The Gang's All Here (album)

The Gang's All Here is the second studio album released by American Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys. It is their first album with Al Barr (ex-vocalist for The Bruisers) who replaced founding singer Mike McColgan in 1998 after he left the band to become a firefighter, and later form his own Punk Rock band Street Dogs. With Barr, the band released their first 7" EP together, 1998's "Curse of a Fallen Soul" prior to recording the album. "10 Years of Service" was the album's first and only single and music video from the album, which got some minor airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes, a first for the band.

The Gang's All Here
Studio album by Dropkick Murphys
Released	March 9, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Punk rock, Celtic punk
Length	42:51
Label	Hellcat Records
Producer	Lars Frederiksen
Dropkick Murphys chronology
Do or Die (1998) The Gang's All Here (1999) Unity (1999)
Singles from The Gang's All Here
"10 Years of Service" Released: 1999

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Punknews.org	[2]

Allmusic gave The Gang's All Here a score of three out of five stars, and said that while the album "[took] up the expected us-against-the-world pose," its songwriting was of a higher standard than contemporary punk albums.[1] PopMatters noted that "A charmfully, mangled, punked-up 'Amazing Grace' only adds to fun, wild ride 'The Gang’s All Here' guarantees."

Track listing

All songs by Ken Casey and Matt Kelly unless otherwise noted

1. "Roll Call" – 0:32
2. "Blood and Whiskey" – 1:47
3. "Pipebomb on Lansdowne" – 1:50
4. "Perfect Stranger" – 1:58
5. "10 Years of Service" – 2:45
6. "Upstarts and Broken Hearts" – 2:56
7. "Devil's Brigade" – 1:27
8. "Curse of a Fallen Soul" – 3:00
9. "Homeward Bound" – 2:00
10. "Going Strong" – 3:06
11. "The Fighting 69th" (Traditional) – 3:13
12. "Boston Asphalt" – 1:39
13. "Wheel of Misfortune" – 3:50
14. "The Only Road" – 2:11
15. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) Instrumental – 2:38
16. "The Gang's All Here" – 7:59
    • Contains a hidden track of guitarist Rick Barton's answering machine

Personnel

• Al Barr – vocals
• Rick Barton – guitar
• Ken Casey – bass guitar/vocals
• Matt Kelly – drums
• Joe Delaney – bagpipes on "Amazing Grace"
• Johnny Cunningham – fiddle 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

1. Pearson, Paul. The Gang's All Here at AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
2. Pat41 The Gang's All Here on Punknews.org.