''The Magic of Youth'' is the ninth studio album from

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band

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, released on December 6, 2011 on

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. The album was released in whole mainland Europe on December 6 via

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. One of the cartoon characters featured on the back cover is a tribute to and caricature of the late "Uncle Frank" Potenza, cast member and uncle of the titular host of ''

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'', for which

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was the announcer. Potenza died four months before the album's release.

Track listing

# "The Daylights" (

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 ...

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 ...

) - 2:21 # "Like a Shotgun" (Barrett, Gittleman, Lawrence Katz) - 3:15 # "Disappearing" (Barrett, Gittleman, Kevin Lenear) - 3:26 # "Sunday Afternoons on Wisdom Ave." (Barrett, Gittleman,

Chris Rhodes Chris Rhodes is a trombone player from New Haven, Connecticut best known for playing trombone in several notable ska bands including Spring Heeled Jack, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bim Skala Bim and the Toasters as well as Connecticut funk band, ...

) - 3:36 # "They Will Need Music" (Barrett, Gittleman) - 3:45 # "The Package Store Petition" (Barrett, Gittleman, Rhodes) - 3:12 # "The Horseshoe and the Rabbit's Foot" (Barrett, Gittleman) - 3:57 # "The Magic of Youth" (Barrett, Gittleman, Rhodes) - 3:10 # "The Upper Hand" (Barrett, Gittleman, Burton) - 3:16 # "The Ballad of Candlepin Paul" (Barrett, Gittleman, Lenear) - 3:24 # "Open and Honest" (Barrett, Gittleman, Lenear) - 2:51 # "I Should Have Said Something" (Barrett, Gittleman) - 2:44† † available only on the vinyl edition of the album.

Personnel

– lead vocals * Lawrence Katz – guitar, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals *

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 *

– saxophone * Kevin Lenear – saxophone *

– trombone * Ben Carr – bosstone

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magic Of Youth 2011 albums The Mighty Mighty Bosstones albums