Within a Mile of Home
| Within a Mile of Home | ||||
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| Studio album by Flogging Molly | ||||
| Released | September 14, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA; Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Ocean Studios, Burbank, CA. | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, Pop punk, Celtic rock | |||
| Length | 52:08 | |||
| Label | SideOneDummy | |||
| Producer | Ted Hutt | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| PopMatters | |
| Punknews.org | [2] |
Within a Mile of Home is the third studio album by the Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly. Released in 2004, this album reached #20 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 Chart and #1 on the Independent Music chart. The album is dedicated to Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash, as indicated in the album's liner notes.
Reception
In their review, Allmusic noted Flogging Molly's "more mature, more polished" sound on this album and its stylistic variations. They pointed to the Cajun-influenced accordions on "Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon," the a Capella performance on "The Wrong Company" and guest Lucinda Williams' guest appearance on "Factory Girls" as evidence of this. The reviewer also appreciated the album's varied themes which include modern-day U.S. policy concerns ("Screaming at the Wailing Wall") and Oliver Cromwell shipping Irish workers to Barbados during the 17th century ("Tobacco Island"). In another positive review, Punknews.org said that Flogging Molly "have a mastery of the traditional sound, and their harder and faster songs are definitely a lot of fun." The reviewer for PopMatters had high praise for the album. The review referred to the opening track "Screaming at the Wailing Wall" as a "toe-tapping, arm-in-arm Celtic boogie tune" and the following song "The Seven Deadly Sins" as a "kitchen-party Celtic assault." The review also noted that the song “To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)” sounds like a "Dublin-ized Mike Ness of Social Distortion" and that “The Wanderlust” as a combination of The Clash and The Pogues.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Dave King; all music composed by Flogging Molly.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Screaming at the Wailing Wall" | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Seven Deadly Sins" | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Factory Girls" (feat. Lucinda Williams) | 3:51 |
| 4. | "To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)" | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Whistles the Wind" | 4:32 |
| 6. | "The Light of a Fading Star" | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Tobacco Island" | 5:17 |
| 8. | "The Wrong Company" | 0:36 |
| 9. | "Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon" | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Queen Anne's Revenge" | 3:06 |
| 11. | "The Wanderlust" | 3:31 |
| 12. | "Within a Mile of Home" | 3:53 |
| 13. | "The Spoken Wheel" (feat. Noel O'Donovan) | 2:13 |
| 14. | "With a Wonder and a Wild Desire" | 3:40 |
| 15. | "Don't Let Me Die Still Wondering" | 4:17 |
| Total length: | 52:08 | |
Personnel
Flogging Molly
- Dave King - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bodhran, spoons, backing vocals
- Bridget Regan - fiddle, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, backing vocals
- Dennis Casey - electric guitar, backing vocals
- Matt Hensley - accordion, concertina
- Nathen Maxwell - bass, backing and lead (10) vocals
- Bob Schmidt - mandolin, banjo, bouzouki, backing vocals, mandola
- George Schwindt - drums, percussion
Additional Musicians
- Lucinda Williams - additional vocals on track 3
- Noel O'Donovan - additional vocals on track 13
- Lee Thornburg - horns on track 15
- Craig Jackman - washboard on track 9
- Stephanie Fife - cello on track 5
- Novi Novog - viola on track 5
References
- ↑ "Within a Mile of Home - Flogging Molly". Allmusic.
- ↑ "Flogging Molly - Within A Mile Of Home". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2014-05-20.