''Devil's Night Out'' is the debut 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 in 1990 by

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. It was one of the first albums to mix ska and hardcore punk.

Production

The album was produced by

Paul 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 Bos ...

. Jimmy Gestapo, of Murphy's Law, duets on "A Little Bit Ugly."

Critical reception

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called the album "an energetic, skankin' party album fusing ska with punk and hard rock, with more of an emphasis on ska than the band would show on later records." ''

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'' wrote that the album "doesn't blend ska and hardcore so much as it bashes them together." ''

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'' called it "a strong and confident debut."

Track listing

All tracks written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman #"Devil's Night Out" – 2:35 #"Howwhywuz, Howwhyam" – 2:32 #"Drunks And Children" – 2:36 #"Hope I Never Lose My Wallet" – 2:06 #"Haji" – 2:03 #"The Bartender's Song" – 2:16 #"Patricia" – 2:48 #"The Cave (Cognito Fiesta Version)" – 2:12 #"Do Somethin' Crazy" – 2:27 #"A Little Bit Ugly" – 3:47

Japan CD bonus tracks

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" – 2:26 #" Enter Sandman" – 2:57 *Previously available on '' Where'd You Go?'' EP.

Personnel

Dicky Barrett Richard Michael Barrett (born June 22, 1964), better known as Dicky Barrett, is an American singer who was the frontman of ska punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He was the announcer for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' until 2022. Barrett is known fo ...

– lead vocals, artwork *

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 ...

– guitar, backing vocals * Joe Gittleman – bass, backing vocals * Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone, backing vocals *Tim Bridewell – trombone *Josh Dalsimer – drums *Ben Carr – Bosstone, backing vocals * Davey Holmes – keyboards, backing vocals *Bill Conway – trombone, percussion, backing vocals *Vinny Nobile of the Bim Skala Bim – horns *Mike Costello – harmonica * Jimmy Gestapo – guest vocals on track 10 * Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, 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 Ya ...

– producer, engineer *Rob Dimit – engineer *R. Spencer – graphic design, layout design *Jane Gulick – design

References

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