Pay Attention

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Pay Attention
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Studio album by
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
ReleasedMay 2, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Genre Ska punk, ska-core [1]
Length51:08
Label Island
Producer Paul Q. Kolderie, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology
Live from the Middle East
(1998)		Pay Attention
(2000)		 A Jackknife to a Swan
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Ox-Fanzine Favorable [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Wall of Sound 71/100 [6]

Pay Attention is the sixth studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on May 2, 2000 by Island Records. The video for "So Sad to Say" premiered on MTV's 120 Minutes on April 25, 2000. [7] In March and April 2001, the band held several shows in certain US cities as part of a multi-day club tour. [8]

Contents

It reached #74 on the Billboard 200.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All songs written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman, except where noted.

  1. "Let Me Be" – 3:52
  2. "The Skeleton Song" – 3:01
  3. "All Things Considered" (Barrett, Nate Albert) – 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" (Barrett, Gittleman, Dennis Brockenborough) – 3:01
  13. "Bad News and Bad Breaks" – 3:33
  14. "Temporary Trip" – 2:27
  15. "Where You Come From" (Barrett, Albert) – 2:46
  16. "The Day He Didn't Die" (Barrett, Albert) – 3:24

Big Rig 12" Double Vinyl bonus tracks

  2. "The Meaning" – 2:33
  3. "The Skeleton Song (Demo)" – 3:10
  4. "Simmer Down (Live)" – 2:29
  5. "New England Memories" – 2:28

Australia CD bonus tracks

  2. "Together" – 3:05
  3. "Just As Much" – 3:01

Personnel

Notes/Trivia

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References

  1. ↑ Drozdowski, Ted (May 2000). "United Colors of Beantown". CMJ New Music Monthly . No. 81. p. 47. Cut for cut, Pay Attention is another step in songwriting evolution for the once-plaid-clad architects of the fusion of punk rock and Afro-Caribbean dance music known as skacore.
  2. ↑ Pay Attention at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Travers, Paul (April 29, 2000). "Albums". Kerrang! . No. 799. EMAP. p. 45.
  4. ↑ Wessel, Lauri (June–August 2000). "Reviews: Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Pay Attention CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  5. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  6. ↑ Remstein, Bob. "Review: Pay Attention". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on April 15, 2001. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Dicky TV, So Pay Attention". Punknews.org. April 25, 2000. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  8. ↑ White, Adam (February 19, 2001). "Your Town Throwdown". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
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