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When faced with a hyper-stylized pop music landscape, young'uns may find it hard to imagine that there once was a time when John Mellencamp actually did live in a small town and Bruce Springsteen hung out with the blue-collar tough guys who populate his songs. Luckily, anyone with a hankering for authentic working class rock still has the Dropkick Murphys. Sure the sonic palette may be a little different, but the sentiment is the same; the Murphys favor equal parts New York Dolls and METAL CIRCUS-era Husker Du hardcore fury over heartland twang, but like every great regular guy album from BORN TO RUN to THE LONESOME JUBILEE, BLACKOUT celebrates the triumph of the individual's spirit over "fat cats" and the sad conundrum of everyday existence. In addition, with their liberal use of traditional Irish instrumentation and explicit references to their hometown of Boston, the Dropkick Murphys manage to turn outrage and existential angst into something akin to a wild summer block party.
This CD contains a value added DVD featuring 2 live tracks from the Dropkick Murphys live DVD.
Includes a bonus DVD disc.
Recorded at The Outpost, Stoughton, Massachusetts.
Dropkick Murphys: Al Barr, Ken Casey, Ryan Foltz, Matt Kelly, James Lynch, Marc Orrell.
Additional personnel: Stephanie Dougherty (vocals); Joe Delaney (bag pipes).Rolling Stone (6/26/03, p.81) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Perfect for discerning adrenalin junkies..."
Spin (7/03, p.110) - "...[They] stomp through some swaggering anthems and teary Guinness weepers..." - Grade: A- Dropkick Murphys Blackout Songs Blackout Music Review Average Rating: (3.2 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews few good ones, otherwise...
this is really disappointing that they have sunk so low from their original albums, sounds like a completely different band and thats not a good thing, few good songs but other than that its the same old cliche crap they play on MTV, crap
Submitted by done wor' bout it (again, dont wor' bout it)
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 awsome
well..... i brought this album a week ago and i fort it was quite good really
my favouite track was 13 because of the dudey bagpipe intro
Submitted by jazzparamore1 (exmouth)
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 uh, dropkick sellouts of emo
I thought these guys were part of something, punk its not a label a type of music or an anarchy tattoo its a way of life and their way of life sold out to the ones theyve talked smack about. so there either hypocrites or liars...your pick
Submitted by callmeout (mlps, mn)
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wow, i didnt think it was possible
in concert in sounded like they meant what they said but they "sold out" like the rest of em.. dam shame
Submitted by jimi (chicago)
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Again we find another punk band progressing. Filled with powerful working class anthems (workers song) and stellar covers (black velvet band) Blackout is easily DKM most well rounded and mature album. While the fun remains (kiss me I'm sh#t faced) and the sound is still identifiable this band is moving away from standard barroom anthems about fighting and beer and moving onto more adult subject matter. Fear not though because all this being said, you can still hoist a pint to any of these songs. You may however be hoisting to workers rights and the old fashioned american dream instead of Spicy's 400lb exploits.
Submitted by jbarkley (Buffalo, NY)
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