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'''Swagger''' is an album by the band [[Flogging Molly]].
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{{Infobox album
| name = Swagger
| type = studio
| artist = [[Flogging Molly]]
| cover = Flogging molly swagger cd cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 7, 2000
| recorded = 2000
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Celtic punk]]
| length = 53:40
| label = [[SideOneDummy Records|SideOneDummy]]
| producer = [[Flogging Molly]]
| prev_title = [[Alive Behind the Green Door]]
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = [[Drunken Lullabies]]
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r469283}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Irish Voice]]
|rev2score = (favorable)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farragher |first=Mike |title=Off the Record: Good Golly, Miss Molly! |newspaper=[[Irish Voice]] |date=2000-05-16 |location=New York |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/367933885 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-03-05 |id={{ProQuest|367933885}} |via=ProQuest}}</ref>
|rev3 = Punknews.org
|rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="PunkNews">{{cite web |last=Gorman |first=Chris |date=2001-05-06 |url=http://www.punknews.org/review/203 |title=Flogging Molly – Swagger |website=Punknews.org |accessdate=March 11, 2012 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120910000146/https://www.punknews.org/review/203/flogging-molly-swagger |archive-date=2012-09-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev4 = [[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]
|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Healy |first=James |title=Album Reviews - Rock |newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date=2000-03-16 |location=San Diego |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/116D313E6DEE619C |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-03-06 |via=Access World News}}</ref>
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'''''Swagger''''' is the debut studio album by the [[Celtic punk]] band [[Flogging Molly]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] by [[Steve Albini]]. It was released in 2000.
==Tracks==

# Salty Dog
== Reception ==
# Selfish Man
In a very positive review, [[AllMusic]] called ''Swagger'' a combination of the "folk of [[the Pogues]] with an [[Oi!]] blast by way of the [[Dropkick Murphys]]". The reviewer went on to call the album "music that's perfect for any barroom brawl."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/swagger-mw0000058605 |title=Swagger – Flogging Molly |last=DaRonco |first=Mike |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref>
# The Worst Day Since Yesterday
Punknews.org gave the album 5 out of 5 stars and said that "every song is a keeper, without a clunker in the bunch".<ref name="PunkNews" /> The review also called "Salty Dog" the "quintessential Flogging Molly song" and noted the album's contrast between aggressive punk-influenced songs and slower ballads like "The Worst Day Since Yesterday".
# Every Dog Has Its Day

# Life in a Tenement Square
== In popular culture ==
# The Ol' Beggars Bush
*"The Worst Day Since Yesterday" was used as the music for the opening and closing montage in ''[[Stargate: Universe]]'' season 1, episode 9, "[[Life (Stargate: Universe)|Life]]" (first broadcast November 20, 2009).
# The Likes of You Again
*"The Worst Day Since Yesterday" was heard in the background in the bar scene in ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]''.
# Black Friday Rule
*"Selfish Man" was used during the closing scene, and over the closing credits, of the fourth episode of [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s ''[[Brotherhood (2006 TV series)|Brotherhood]]''.
# Grace of God Go I
*"The Ol' Beggars Bush" was playing the bar when Dean picked up Rory in the fourth-season episode "Last Week Fights, This Week Tights" of ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''.
# Devil's Dance Floor
*"Devil's Dance Floor" was used in ''[[Derry Girls]]'', episode 5 of series 1.
# These Exiled Years

# Sentimental Johnny
== Track listing ==
# Far Away Boys
All lyrics written by [[Dave King (Irish singer)|Dave King]], all musics composed by Flogging Molly, except where noted.
# "Salty Dog" – 2:21
# "Selfish Man" – 2:54
# "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" – 3:38
# "Every Dog Has Its Day" – 4:24
# "Life in a Tenement Square" (Dave King, John Donovan, Matt Hensley, Nathen Maxwell, Bridget Regan, [[Bob Schmidt (musician)|Bob Schmidt]], George Schwindt) – 3:11
# "The Ol' Beggars Bush" – 4:34
# "The Likes of You Again" – 4:33
# "Black Friday Rule" (King, Ted Hutt, Dennis Casey, Hensley, Maxwell, Regan, [[Bob Schmidt (musician)|Schmidt]], Schwindt) – 6:57
# "Grace of God Go I" – 1:55
# "Devil's Dance Floor" – 3:59
# "These Exiled Years" (Dave King, John Donovan, Matt Hensley, Nathen Maxwell, Bridget Regan, [[Bob Schmidt (musician)|Bob Schmidt]], George Schwindt) – 5:15
# "Sentimental Johnny" – 4:47
# "Far Away Boys" – 5:06

