''The Singles Collection, Volume 1'' is a collection of non-album tracks by Dropkick Murphys. It is the American version of '' The Early Years'' which was released in Europe, although with some track changes. This album contains everything the band recorded before their first album, '' Do or Die'', except for the ''

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'' EP and compilation tracks from ''I've Got My Friends'' and ''Runt of the Litter Volume 2'', as well as exclusive live tracks.

Song information

The album includes six covers:

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's "Career Opportunities", "Guns of Brixton" and "White Riot";

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' "Billy Bones"; and Slapshot's "I've Had Enough" are standalone tracks, while the band also covers

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's "T.N.T." during the song " Skinhead on the MBTA (Live)."

Track listing

All songs by Dropkick Murphys unless otherwise noted. # "Barroom Hero" – 3:09 # "Fightstarter Karaoke" – 2:33 # "John Law" – 2:15 # "Regular Guy" – 1:53 # "3rd Man In" – 2:19 # " Career Opportunities (Live)" (

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, Mick Jones) – 1:53 # "Never Alone" – 3:18 # "Take It or Leave It" – 2:02 # "Eurotrash" – 1:36 # "Front Seat" – 2:33 # "Denial" – 2:24 # "Billy's Bones" ( Shane MacGowan) – 2:03 # "Road of the Righteous" – 2:50 # " Guns of Brixton" ( Paul Simonon) – 2:47 ''(studio, erroneously credit as being live on the CD)'' # "Cadence to Arms (Live)" (Traditional, Dropkick Murphys) – 2:26 # "Do or Die (Live)" – 1:48 # "In the Streets of Boston (Live)" – 1:14 # "Never Alone (Live)" – 2:40 # "Get Up (Live)" – 2:05 # "Far Away Coast (Live)" – 2:46 # "Boys on the Docks (Live)" – 2:53 # " Skinhead on the MBTA (Live)" (contains cover of "T.N.T." by

) (Traditional, Dropkick Murphys, Angus Young,

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, Bon Scott) – 4:45 # "I've Had Enough (Live)" (Jack Kelly, Slapshot) – 1:42 # " White Riot (Live)" (

, Mick Jones) – 1:48

Personnel

* Mike McColgan –

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* Ken Casey –

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, vocals * Rick Barton –

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* Matt Kelly – drums on live tracks * Jeff Erna – drums on all studio tracks and "Career Opportunities" (live)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singles Collection, Volume 1, The Dropkick Murphys albums B-side compilation albums 2000 compilation albums Hellcat Records compilation albums