Within a Mile of Home
# Within a Mile of Home

Within a Mile of Home is the third studio album by the Celtic punk band Flogging Molly. Released in 2004, the album reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 chart and No. 1 on the Independent Music chart. The album is dedicated to Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash, as indicated in the album's liner notes. The song "To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)" was featured on the soundtrack of FIFA Football 2005.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| PopMatters | n/a |
| Punknews.org | |

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, unless otherwise noted; all music is composed by Flogging Molly, unless otherwise noted.

* Track information and credits verified from the album's liner notes.

## Personnel

### Flogging Molly

* Dennis Casey – electric guitar, backing vocals
* Matt Hensley – accordion, concertina
* Dave King – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bodhran, spoons, backing vocals
* Nathen Maxwell – bass, backing and lead (10) vocals
* Bridget Regan – fiddle, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, backing vocals
* Bob Schmidt – mandolin, banjo, bouzouki, backing vocals, mandola
* George Schwindt – drums, percussion

### 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) | 96 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 61 |
| US Billboard 200 | 20 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 1 |
