Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album
Genre: Rock
Review
With No Doubt and Sublime having dominated the pop airwaves in 1996, it wasn't too much of a stretch for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones to hope for similar success, even if their sound was louder and heavier overall -- after all, they had been arguably the best-known ska band in the American underground for some time and had laid much of the groundwork for the style's commercial success. So the Bosstones took their time with Let's Face It, crafting a catchy, solidly written record with accessible mainstream production courtesy of longtime collaborator Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade. The results paid immediate dividends, with "The Impression That I Get" becoming a runaway smash on modern-rock radio and pushing the album into the Top 30 (it eventually went platinum). Some longtime fans complained that the band had toned down their manic metal tendencies too much in their push for mainstream acceptance, but really, Let's Face It simply draws more upon other influences the band had had all along. It's the Bosstones album most inspired by the British Two-Tone movement of the early '80s, when pop melodies and pleas for tolerance and equality were often as important as the grooves -- and that's certainly the case here, as the band turns in probably their most substantive set of lyrics to date. There are a few punky hard rock numbers, too, and even if they don't quite have the hard-partying energy of past efforts in that vein, they are well-constructed songs that keep the album's momentum flowing. Even if the production is a tiny bit slick, and the playing time is rather short (a little over half an hour), it's still difficult to view Let's Face It as anything but a rousing success and easily one of the band's best albums. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
Sean Slade (Engineer), Bob Ludwig (Mastering), Dan McLaughlin (?), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Producer), Paul Q. Kolderie (Engineer), Sean Slade (Producer), Paul Q. Kolderie (Producer), Brian Dewyer (?), John Rosenberg (?)
Let's Face It is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on March 11, 1997 by Mercury Records. This album sold very well due to the success of its single "The Impression That I Get", which reached #1 on the BillboardModern Rock Tracks chart. Also faring well were the album's other two singles, "Royal Oil" (#22) and "The Rascal King" (#7). The album itself reached #27 on the Billboard 200 (the only Bosstones' album to crack the Top 50).
The vinyl version of this album includes a bonus track, "Wrong Thing Right Then" which originally appeared on the soundtrack to the 1997 film, Meet the Deedles.
"Someday I Suppose" ·"Don't Know How to Party" ·"A Man Without" ·"Almost Anything Goes" ·"Last Dead Mouse" ·"Detroit Rock City" ·"Kinder Words" ·"Pictures to Prove It" ·"Hell of a Hat" ·"The Impression That I Get" ·"The Rascal King" ·"Royal Oil" ·"Wrong Thing Right Then" ·"Every Trick in the Book" ·"So Sad to Say" ·"She Just Happened" ·"Fabled Barney and the Population" ·"You Gotta Go!"
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