Medium Rare (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones album)

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Medium Rare
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ReleasedDecember 18, 2007
Genre Ska punk
Length40:46
Label Big Rig
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology
A Jackknife to a Swan
(2002)
Medium Rare
(2007)
Pin Points and Gin Joints
(2009)

Medium Rare is a compilation album by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, released on December 18, 2007, on Big Rig Records. [1] It contains three new songs, nine previously unreleased tracks and some rare B-sides. [2] This is also the band's first release since they went on hiatus in 2003.

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Track listing

All songs were written and composed by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman.

  1. "This List" - 4:21
  2. "The Meaning" - 2:34
  3. "Don't Worry Desmond Dekker" - 3:38
  4. "To California" - 3:11
  5. "The One with the Woes All Over It" - 2:59
  6. "So Many Ways" - 2:36
  7. "A Reason to Toast" - 2:58
  8. "Who's Fooling Who?" - 2:33
  9. "Katie" - 3:10
  10. "This Time of Year" - 2:17
  11. "Chocolate Pudding" - 3:01
  12. "Is It?" - 2:52
  13. "Favorite Records" - 4:36

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