Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years
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Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years is a compilation album by The Tossers
The Tossers
The Tossers are a six-piece Celtic punk band from Chicago, Illinois. They formed in July 1993. They have toured with Murphy's Law, Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, Dropkick Murphys, The Reverend Horton Heat, Flogging Molly, Street Dogs, Clutch, Sick of it All & Mastodon. They opened for The Pogues...

. It was released in 2001 on Thick Records
Thick Records
THICK RECORDS is a Chicago based independent record label formed in 1994 by Detroit native Zak Einstein. Early label releases include influential albums from Chicago ska-punkers The Blue Meanies, Alton, IL’s Judge Nothing, and the Omaha based Commander Venus, whose members included Conor Oberst,...

.

Track listing

  1. "Young Ned Of The Hill" - 2.33
  2. "Maidrin Rua/Tell Me Ma
    I'll Tell Me Ma
    "I'll Tell Me Ma" is a well known children's song. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century...

    " - 3.41
  3. "Seven Drunken Nights
    Seven Drunken Nights
    "Seven Drunken Nights" is a humorous folk Irish song, most famously performed by The Dubliners and others. The Dubliners version reached number 7 in the UK charts in 1967, thanks to its diffusion on Radio Caroline, though it was banned from the national broadcasting station...

    " - 4.00
  4. "Aye Sir" - 2.08
  5. "Thirty Days In The Hole" - 2.16
  6. "D'ampton Worm" - 2.13
  7. "Last Rights Of The Plummeting Thermometer" - 2.01
  8. "Finnegan's Wake
    Finnegan's Wake
    "Finnegan's Wake" is a ballad that arose in the 1850s in the music-hall tradition of comical Irish songs. The song is a staple of the Irish folk-music group, The Dubliners, who have played it on many occasions and included it on several albums, and is especially well known to fans of The Clancy...

    " - 4.45
  9. "When You Get Here" - 3.00
  10. "Dancin' Shoes" - 4:25
  11. "Buckets Of Beer" - 2.18
  12. "I Know Where I'm Goin" - 3.19
  13. "Chelsea Girls" - 4.53
  14. "Sleepin' In A Dust Bin" (2.25)
  15. "Irish Whiskey" (2.56)
  16. "Fall On The Floor" (3.19)
  17. "Everything's Bad" (3.08)
  18. "Alone" (6.56)
  19. "Johnny I
    Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
    "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" is a popular traditional Irish anti-war and anti-recruiting song. It is generally dated to the early 19th century, when Irish troops served the British East India Company...

    " (3.23)
  20. "Papers And Pins" (2.25)
  21. "Irish Rover (live)" (4.41)

Track information

  • Tracks 1-8 from The Pint Of No Return recorded 1994
  • Tracks 9-18 from We'll Never Be Sober Again
    We'll Never Be Sober Again
    We'll Never Be Sober Again is Chicago Celtic punk band The Tossers' second studio album. It was released in 1996 on Folk You Records.- Track listing :# "Waitin' For The Wagon" - 1:58# "When You Get Here" - 3:01# "Dancin' Shoes" - 4:27...

    recorded 1996
  • Tracks 19-20 from Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya Sessions recorded 1997
  • Track 21 Live at The Metro
    Metro Chicago
    This page is about the concert hall; for the metro region surrounding Chicago, see Chicago metropolitan area.Metro is a concert hall at 3730 N. Clark Street in Chicago, Illinois that plays host to a variety of local, regional and national emerging bands and musicians. The Metro was first opened in...

    recorded live 2000 in Chicago

Personnel

  • Bones – drum
    Drum
    The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

    s (all tracks)
  • Tony Duggins – lead vocals, mandolin
    Mandolin
    A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

     (all tracks)
  • Dan Shaw – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , banjo
    Banjo
    In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

    , vocals (all tracks)
  • Brian Dwyer – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , vocals (tracks 1-20)
  • Lynn Bower – vocals (tracks 1-20)
  • Jason Loveall – violin
    Violin
    The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

     (tracks 9-21)
  • Nate VanAllen – piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , guitar (tracks 19-21)
  • Clay Hansen – banjo (tracks 19-21)
  • Aaron Duggins - tin whistle
    Tin whistle
    The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English Flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, Tin Flageolet, Irish whistle and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, American Indian flute, and...

    (tracks 19-21)
  • Mike Pawula - guitar (track 21)
  • Tim Clark - guitar (track 21)
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