Mob Mentality
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Mob Mentality is a split
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...

 7" and album by Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....

 and The Business
The Business (band)
The Business are an English Oi!/punk rock band formed in 1979 in Lewisham, South London. Their album Suburban Rebels became influential in the Oi! movement...

. Originally, the bands put out a split 7" single with the name Mob Mentality. This single consisted of three songs, two which were each band covering one of the other band's songs, and the third was an original song performed by both bands together. A year later, they released a full-length album with the three previous tracks and nine more. Of the twelve tracks, each band does four covers (two of which were covers of the other band's songs) and one reworking of a song they originally recorded. The other two tracks are two versions of "Mob Mentality", an original song performed by both bands together, credited to McBusiness.

"Informer" and "Mob Mentality [7" Version]" later appeared on the Dropkick Murphys' b-side album Singles Collection, Volume 2
Singles Collection, Volume 2
Singles Collection Volume 2 is a b-side and rarities compilation album released by Boston punk rock band Dropkick Murphys, on March 8, 2005. It contains songs released on singles, compilations and splits...

(2005).

Song information

Song Performed By Originally performed by Notes
"Mob Mentality" McBusiness
"In the Streets of London" The Business Dropkick Murphys Cover of "In the Streets of Boston"; Appeared on the 7-inch
"Informer" Dropkick Murphys The Business Appeared on the 7-inch
"Going Strong" The Business Dropkick Murphys
"Keep the Faith" Dropkick Murphys The Business
"Freedom" The Business The Business Reworking of a song that originally appeared on Saturday's Heroes (1996)
"Boys on the Docks" Dropkick Murphys Dropkick Murphys Reworking of a song that originally appeared on Boys on the Docks
Boys on the Docks
Boys on the Docks is the debut EP by the Dropkick Murphys."Never Alone" and a Murphys' Pub Version of "Boys on the Docks" were also on their debut album, Do or Die, which was released the next year...

(1997)
"Borstal Boys" The Business The Faces
"The Kids Are Alright" Dropkick Murphys The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

"Hang Up Your Boots" The Business Slapshot
Slapshot (band)
-History:Slapshot was formed in 1985 by Steve Risteen and Mark McKay, formerly of Terminally Ill; Jack "Choke" Kelly, formerly of Negative FX and Last Rights; and Jonathan Anastas, formerly of Decadence and DYS...

"Knock Me Down" Dropkick Murphys The Outlets
The Outlets
The Outlets were a 1980s Boston rock band, consisting of David Alex Barton on vocals, his brother Rick Barton on lead guitar, Mike White on bass and Walter Gustafson on drums.-History:...

"Mob Mentality [7" Version]" McBusiness Appeared on the 7-inch

Side B

  1. "In the Streets of London" (Dropkick Murphys) – 1:12
  2. "Informer" (Business) – 1:56

CD

  1. "Mob Mentality" (Business, Dropkick Murphys) – 2:04
  2. "In the Streets of London" (Dropkick Murphys) – 1:12
  3. "Informer" (Business) – 1:56
  4. "Going Strong" (Dropkick Murphys) – 2:27
  5. "Keep the Faith" (Business) – 2:54
  6. "Freedom" (Business) – 1:45
  7. "Boys on the Docks" (Dropkick Murphys) – 2:26
  8. "Borstal Boys" (Ian McLagan
    Ian McLagan
    Ian McLagan is an English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of the English rock bands Small Faces and Faces.-Small Faces and Faces:...

    , Rod Stewart
    Rod Stewart
    Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....

    , Ronnie Wood) – 2:43
  9. "The Kids Are Alright" (Pete Townshend
    Pete Townshend
    Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...

    ) – 2:30
  10. "Hang Up Your Boots" (Slapshot
    Slapshot (band)
    -History:Slapshot was formed in 1985 by Steve Risteen and Mark McKay, formerly of Terminally Ill; Jack "Choke" Kelly, formerly of Negative FX and Last Rights; and Jonathan Anastas, formerly of Decadence and DYS...

    ) – 2:21
  11. "Knock Me Down" (The Outlets
    The Outlets
    The Outlets were a 1980s Boston rock band, consisting of David Alex Barton on vocals, his brother Rick Barton on lead guitar, Mike White on bass and Walter Gustafson on drums.-History:...

    ) – 2:46
  12. "Mob Mentality [7" Version]" (Business, Dropkick Murphys) – 2:21
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