Signed and Sealed In Blood (Deluxe Version)

This is a fantastic song and video. It celebrates the holidays and makes fun of the insanity that can occur when families gather for Christmas or any celebration. Especially sweet was the kiss from the young girl to her grandfather at the end.

Great—except for itunes' effed up unmatched track volumes

Going Out In Style was so achingly good that I was admittedly nervous with the coming release of Signed & Sealed. They had gotten so close to what i considered perfect that i was afraid that they'd either lose a step and mellow out too much or that they'd go back to the screamy and grating punk that lacked the sweet, sweet Celtic flavor that was so in tune on Going Out. My fears were unfounded. They kept their form and, in some ways, got even better. Though this album had slightly fewer highly rated songs, there's a lot of 3 star songs on here, they've gotten so much better at story telling. Dropkick is one of the best bands in the genre at crafting iconic Celtic originals. They're one of the best bands in the genre overall and from the best city. There's no one quite like these Boston boys. As they've matured they got progressively more Celtic and awesome, but they have that harder punk edge that a lot of other great Celtic bands like Gaelic Storm are lacking. The editor's notes are right. They are the American Pogues. There's no band that is Irish, Punk, and so uniquely Boston as Murphys. I'm sure there are a lot of other bands from the Boston area that try to emulate them, but they are the gold standard. A huge part of the reason that they've gotten so much better and so much more Celtic is thanks to Ken Casey getting more and more of the vocal duty. He's got a great singing voice and is one of the top 5 Celtic singers all time. A lot of singers in the genre aren't quite as talented even though they work well with the music they're singing with. He's about as Boston as a Boston guy gets and he's the reason they are so good and unique. I'm not a fan of most of the songs that the other dude sings. I never even learned his name. They're a different and weaker band with him at the helm. He sang a lot more of the songs back when they were more punk and less experienced. He just can't sing well. Most of the songs he sings sound like the lead singer of the Bosstone's when he's screaming. Too throaty - he sounds like he's about to vomit. As i said, a lot of these songs are 3 star quality, but they're 3 star at the weakest. Through their last 4 albums you can count on the fact that their average decent song will be 3 star, their average good songs are 4 star and their average great songs are 5 star. There's one 5 star song on here in Rose Tattoo. I absolutely love that song - it's one of the top 5 Dropkick songs in their catalog. There's also four 4 star songs and a whopping eight 3 star songs. The weakest song on here is Out On the Town. It's just a little too old-school rock and roll. There's No 2 stars and no throwaways. Pretty impressive. The videos are also amazing. They make me appreciate the songs more by providing great visual context. Really well made. FYI - the acoustic versions of 4 of these songs on Itunes' competing streaming service are even better than they are on this album.

Great cd my favorites are 1 2 3 5 6

I listened to this album when a co-worker played it on St.Patty's Day this year. I'm in love with this band now! Season's Upon Us is an amazingly funny song!

great drinking album

Such a great album. Truly amazing. Such a great band.

I want to get it but I just dont see it. There music grows old fast.

Miss their old punk sound.

Seriously...what happened to you guys? There is no soul in any of these songs. Been away from the hard life for too long. Come back please.