- The Warrior's Code
Infobox Album
Name = The Warrior's Code
Type =Album
Artist =Dropkick Murphys
Released =June 21 ,2005
Recorded = 2004 – 2005
Genre =Celtic Punk
Length = 41:04
Label =Hellcat Records
Producer =Ken Casey ,David Bianco
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kv6ftr5yklkx link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5
Last album = "Singles Collection, Volume 2 "
(2005)
This album = "The Warrior's Code"
(2005)
Next album = "The Meanest of Times "
(2007)|"The Warrior's Code" is the fifth studio album of the
Dropkick Murphys . Released in June 2005, it is also their bestselling. It features a dedication to Lowell's own "Irish"Micky Ward ."Your Spirit's Alive" was written for the band's dear friend Greg "Chickenman" Riley, who died in a motorcycle accident in 2004. "The Warrior's Code" is about boxing legend
Micky Ward , who hails from Lowell, Massachusetts. "Captain Kelly's Kitchen" is another of the band's traditional arrangements. "Sunshine Highway" was the first single from this album and has surfaced in many places includingRoyal Caribbean 's Sports' Deck. "The Green Fields of France" is a cover of a song originally performed byEric Bogle . The lyrics to "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" come from unpublishedWoody Guthrie lyrics, consisting of a short rant by a sailor looking for a wooden leg in Boston. Its similar to "There's Gonna Be a Blackout" from their previous album, Blackout. "Wicked Sensitive Crew" is a spit at the band's critics who claim that they glorify violence and come across as 'tough guys'. "Last Letter Home" was correspondence between American Sgt. Andrew Farrar and his family before his death in the current Iraq War. "Tessie " is a cover of aBoston Red Sox rally song. On this release, it is called a bonus track because it was already released on the "Tessie" EP in 2004 during the Red Sox season where they ended up winning theWorld Series for the first time in 86 years. A second bonus track titled "Hatebomb" can be found on the Japanese release. The band filmed music videos for "Sunshine Highway", "The Warrior's Code" and two videos for "I'm Shipping Up To Boston", one of which was used to promote the movie "The Departed " and contained clips from the movie. A video for the track "Tessie" was also filmed in 2004.Track listing
All songs by
Dropkick Murphys except where noted.
# "Your Spirit's Alive" – 2:21
# "The Warrior's Code" – 2:30
# "Captain Kelly's Kitchen" ("Courtin' in the Kitchen" traditional) – 2:48
# "The Walking Dead" – 2:07
# "Sunshine Highway" – 3:22
# "Wicked Sensitive Crew" – 2:59
# "The Burden" – 2:55
# "Citizen C.I.A." – 1:28
# "The Green Fields of France" (Eric Bogle cover) – 4:46
# "Take It and Run" – 2:44
# "I'm Shipping Up to Boston " (Lyrics byWoody Guthrie ) – 2:34
# "The Auld Triangle " (Brendan Behan cover) – 2:41
# "Last Letter Home " – 3:32
# "Tessie " (Bonus track) – 4:15
# "Hatebomb" (Japanese Bonus track) - 1:12ingles
*"Sunshine Highway"
*"The Warrior's Code"
*"I'm Shipping Up To Boston"
*"Tessie" #89 US Modern Rock ChartsFields Of Athenry Andrew Farrar Memorial CD
In 2005 the band released a 2 song cd single for fallen Marine and "Dropkick Murphys" fan Andrew Farrar. Farrar made a request to his family that if something should happen to him in
Iraq he wanted "The Fields of Athenry " to be played at his funeral. The single features a ballad version of "The Fields OfAthenry " which was originally recorded and placed in Farrar's casket though the band decided to release the updated version. The disc also features the track "Last Letter Home" which was written about Farrar and was featured on "The Warrior's Code". All of the proceeds for the $10 single go to the Sgt. Andrew Farrar Memorial Fund and can be purchased through the band's website or at one of their shows.Personnel
*
Al Barr – vocals
*Ken Casey – bass, vocals
*Matt Kelly –drum s,bodhran , vocals
*James Lynch –guitar , vocals
*Marc Orrell – guitar,accordion , vocals
*James "Scruffy" Wallace –bagpipes
*Tim Brennan –mandolin ,tin whistle , acoustic guitar
*Laura Casey –viola ,cello
*Marco Urban – vocals
*Josephine Lyons – vocals
*Tom O'Connell – vocals
*Tom Madden – vocals
*Anders Geering – vocals
*Lance Burnett – vocalsGoofs
In the song "Wicked Sensitive Crew," the band sings that they are not ashamed for crying when Mickey died "in
Rocky II " [ [http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Wicked-Sensitive-Crew-lyrics-Dropkick-Murphys/088437E62F04A19B48256FEF000C5FA7 Dropkick Murphys - Wicked Sensitive Crew Lyrics ] ] . However, Mickey actually died of a heart attack after a confrontation withClubber Lang inRocky III ." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III]The band actually address this in the sleeve notes for the song, stating: "Mickey actually died in Rocky 3 but, hey, sue us two rhymed better." [http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/discography/lyrics/warriorscode/wsc.html]
References
External links
* [http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/discography/releases/warriorscode.html The Warrior's Code] at the Dropkick Murphys official website.
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