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Pay Attention
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- Artist: Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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- Release Date: May 02, 2000
- Total Time: 51:09
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rock
Review
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' newfound willingness to take their time working out material paid off with Let's Face It, and thus, Pay Attention didn't appear until three years later. Even if ska's commercial momentum had slowed, the album was still worth the wait. Thanks to the band's tight quality control, the tunes here are catchy, but not quite as immediately poppy as much of Let's Face It -- there's more punk and hard rock, with ska rhythms more integral to some tracks than others. The party anthems of yesteryear are pretty much gone, but in their place is a tone of reflective maturity; personal and social concerns are given an equal airing, and the band's sense of humor is still very much in evidence. Moreover, the Bosstones are still trying new musical approaches, as evidenced by the summery island feel of "She Just Happened" and the surprising Irish turn of "Riot on Broad Street." Other highlights include the alternately swinging and skanking opener "Let Me Be," the hard-rocking lead single "So Sad to Say," the bouncy sing-along "Where You Come From," the up-tempo "The Skeleton Song," and the poignant (yet not overly sentimental) album closer "The Day He Didn't Die." A few weaker numbers could have been trimmed without making the album seem short; also, a fairly large percentage of the songs would simply sound like catchy hard rock if the horn section was removed. Then again, it's not the first time the Bosstones have recorded material like that, and in the end, it's hard to see Pay Attention as anything less than the band's third high-quality album in a row. ~ Steve Huey, All Music GuideTracks
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Producer), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Main Performer),| WordNet: pay attention |
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| Studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | ||||
| Released | May 2 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999-2000 | |||
| Genre | Ska punk | |||
| Length | 51:08 | |||
| Label | Island Def Jam | |||
| Producer | Paul Q. Kolderie, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | |||
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Pay Attention is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on May 2, 2000 by Island Def Jam Records.
It reached #74 on the Billboard 200.[citation needed]
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Track listing
- "Let Me Be" - 3:52
- "The Skeleton Song" - 3:01
- "All Things Considered" - 4:01
- "So Sad to Say" - 3:10
- "Allow Them" - 3:57
- "High School Dance" - 2:52
- "Over the Eggshells" - 2:59
- "She Just Happened" - 2:53
- "Finally" - 3:47
- "I Know More" - 3:08
- "Riot on Broad Street" - 3:13
- "One Million Reasons" - 3:01
- "Bad News and Bad Breaks" - 3:33
- "Temporary Trip" - 2:27
- "Where You Come From" - 2:46
- "The Day He Didn't Die" - 3:24
Big Rig 12" Double Vinyl bonus tracks
- "Meaning" - 2:33
- "The Skeleton Song (Demo)" - 3:10
- "Simmer Down (Live)" - 2:29
- "New England Memories" - 2:28
Australia CD bonus tracks
- "Together" - 3:05
- "Just As Much" - 3:01
Personnel
- Dicky Barrett – lead vocals
- Nate Albert – guitars, backing vocals
- Joe Gittleman – bass guitar, backing vocals
Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone, backing vocals- Roman Fleysher – saxophone
- Dennis Brockenborough – trombone, backing vocals
- Joe Sirois – drums
- Ben Carr – Bosstone
- Paul Q. Kolderie - producer, engineer
- Johnny Goetchius - keyboards
- Rolf Langsjoen - trumpet
- John Allen - vocals on track 11
- Paul Scarpino - acoustic guitar on track 11
- Ernie Wilson - bass guitar on track 11
- Bob Richards - drums on track 11
- Nat Freedberg - backing vocals on track 9
- Mark Higgins - musician
- Billy O'Malley - musician
- Andrew Schneider - engineer
- Sean Slade - engineer
- Fran Flannery - assistant engineer
- Ted Paduck - assistant engineer
- Andy Wallace - mixing
- Howie Weinberg - mastering
- Steve Sisco - assistant
- Joseph Cultice - photography
- Bill Horsman - photography
Notes/Trivia
- This was the last album recorded with guitarist Nate Albert, trombonist Dennis Brockenborough, and the first with Roman Fleysher on saxophone. It was also the band's last on a major label.
- "So Sad To Say", the first single off this album, made its debut at Fenway Park on the big screen on Opening Day, 2000.
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