THE BEST CELTIC PUNK/ROCK ALBUMS LIST OF 2013

This is the list of the best Celtic punk-rock albums of 2013.

Some remarks:

1) Even if this post is titled as “the best of”, this is not  a competition, but a sort of a game. I prefer to say that, IMHO,  this is the list of the most enjoyable albums of 2013.

2) Please remember that it’s a list of albums, not a list of bands.

3) I always intend to push new bands. However, I feel that the best album is The Tossers "The Emerald City" and even if they are an old (an essential) band, they deserve it. 

4) I have rated only the albums that have been received for review purposes and/or that have been shared for free by the bands. Albums on streaming have not been rated.

5) Live albums have not been taken into account.

6) Albums without original songs (that is, covers albums) have not been taken into account

7) "Best of" or compilations have not been taken into account, since they are old material.

8) Unfortunately I have not been able to rate some albums that could have made the list, since a copy never arrived :-(

9) Nevertheless, I'm very happy with the list. It's been extremely difficult to rate the albums, because most of them were very good. In order to decide the final order I have had to take into account different things: original songs,  covers, production, packaging, artwork, liner notes, credits ... In fact, an album is more than a collection of songs.

10) This is really a global Celtic punk/rock albums list. There are albums sung in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Czech and Polish.

11) I intended to post a Top25, but then a lot of excellent albums wouldn't be on the list. So I have decided to extend the list to 35 albums.

This is the final list: 35 albums from all over the world:

23 from Europe (5 from the UK, 4 from Spain,  2 from the Czech Republic, 2 from Germany, 2 from Hungary, 2 from Switzerland, 1 from Belgium, 1 from France,
1 from The Netherlands, 1 from Poland, 1 from Sweden, 1 from Ukraine)
11 from North America (8 from the USA and 3 from Canada)
1 from Asia (Indonesia)

Reviews of 13Krauss "Seguir en pie" and The Tosspints "Have You Been Drinking" will be posted soon. Stay tuned!

01 - The Tossers "The Emerald City" Review
02 - The Black Tartan Clan "Don't Walk Alone" Review
03 - Bodh'aktan "Tant qu'il restera du rhum" Review
04 - Paddy and the Rats "Tales from the Docks" Review
05 - The Dead Rabbits "Tiocfaidh Ar La" Review
06 - Brick Top Blaggers "Two Years Enough" Review
07 - Lexington Field "No Man's War" Review
08 - SIR REG "21st Century Loser" Review
09 - Irish Moutarde "Raise'Em All" Review
10 - Celkilt "Everyday's St. Patrick's Day" Review
11 - The Vandon Arms "No Loyalty Among Thieves" Review
12 - Molly Malone's "Obled" Review
13 - Brutus' Daughters "Beating Beyond Folk Ashes" Review
14 - Gord Taylor "Gord Taylor featuring Patrick Kaczor-Santos" Review
15 - The Fatty Famers "Refarmatory" Review
16 - Bastards on Parade "Empty Bottles and Broken Things" Review
17 - The Lagan "Where's Your Messiah Now?" Review
18 - The Jack Ratts "Sail the Deadly Seas" Review
19 - The Cloves and The Tobacco "The Day with no Sun" Review
20 - Tortilla Flat "The Great Escape" Review
21 - Delilah's Revenge  "ST" Review
22 - The Royal Spuds "Wanted: Drunken'n'Alive" Review
23 - Loch Nesz "Dancing the Jawbreaker Jig" Review
24 - Cheers! "Wrong & Right" Review
25 - Stramash "The Lion Rises" Review
26 - Pint of Stout "Choose Your Devil" Free Download
27 - 13 Krauss "Seguir en pie"
28 - BlackEyed Dempseys "ST" Review
29 - Die Dödelsäcke "Volle Krauft Voraus" Review
30 - The Wakes "The Green and the Red" Review
31 - BlackPint "Orizzonte" Review
32 - The Devil's Rejects "13" Review
33 - The Tosspints "Have You Been Drinking"
34 - Benjaming's Clan "Století Páry" Review
35 - Paddy's Funeral "Celtic Voodoo" Review

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

Some interesting albums have not been rated. They are also Celtic rock albums but not so raucous. Anyway, they are fantastic albums:

Dravra's Wave "The Witches Recall" Review
The Fenians  "Take Me Home" Review
The Indulgers "Whiskey Tonight" Review

As I have previously said, no best-of/compilations albums have been rated. But, if I were you, I would download The Sunday Punchers "High Tides and B Sides", since it's a kick-ass album


I would like to thank ALL the bands for sending/sharing their music, and specially The Cloves and The Tobacco and Brutus' Daughters for mentioning Celtic Folk Punk and More on their albums liner notes. And obviously all the fans that have sent their leads and heads-up! about new albums. You know who you are.

Finally, a special THANK YOU to Beau from Lexington Field, for their support to every single Celtic punk/rock E-zine and podcast and to all the scene. Thank you Beau for making things easier to the people who write/talk about this kind of bands.