Float is the fourth studio album

Album

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 by the Irish-American punk

Punk rock

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 band Flogging Molly

Flogging Molly

Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish-descendant band from Los Angeles, California, that is currently signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records.-Early years:...

. It was released on March 4, 2008, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 album chart, selling about 48,000 copies in its first week It also reached number one on the Billboard Independent Chart and number two on the Billboard Alternative chart.

The album features a darker and more political subject matter, with less whimsical and punk-influenced music.

Track listing

1. "Requiem for a Dying Song" - 3:30
2. "(No More) Paddy's Lament" - 3:24
3. "Float" - 4:53
4. "You Won't Make a Fool Out of Me" - 2:43
5. "The Lightning Storm" - 3:29
6. "Punch Drunk Grinning Soul" - 4:20 (At the end features a 30-second performance by Tom Corrigan called "Rural Decay")
7. "Us of Lesser Gods" - 3:19
8. "Between a Man and a Woman" - 3:21
9. "From The Back of a Broken Dream" - 3:21
10. "Man With No Country" - 3:04
11. "The Story So Far" - 4:11

Reviews

"Float is one of the most important records of this year, if not the decade". -Alternative Press

"Flogging Molly’s blend of traditional Irish music and supersonic punk is guaranteed to propel you out of your seat and into a pogo-hopping frenzy." -Crawdaddy!

Charts

Album

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	27
Finland Albums Chart	26
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	45
New Zealand Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	37
Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	36
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	91
Belgium Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...	81
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	4