Album · Dropkick Murphys
Blackout by Dropkick Murphys
Blackout is an album by Dropkick Murphys, released in 2003. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Walk Away”, on 4 lists with a best position of #24.
Blackout, the fourth studio album from Quincy, Massachusetts' Celtic punk brawlers Dropkick Murphys, landed on Hellcat Records in 2003, and it plays like a pub that forgot to call last orders. Ken Casey and Al Barr split the lead vocals, bellowing like two dockworkers arguing over the same pint, while Matt Kelly's drums and James Lynch's guitar keep the whole thing lurching forward at a punk clip.
"Walk Away" was the first official single, a scrappy shout-along that became a minor radio hit and scored some MTV airplay, and "Fields of Athenry" was put out as a single too. The album shipped with a DVD carrying live videos of "Rocky Road to Dublin" and "Boys on the Docks" and a clip for "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight", the last to feature Ryan Foltz, who had left before the album was made. The real breakout was still a year off: "Tessie" came in 2004.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Blackout on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk Away | 4 | #24 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.