Let's Face It

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Let's Face It
Studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Released	March 11, 1997
Genre	Ska punk
Length	33:21
Label	Mercury Records
Producer	Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology
Question the Answers (1994) Let's Face It (1997) Live from the Middle East (1998)
Singles from Let's face it
"The Impression That I Get" "The Rascal King" "Royal Oil"

Let's Face It is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on March 11, 1997 by Mercury Records. This album sold very well due to the success of its single "The Impression That I Get", which reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. 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).

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 12" Vinyl bonus track 2 Personnel 3 Trivia

[edit] Track listing

1. "Noise Brigade" - 2:16 (Dicky Barrett, Dennis Brockenborough, Joe Gittleman, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)
2. "The Rascal King" - 2:46 (Barret, Gittleman, Bosstones)
3. "Royal Oil" - 2:39 (Barrett, Nate Albert, Bosstones)
4. "The Impression That I Get" - 3:15 (Barrett, Gittleman, Bosstones)
5. "Let's Face It" - 2:39 (Barrett, Albert, Bosstones)
6. "That Bug Bit Me" - 2:09 (Barrett, Albert, Bosstones)
7. "Another Drinkin' Song" - 3:50 (Barrett, Gittleman, Bosstones)
8. "Numbered Days" - 3:10 (Barrett, Albert, Bosstones)
9. "Break So Easily" - 2:45 (Barret, Brockenborough, Bosstones)
10. "Nevermind Me" - 3:21 (Barrett, Gittleman, Bosstones)
11. "Desensitized" - 2:04 (Barrett, Tim Burton, Bosstones)
12. "1-2-8" - 2:39 (Barrett, Gittleman, Bosstones)

[edit] 12" Vinyl bonus track

13. "Wrong Thing Right Then" - 3:12
    • Previously available on the soundtrack to Meet the Deedles.

[edit] Personnel

• Dicky Barrett – lead vocals, artwork
• Nate Albert – guitar, backing vocals
• Joe Gittleman – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone, backing vocals
• Kevin Lenear – saxophone, backing vocals
• Dennis Brockenborough – trombone, backing vocals
• Joe Sirois – drums
• Ben Carr – Bosstone

• Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
• Sean Slade – producer, engineer
• Brian Dewyer - trumpet
• Dan McLaughlin - musician
• John Rosenberg - musician
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Louis Marino - design
• Danny Clinch - photography

[edit] Trivia

• The inspiration for "The Rascal King" was James Michael Curley, a politician from Boston, Massachusetts "[1]
• The vinyl version of this album includes a bonus track, "Wrong Thing Right Then" which originally appeared on the soundtrack to the 1997 film, Meet the Deedles.
• "The Impression That I Get" was featured in the drumming video game Donkey Konga as well as Taiko Drum Master.
• "The Rascal King" is currently used as the intro music for The Adam Carolla Podcast

v • d • e The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Dicky Barrett · Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton · Ben Carr · Joe Gittleman · Lawrence Katz · Joe Sirois · Chris Rhodes · Kevin Lenear Nate Albert · Dennis Brockenborough · Josh Dalsimer · Roman Fleysher · Tim Bridewell Discography Studio albums Devil's Night Out (1989) · More Noise and Other Disturbances (1992) · Don't Know How to Party (1993) · Question the Answers (1994) · Let's Face It (1997) · Pay Attention (2000) · A Jackknife to a Swan (2002) EPs and other releases Where'd You Go? (1991) · Ska-Core, the Devil, and More (1993) · Live from the Middle East (1998) · Medium Rare (2007) Singles "Someday I Suppose" · "Don't Know How to Party" · "A Man Without" · "Almost Anything Goes"  · "Last Dead Mouse" · "Detroit Rock City" · "Kinder Words" · "Pictures to Prove It" · "Hell of a Hat" · "The Impression That I Get"  · "The Rascal King" · "Royal Oil" · "Wrong Thing Right Then" · "Every Trick in the Book" · "So Sad to Say" · "She Just Happened" · "Fabled Barney and the Population" · "You Gotta Go!"