Pay Attention (2000)

About this title: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' newfound willingness to take their time working out material paid off with Let's Face It, and thus, Pay Attention didn't appear until three years later. Even if ska's commercial momentum had slowed, the album was still worth the wait. Thanks to the band's tight quality control, the tunes here are catchy, but not quite as immediately poppy as much of Let's Face It -- there's more punk and hard rock, with ska rhythms more integral to some tracks than others. The party anthems of yesteryear are pretty much gone, but in their place is a tone of reflective maturity; ... read more

Tracks:

1. Let Me Be [Barrett/Gittleman]
2. The Skeleton Song [Barrett/Gittleman]
3. All Things Considered [Barrett/Albert/Migh]
4. So Sad to Say [Barrett/Gittleman]
5. Allow Them [Barrett/Gittleman]
6. High School Dance [Barrett/Gittleman]
7. Over the Eggshells [Barrett/Gittleman]
8. She Just Happened [Barrett/Gittleman]
9. Finally [Barrett/Gittleman]
10. I Know More [Barrett/Gittleman]
11. Riot on Broad Street [Barrett/Gittleman]
12. One Million Reasons [Barrett/Brockenbrou]
13. Bad News and Bad Breaks [Barrett/Gittleman]
14. Temporary Trip [Barrett/Gittleman]
15. Where You Come From [Barrett/Albert/Migh]
16. The Day He Didn't Die [Barrett/Albert/Migh]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.