Let's Face It
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| Let's Face It | ||
| Studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | ||
| Released | March 11, 1997 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Ska-Core | |
| Length | 33:21 | |
| Label | Mercury Records | |
| Producer(s) | Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade |
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| The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology | ||
| Question the Answers (1994) |
Let's Face It (1997) |
Live from the Middle East (1998) |
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 Top 40. 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).
- "Noise Brigade"
- "The Rascal King"
- "Royal Oil"
- "The Impression That I Get"
- "Let's Face It"
- "That Bug Bit Me"
- "Another Drinking Song"
- "Numbered Days"
- "Break So Easily"
- "Nevermind Me"
- "Desensitized"
- "1-2-8"
- "Wrong Thing Right Then" (appears on Big Rig 12" vinyl edition - previously available on the soundtrack to Meet The Deedles)
- Dicky Barrett – vocals, artwork
- Nate Albert – guitar
- Joe Gittleman – bass guitar
- Joe Sirois – drums
- Tim Burton – saxophone
- Kevin Lenear – saxophone
- Dennis Brockenborough – trombone
- Ben Carr – Bosstone
- Paul Q. Kolderie – production
- Sean Slade – production
- 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 inspiration for "The Impression That I Get" was the killing of five at an abortion clinic in Massachusetts.[citation needed]
- "The Impression That I Get" was featured in the drumming video game Donkey Konga as well as Taiko Drum Master.