PAY ATTENTION
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
(UNI/MERCURY/POLYGRAM)
You can always rely on The Mighty Mighty Bosstones for delivering high-energy party music, which explains their status as frat-house favourites.
But with their latest album, it's becoming increasing obvious this Boston octet have plateaued in the immediate vacinity of mediocrity.
Their punk-rock riffing remains strictly pedestrian, their reggae rhythms surprisingly stilted, their songwriting functional but hardly inspired.
Still, that's preferable to their clumsy stab at Celtic-rock on the dire Riot on Broad Street, which would make Great Big Sea break out in howls of derisive laughter.
Hence why the Bosstones are best enjoyed after consuming a keg or two.
Track Listing
1. Let Me Be
02.The Skeleton Song
03.All Things Considered
04.So Sad To Say
05.Allow Them
06.High School Dance
07.Over The Eggshells
08.She Just Happened
09.Finally
10.I Know More
11.Riot On Broad Street
12.One Million Reasons
13.Bad News And Bad Breaks
14.Temporary Trip
15.Where You Come From
16.The Day He Didn't Die