Within a Mile of Home

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. To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) was featured on the soundtrack of FIFA Football 2005.

Within a Mile of Home
Studio album by
Flogging Molly
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004
RecordedCello Studios (Hollywood, California)
Ocean Studios (Burbank, California)
GenrePunk rock, pop punk, Celtic rock
Length52:08
LabelSideOneDummy
ProducerTed Hutt
Flogging Molly chronology
Drunken Lullabies
(2002)		 Within a Mile of Home
(2004)		 Whiskey on a Sunday
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
PopMatters
Punknews.org [2]

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 are written by Dave King except "Queen Anne's Revenge" by Nathen Maxwell; all music is composed by Flogging Molly.

No.TitleLength
1."Screaming at the Wailing Wall"3:41
2."The 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
Additional musicians
  • Stephanie Fife – cello on track 5
  • Craig Jackman – washboard on track 9
  • Novi Novog – viola on track 5
  • Noel O'Donovan – additional vocals on track 13
  • Lee Thornburg – horns on track 15
  • Lucinda Williams – additional vocals on track 3

Charts
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 96
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 61
US Billboard 200[5] 20
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[6] 1

References
  1. "Within a Mile of Home - Flogging Molly". Allmusic.
  2. "Flogging Molly - Within A Mile Of Home". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  3. "Ultratop.be – Flogging Molly – Within a Mile of Home" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Flogging Molly – Within a Mile of Home" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  5. "Flogging Molly Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  6. "Flogging Molly Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
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