Pay Attention
Pay Attention is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on May 2, 2000 by Island Records.
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Released | May 2, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
Genre | Ska punk | |||
Length | 51:08 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Paul Q. Kolderie, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | |||
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Source | Rating |
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Ox-Fanzine | Favorable[2] |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It reached #74 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing
All songs written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman, except where noted.
- "Let Me Be" – 3:52
- "The Skeleton Song" – 3:01
- "All Things Considered" (Barrett, Nate Albert) – 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" (Barrett, Gittleman, Dennis Brockenborough) – 3:01
- "Bad News and Bad Breaks" – 3:33
- "Temporary Trip" – 2:27
- "Where You Come From" (Barrett, Albert) – 2:46
- "The Day He Didn't Die" (Barrett, Albert) – 3:24
Big Rig 12" Double Vinyl bonus tracks
- "The 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, backing vocals
- Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone, backing vocals
- Roman Fleysher – saxophone
- Dennis Brockenborough – trombone
- Joe Sirois – drums
- Ben Carr – Bosstone, vocals
- Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
- Johnny Goetchius – keyboards, backing vocals
- 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.
- "Riot on Broad Street" is based on the fights between Yankee firefighters and an Irish funeral procession on June 11, 1837.
gollark: I use this to remember the ten-ish things I somewhat need to remember but forget regularly.
gollark: What if spaced repetition system?
gollark: https://discord.com/channels/346530916832903169/348702212110680064/818877622683566085
gollark: You ARE to read that by the way.
gollark: Like the rust paper I posted earlier.
References
- Pay Attention at AllMusic
- Wessel, Lauri (June–August 2000). "Reviews: Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Pay Attention CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved May 26, 2019.
- Rolling Stone review
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