The Meanest of Times

The Meanest of Times
The Meanest of Times
Studio album by Dropkick Murphys
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	April – June 2007
Studio	The Outpost (Stoughton)
Genre	Celtic punk
Length	46:27
Label	Born & Bred
Producer	Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys chronology
Alternative cover
	Limited edition cover
Singles from The Meanest of Times
	"The State of Massachusetts"; Released: February 4, 2008; "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya"; Released: 2008;

The Meanest of Times is the sixth studio album by American celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys. It was released on September 18, 2007, through their vanity label, Born & Bred Records, a division of Cooking Vinyl Records.^[2] The album was their first to not be released through Hellcat Records and their last to feature guitarist Marc Orrell, who left the band following the tour in support of the album. The picture on the album's cover was taken at Saint Brendan School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, close to Quincy, Massachusetts whence the band hails. Local kids posed in the picture.^{[citation needed]}