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The Dropkick Murphys are to punk what House of Pain was to rap. They bring an explicitly Irish sensibility to their chosen style (there are shamrocks on the album cover, and there's a bagpiper in the band, for goodness' sake) while remaining true to the conventions of the genre. Still, despite the occasional jig-like detour or pennywhistle flourish, the Murphys aren't trying to reinvent punk.
Their songs are presented the way punk was meant to be; loud, fast, hard, and simple. The driving guitars and pummelling drums that power these songs could be descended from the vintage Ramones (or at least Social Distortion) album of your choice. Admittedly, there aren't too many other punk bands that combine mohawks with kilts, or power chords with bodhrans, but that's what gives the Murphys their distinctive sound.
Guest Vocals By Shan Mcgowan
Recorded at The Outpost Studios, Stoughton, Massachusetts.
Personnel: Marc Orrell (vocals, guitar, accordion); James Lynch (vocals, guitar); Matt Kelly (vocals, drums, bodhran); Colin McFaull, Ken Casey , Shane MacGowan, Al Barr (vocals); Rick Barton (guitar); Ryan Foltz (dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle); Johnny Cunningham (mandolin); Spicy McHaggis (bagpipe); Marissa Alterese, Brendan Alterese, Katie Terrio (background vocals).
Recording information: Outpost, Stoughton, MA.
Photographers: Amy Archer; Angela Giovine.
Arranger: Dropkick Murphys.
Dropkick Murphys: Ken Casey (vocals, bass); Al Barr (vocals); Marc Orrell (guitar, accordion, background vocals); James Lynch (guitar, background vocals); Ryan Foltz (dulcimer, mandolin, whistle); Spicy McHaggis (bagpipes); Matt Kelly (drums, bodhran, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Shane MacGowan, Colin McFaull, Desi Queally (vocals); Rick Barton (guitar); Johnny Cunningham (mandolin); Brian Queally (whistle); Carl Kelly (Uilleann pipes); Joe Delaney (bag pipes); Andreas Kelly (accordion); Zack Brines (piano); Katie Terrio, Ryan Whelan, Marissa Alterie (background vocals).
Alternative Press (3/01, p.67) - 4 out of 5 - "...All the way, the Murphy's champion blue-collar, pro-union workmanship, [and] cutting the pop-cheese bulls***...and hoisting up the beer-drinking anthems that remain..."
Magnet (4-5/01, p.72) - "...Some killer punk....16 tracks of sloshing, forget-your-troubles good times..."
CMJ (2/12/01, p.21) - "...Strong from start to finish..." Sing Loud, Sing Proud Music | List Price | $11.98 (You save $1.63) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Alternative, Punk, Oi | | Label | Hellcat | | Orig Year | 2001 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9700  | | CD Universe Part number | 1576828 | | Catalog number | 80430 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 06, 2001 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Ken Casey | | Engineer | Jim Siegel | | Personnel | Matt Kelly - vocals, drums, bodhran
James Lynch - vocals, guitar
Ken Casey - vocals, bass
Al Barr - vocals
Marc Orrell - vocals, guitar, accordion
Ryan Foltz - dulcimer, mandolin, whistle
Spicy McHaggis - bagpipe
Brendan Alterese
Marissa Alterese
Also: Shane MacGowan, Johnny Cunningham, Rick Barton, Joe Delaney, Colin McFaull, Zack Brines, Andreas Kelly, Brian Queally, Carl Kelly, Desi Queally, katie terrio, katie terrio, Marissa Alterie, Ryan Whelan |
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Holly Near fans waited a long time for this one. Her last studio album on which the majority of the songs were new and original compositions was 1987's Don't Hold Back, and one must go back to 1984's Watch Out! to find an album on which she expressed her political views in her own songs across an entire disc. On Edge, Near is the writer of eight out of 13 tracks, and she is back to talking about the issues she has supported throughout her career. The leadoff track, "Fired Up!," explores the way in which "our society fails" children; "Planet Called Home" takes a historical look at global decline and what can be done about it; "1000 Grandmothers" naively but winningly posits the potential political power of little old ladies; "Kids Are Gonna Love" supports interracial and homosexual love; and "I Ain't Afraid" worries about the threat posed by religious extremists.
Politics also enters into some of Near's cover choices. She reclaims Cheryl Wheeler's anti-gun anthem "If It Were Up to Me" from the distortion it received at the hands of Garth Brooks' Chris Gaines character, discusses AIDS in "Love Don't Need a Reason" (by Michael Callen, Peter Allen, and Marsha Malamet), and reflects on the environmental cycle in Harry Nilsson's "Think About Your Troubles." Employing a relatively spare production, she manages a variety of musical styles, from the rock of "If It Were Up to Me" and a cover of Timbuk 3's "Standard White Jesus" to the a cappella of her own "Uh Huh" and the Latin American sound of her cover of Paul Simon's "Further to Fly." There are even songs such as "Fired Up!" that recall the piano-based music of her earliest recordings.
Edge is a varied collection in terms of both its music and its subject matter. A few of the original songs are not fully realized, but much of the material is strong and written in the songwriter's characteristically forthright style, while the covers are well-chosen. After a long time, Near has produced an album to rank among her early recordings, and with an unsatisfactory election result (from the viewpoint of her and her supporters) coming in the same season as the record's release, it couldn't have appeared at a better time. ~ William Ruhlmann
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