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

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band

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, released on March 16, 1999, through

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. It is their first album with

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(ex-vocalist for The Bruisers), who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998. It would be the last full album to feature guitarist Rick Barton, who left the band in 2000 during the recording of '' Sing Loud, Sing Proud''. "10 Years of Service" was the album's only single; the music video received some minor airplay on

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's ''

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'', a first for the band. The album was produced by Rancid's

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, who had produced their debut album as well. It was the final Dropkick Murphys album to be produced by Frederiksen. The album peaked at No. 184 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

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" * Marco Almera – cover

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gang's All Here, The Dropkick Murphys albums 1999 albums Hellcat Records albums