Pay Attention

Pay Attention
Studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Released	May 2, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Genre	Ska punk
Length	51:08
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)

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Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Pay Attention is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on May 2, 2000 by Island Records.

It reached #74 on the Billboard 200.

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, 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

17. "The Meaning" – 2:33
18. "The Skeleton Song (Demo)" – 3:10
19. "Simmer Down (Live)" – 2:29
20. "New England Memories" – 2:28

Australia CD bonus tracks

17. "Together" – 3:05
18. "Just As Much" – 3:01

Personnel

• Dicky Barrett – lead vocals
• Nate Albert – guitars, backing vocals
• Joe Gittleman – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone, backing vocals
• Roman Fleysher – saxophone
• Dennis Brockenborough – trombone, backing vocals
• Joe Sirois – drums
• Ben Carr – Bosstone
• Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
• Johnny Goetchius – keyboards
• 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.

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