== Personnel ==
*[[Dave King (singer)|Dave King]] – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*Bridget Regan – fiddle, tin whistle
*Matt Hensley – accordion
*Nathen Maxwell – bass guitar
*[[Bob Schmidt (musician)|Bob Schmidt]] – mandolin, banjo
*George Schwindt – drums, percussion
*John Donovan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*Gary Schwindt – trumpet

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart (2000)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|128|artist=Flogging Molly}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Flogging Molly}}

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[[Category:Flogging Molly albums]]
[[Category:Flogging Molly albums]]
[[Category:2000 debut albums]]
[[Category:SideOneDummy Records albums]]


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Latest revision as of 02:24, 3 January 2025

"Saltydog" redirects here. For other uses, see Salty dog.
Swagger
Studio album by
Flogging Molly
ReleasedMarch 7, 2000
Recorded2000
GenreCeltic punk
Length53:40
LabelSideOneDummy
ProducerFlogging Molly
Flogging Molly chronology
Alive Behind the Green Door
(1997) 		Swagger
(2000) 		Drunken Lullabies
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Irish Voice(favorable)[2]
Punknews.org[3]
The San Diego Union-Tribune[4]

Swagger is the debut studio album by the Celtic punk band Flogging Molly, mixed by Steve Albini. It was released in 2000.

Reception

[edit]

In a very positive review, AllMusic called Swagger a combination of the "folk of the Pogues with an Oi! blast by way of the Dropkick Murphys". The reviewer went on to call the album "music that's perfect for any barroom brawl."[5] Punknews.org gave the album 5 out of 5 stars and said that "every song is a keeper, without a clunker in the bunch".[3] The review also called "Salty Dog" the "quintessential Flogging Molly song" and noted the album's contrast between aggressive punk-influenced songs and slower ballads like "The Worst Day Since Yesterday".

[edit]
  • "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" was used as the music for the opening and closing montage in Stargate: Universe season 1, episode 9, "Life" (first broadcast November 20, 2009).
  • "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" was heard in the background in the bar scene in Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
  • "Selfish Man" was used during the closing scene, and over the closing credits, of the fourth episode of Showtime's Brotherhood.
  • "The Ol' Beggars Bush" was playing the bar when Dean picked up Rory in the fourth-season episode "Last Week Fights, This Week Tights" of Gilmore Girls.
  • "Devil's Dance Floor" was used in Derry Girls, episode 5 of series 1.

Track listing

[edit]

All lyrics written by Dave King, all musics composed by Flogging Molly, except where noted.

  1. "Salty Dog" – 2:21
  2. "Selfish Man" – 2:54
  3. "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" – 3:38
  4. "Every Dog Has Its Day" – 4:24
  5. "Life in a Tenement Square" (Dave King, John Donovan, Matt Hensley, Nathen Maxwell, Bridget Regan, Bob Schmidt, George Schwindt) – 3:11
  6. "The Ol' Beggars Bush" – 4:34
  7. "The Likes of You Again" – 4:33
  8. "Black Friday Rule" (King, Ted Hutt, Dennis Casey, Hensley, Maxwell, Regan, Schmidt, Schwindt) – 6:57
  9. "Grace of God Go I" – 1:55
  10. "Devil's Dance Floor" – 3:59
  11. "These Exiled Years" (Dave King, John Donovan, Matt Hensley, Nathen Maxwell, Bridget Regan, Bob Schmidt, George Schwindt) – 5:15
  12. "Sentimental Johnny" – 4:47
  13. "Far Away Boys" – 5:06

Personnel

[edit]
  • Dave King – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Bridget Regan – fiddle, tin whistle
  • Matt Hensley – accordion
  • Nathen Maxwell – bass guitar
  • Bob Schmidt – mandolin, banjo
  • George Schwindt – drums, percussion
  • John Donovan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Gary Schwindt – trumpet

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 128

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Swagger at AllMusic
  2. ^ Farragher, Mike (May 16, 2000). "Off the Record: Good Golly, Miss Molly!". Irish Voice. New York. ProQuest 367933885. Retrieved March 5, 2024 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ a b Gorman, Chris (May 6, 2001). "Flogging Molly – Swagger". Punknews.org. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  4. ^ Healy, James (March 16, 2000). "Album Reviews - Rock". The San Diego Union-Tribune. San Diego. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Access World News.
  5. ^ DaRonco, Mike. "Swagger – Flogging Molly". AllMusic. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Flogging Molly Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.


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