1.Devil's Night Out (1989); 2.More Noise and Other Disturbances (1992); 3.Don't Know How to Party (1993); 4.Question the Answers (1994); 5.Let's Face It (1997); 6.Pay Attention (2000); 7.A Jackknife to a Swan (2002); 8.Pin Points and Gin Joints (2009)
Devil's Night Out
Released 1989, Length 25:23, Label Taang!
1.Devil's Night Out 2:35
2.Howwhywuz, Howwhyam 2:32
2.Howwhywuz, Howwhyam 2:32
3.Drunks And Children 2:36
4.Hope I Never Lose My Wallet 2:06
5.Haji 2:03
6.The Bartender's Song 2:16
7.Patricia 2:48
8.The Cave 2:12
9.Do Somethin' Crazy 2:27
10.A Little Bit Ugly 3:47
More Noise and Other Disturbances
Released 1992, Length 30:12, Label Taang!
1.Awfully Quiet 3:08
2.Where'd You Go 3:26
2.Where'd You Go 3:26
3.Dr. D 2:01
4.It Can't Hurt 2:28
5.What's at Stake 2:53
6.Cowboy Coffee 1:55
7.I'll Drink to That 3:10
8.Guns and the Young 2:22
9.He's Back 3:12
10.Bad in Plaid 2:04
11.They Came to Boston 3:30
Don't Know How to Party
Released May 18, 1993, Length 41:07, Label Mercury
1.Our Only Weapon 3:07
2.Last Dead Mouse 3:37
2.Last Dead Mouse 3:37
3.Don't Know How to Party 3:14
4.Someday I Suppose 3:28
5.A Man Without 2:47
6.Holy Smoke 2:52
7.Illegal Left 3:11
8.Tin Soldiers 3:24
9.Almost Anything Goes 4:11
10.Issachar 3:46
11.What Was Was Over 2:59
12.Seven Thirty Seven/Shoe Glue 4:32
Don't Know How to Party is the third full-length album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, which was released in 1993. It is their most heavy metal-influenced album. Don't Know How to Party was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' major label debut on Mercury Records, their first venture away from their original label Taang! Records.
The album reached #187 on the Billboard 200, and spawned several singles, including the Bosstones fan favorite—"Someday I Suppose" (#19 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks).
Question the Answers
Released October 4, 1994, Length 40:42, Label Mercury
1.Kinder Words 3:06
2.A Sad Silence 3:57
2.A Sad Silence 3:57
3.Hell of a Hat 3:54
4.Pictures to Prove It 3:16
5.We Should Talk 3:11
6.Dollar and a Dream 3:18
7.Stand Off 3:22
8.365 Days 3:10
9.Toxic Toast 3:47
10.Bronzing the Garbage 2:27
11.Dogs and Chaplains 3:01
12.Jump Through the Hoops 4:11
Question the Answers is the fourth album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, released on October 4, 1994.
Let's Face It
Released March 11, 1997, Length 33:21, Label Mercury/ Big Rig
1.Noise Brigade 2:16
2.The Rascal King 2:46
2.The Rascal King 2:46
3.Royal Oil 2:39
4.The Impression That I Get 3:15
5.Let's Face It 2:39
6.That Bug Bit Me 2:09
7.Another Drinkin 3:50
8.Numbered Days 3:10
9.Break So Easily 2:45
10.Nevermind Me 3:21
11.Desensitized 2:04
12.1-2-8 2:39
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 album has been certified platinum.
Pay Attention
Released May 2, 2000, Length 51:08, Label Island Def Jam
1.Let Me Be 3:52
2.The Skeleton Song 3:01
2.The Skeleton Song 3:01
3.All Things Considered 4:01
4.So Sad to Say 3:10
5.Allow Them 3:57
6.High School Dance 2:52
7.Over the Eggshells 2:59
8.She Just Happened 2:53
9.Finally 3:47
10.I Know More 3:08
11.Riot on Broad Street 3:13
12.One Million Reasons 3:01
13.Bad News and Bad Breaks 3:33
14.Temporary Trip 2:27
15.Where You Come From 2:46
16.The Day He Didn't Die 3:24
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.
A Jackknife to a Swan
Released July 9, 2002, Length 40:30, Label SideOneDummy
1.A Jackknife to a Swan 2:48
2.Mr. Moran 3:04
3.You Gotta Go! 2:42
4.Everybody's Better 3:41
5.Sugar Free 2:44
6.I Want My City Back 3:16
7.Chasing the Sun Away 3:28
8.You Can't Win 3:19
9.The Old School Off the Bright 2:26
10.The Punch Line 3:15
11.Go Big 2:52
12.Shit Outta Luck 2:57
13.Seven Ways to Sunday 3:58
Album title
The title A Jackknife to a Swan is a play on words, referring to both the elegant Olympic high dive and the theft of the famous metallic swan statues in Boston Common.
Reception
The album reached #131 on the Billboard 200, and #9 on the Top Independent Albums.
Pin Points and Gin Joints
1.Graffiti Worth Reading
2.Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah
2.Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah
3.The Route That I Took
4.You Left Right?
5.Too Many Stars
6.Your Life
7.I Wrote It
8.Not to Me on That Night
9.Wasted Summers
10.Sister Mary
11.It Will Be
12.The Death Valley Vipers
13.The Bricklayer's Story
14.A Pretty Sad Excuse
15.Feeling Today (Exclusive Vinyl Track)
Background
Joe Gittleman described the band's approach to the album in an interview: "We really want to make a fun, upbeat record with a lot of cool ska stuff. Songs I look forward to playing at shows." Dicky Barrett added that the songs reflect his "skewed and slightly distorted look at our world and life in general."
The Bosstones announced that they were working on an album on November 4, 2008, via a MySpace blog with two songs, "The Impossible Dream" and "Next to Nothing" streaming on the page. The band announced the completion of tracking on July 29. On October 16, 2009, the band announced the album's title along with a free download of one the songs titled "Graffiti Worth Reading".
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