 Guitar Salute" and "Mob Mentality" * Lars Frederiksen - guest vocals on "Vengeance" * Dicky Barrett - guest vocals on "Rock 'n' Roll" * Shane Macgowan - guest vocals on "The Wild Rover"

References

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