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If you like green beer and butt tattoos, then this is the perfect CD to add to your collection. Ceann na Caca is not your typical Irish rock band- but if they were, I probably wouldn't be reviewing them.

As much as I love the entire CD, and nearly every line in every song is either hilarious, or is building up to something hilarious- I can't pick out a single line that I love more than the others. I have, however, narrowed it down to three. 1. "It looks like a Leprechaun took a dump, right inside my beer" (Green Beer) 2. "I got a major miner shiner, from the father of a minor" (Schuylkill Fruit- go ahead, try to say that line out loud) 3. "Men with horn hats are so cool, everyone knows that Vikings rule" (The Need For Mead).

Of the twelve songs on this album, seven mention beer, an eighth references it, and of the four others two mention whiskey, one rum, and the other is all about butt tattoos. Warning: Do not take this CD to your AA meeting.

There isn't an ounce of punk, and minimal angst, but give it a try anyway. The music is bouncy, the lyrics will have you laughing long after the last song, and the whole thing is very entertaining. While there is a definite Celtic feel to the album, the humor in it has mass appeal. Or, at least, mass appeal to people who like Irish bars.

The band has labeled themselves as "Yankee-Irish Drinking Music" in a salute to both sides of their heritage, and being from Pittsburgh has only increased their popularity in the area. In fact, the first song on the album is entitled 31 (for Pittsburgh I am Bound), and they've devoted an entire song to girls of the Pennsylvania, New York, Washington DC, and New Jersey areas (Schuykill Fruit) in what I can only assume is also a tribute to the Beach Boys' California Girls.

While I would love to see some music videos from this band , and one member actually works as a music video producer, there is one line in Butt Tattoo that frightens me a little. "Your butt tattoo really blew me away". Please, for the love of all that is holy (or unholy if you prefer), resist the urge to illustrate!

It's impossible not to sing along to Green Beer and Pabst Blue Ribbon, and the lyric sheet includes illustrations to The Worst Pirate Song dance. And how can you not love a band that claims "Stonehenge was the first saloon" (The Need for Mead)?

Oh Ceann, you had me at Monongahela.