'' Pay Attention'' is the sixth studio album by

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (informally referred to as The Bosstones and often stylized as The Mighty Mighty BossToneS) were an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. From the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky ...

. It was released on May 2, 2000 by

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. The video for "So Sad to Say" premiered on

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's ''

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'' on April 25, 2000. In March and April 2001, the band held several shows in certain US cities as part of a multi-day club tour. It reached #74 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Track listing

All songs written by Dicky Barrett and

Joe Gittleman Joe Gittleman (born April 6, 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American musician, best known as the bass guitar player for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. His proficiency on bass earned him the nickname "the Bass Fiddleman." Career Gittlema ...

, except where noted. #"Let Me Be" – 3:52 #"The Skeleton Song" – 3:01 #"All Things Considered" (Barrett,

Nate Albert Nathan Albert (born 1970) is an American music executive, songwriter, producer and guitar player. He is currently the Executive Vice President of A&R at Warner Records a division of Warner Music Group. He was previously Executive Vice President o ...

) – 4:01 #"So Sad to Say" – 3:10 #"Allow Them" – 3:57 #"High School Dance" – 2:52 #"Over the Eggshells" – 2:59 #"She Just Happened" – 2:53 #"Finally" – 3:47 #"I Know More" – 3:08 #"Riot on Broad Street" – 3:13 #"One Million Reasons" (Barrett, Gittleman,

Dennis Brockenborough Dennis Brockenborough is an American musician who played trombone in The Mighty Mighty Bosstones for ten years and was an important contributor to the band's brass instrument-driven skacore sound. Brockenborough joined the Mighty Mighty Bossto ...

) – 3:01 #"Bad News and Bad Breaks" – 3:33 #"Temporary Trip" – 2:27 #"Where You Come From" (Barrett, Albert) – 2:46 #"The Day He Didn't Die" (Barrett, Albert) – 3:24

Big Rig 12" Double Vinyl bonus tracks

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

Australia CD bonus tracks

"Together" – 3:05 #"Just As Much" – 3:01

Personnel

* Dicky Barrett – lead vocals *

– guitars, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals *

Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton Tim Burton (born John Timothy Burton; 1963), known professionally as Johnny Vegas, is an American musician who played saxophone for the band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Burton was one of the four remaining founding band members when the Bosstone ...

– saxophone, backing vocals *Roman Fleysher – saxophone *

– trombone *

Joe Sirois Joe Sirois (born January 25, 1972) is an American drummer who plays with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He also played drums for the Boston-based band Street Dogs from 2004 to 2007. Sirois, who grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, knew Bosstone's f ...

– drums *Ben Carr – Bosstone, vocals *

Paul Q. Kolderie Paul Q. Kolderie is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, the Mighty Mighty Bosstone ...

– producer, engineer *

Johnny Goetchius John "JG" Goetchius is an American keyboardist, best known for his work with Boston ska-core band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Career Born and raised in Massachusetts, Goetchius played keys for a number of Boston bands throughout the 1980s and ...

– keyboards, backing vocals *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 Sean Slade (born 14 November 1957) is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. On many of his productions he worked in partnership with Paul Q. Kolderie. Career Slade was born in Lansing, Michigan, United States. He graduated from Y ...

– engineer *Fran Flannery – assistant engineer *Ted Paduck – assistant engineer * Andy Wallace – mixing *

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– mastering *Steve Sisco – assistant *

Joseph Cultice Joseph Cultice is an American photographer. Cultice began his photography career in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was inspired by his love of rock 'n' roll and pop icons like KISS and David Bowie. His first photo shoot was with rock band The Meat Pu ...

– 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

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on the big screen on

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, 2000. * " Riot on Broad Street" is based on the fights between Yankee firefighters and an Irish funeral procession on June 11, 1837.

References

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