Chuck Lipsig of Green Man Review praised the previously unreleased song “Lovely Joan” as "one of the most intensely sensual, almost erotic, renditions I’ve heard of any traditional tune."[4] AllMusic's Chip Renner noted that Old Lead shows a progression from the raw sound of Boiled in Lead's first album to the more polished sound of its second.[1] Tim Walters of the guide MusicHound Folk stated that while the material on Old Lead is "less technically adept than their later releases," the band's "energy and inventiveness" are apparent.[3]
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| 1. | "The Man Who Was Boiled In Lead" | 4:12 |
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| 2. | "Banish Misfortune / The Road to Lisdoonvarna / O'Keefe's Slide" | 3:58 |
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| 3. | "Byker Hill" | 3:07 |
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| 4. | "Jamie Across The Water" | 2:03 |
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| 5. | "Arpad's Guz" | 1:39 |
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| 6. | "Over Under Sideways Down" | 2:38 |
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| 7. | "Walls Of Liscarroll / The Connachtman's Rambles" | 2:19 |
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| 8. | "Fisher's Hornpipe" | 3:08 |
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| 9. | "Tom And Jerry / Nine Points Of Roguery" | 3:16 |
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| 10. | "Twa Corbies" | 3:27 |
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| 11. | "As I Roved Out" | 4:09 |
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| 12. | "The Galtee Set" | 2:35 |
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| 13. | "House-Husband's Lament (Rockin' The Cradle)" | 4:14 |
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| 14. | "French Tunes" | 2:44 |
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| 15. | "Castle Kelly" | 4:39 |
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| 16. | "Shamrock Shore" | 3:11 |
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| 17. | "The Gypsy Rover" | 3:13 |
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| 18. | "Bank and Star" | 1:45 |
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| 19. | "Texas" | 2:41 |
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| 20. | "Preacher on a Pony" | 3:12 |
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| 21. | "Go! Move! Shift! (The Moving-on Song)" | 3:34 |
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| 22. | "Jenny Pluck Pears" | 2:39 |
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| 23. | "New Polkas" | 2:32 |
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| 24. | "Lovely Joan" | 2:30 |
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