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]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Man Who Was Boiled In Lead"
4:12
2.
"Banish Misfortune / The Road to Lisdoonvarna / O'Keefe's Slide"
^Larkin, Colin, ed. (1995). "Boiled in Lead". The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. Middlesex, England: Guinness Publishing. pp. 727–728.
^ abWalters, Neal; Mansfield, Brian; Walters, Tim (1998). MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 75. ISBN1-57859-037-X.
