Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest Of Times (Limited Edition) (2008)

Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest Of Times (Limited Edition) (2008)



The Meanest of Times is the sixth album by the Dropkick Murphys.

It was released on September 18, 2007 by their new vanity label,

Born & Bred Records, a division of Warner Music Group. That makes this

their major label debut, as all of their previous albums were released

on the independent label Hellcat Records.



The picture on the album's cover was taken at Saint Brendan School in

Dorchester, Massachusetts, close to Quincy, Massachusetts from whence

the band hails. Local kids posed in the picture to make it look like it

was taken in an old Irish school.



The first songs from the album were heard through the band's MySpace page

starting in August 2007. The first track to appear was "(F)lannigan's Ball",

which was actually a different version than what is featured on the album,

as it featured vocals by Al Barr and Ken Casey rather than Ronnie Drew and

Spider Stacy.



On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number 20, selling

about 28,000 copies in its first week. This album was #49 on Rolling

Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. The album's first single,

"The State of Massachusetts", became one of the 100-most-played songs

on US modern rock radio in October 2007[5]. Also in October, the song

had been added to the playlists of 18 US alternative rock stations.

By January of 2008, the song had become one of the 60-most-played alternative

rock songs in the United States. This song was #83 on Rolling Stone's

list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.



A cover version of "The State of Massachusetts" is available for download

in a special Indie rock pack on Guitar Hero II, and Famous for Nothing,

(F)Lanningan's Ball, and Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya was available as a three

song track pack on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.



Artist...............: Dropkick Murphys

Album................: The Meanest Of Times (Limited Edition)

Genre................: Punk-Rock

Source...............: CD

Year.................: 2008

Ripper...............: CDEX

Codec................: LAME MP3 Encoder (Version 1.30, engine 3.92 MMX)

Bitrate..............: 224 kbps

Artwork..............: No

Tracks...............: 20

Size.................: 101 MB





Track listing



All songs by Dropkick Murphys unless otherwise noted.



1. "Famous For Nothing" – 2:47

2. "God Willing" – 3:16

3. "The State of Massachusetts" – 3:52

4. "Tomorrow's Industry" – 2:19

5. "Echoes on "A". Street" – 3:17

6. "Vices and Virtues" – 2:11

7. "Surrender" – 3:15

8. "(F)lannigan's Ball" (Traditional, Dropkick Murphys) – 3:39

9. "I'll Begin Again" – 2:38

10. "Fairmount Hill" (Traditional, Dropkick Murphys) – 3:58

11. "Loyal to No One" – 2:25

12. "Shattered" – 2:47

13. "Rude Awakenings" – 3:23

14. "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya" (Traditional, Dropkick Murphys) – 3:54

15. "Never Forget" – 2:51



Bonus tracks - Limited edition



16. "Jailbreak" (Phil Lynott)

17. "The Thick Skin of Defiance"

18. "Forever 2007

19. "Breakdown"

20. "(F)lannigan's Ball" (original version) (Traditional, Dropkick Murphys)