Pay Attention (Explicit Version)

Mighty Mighty Bosstones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2011)
• Original Release Date: May 2, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island Def Jam
• ASIN: B00004SSTB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,291 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #90 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Ska Punk
  • #94 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Third Wave Ska

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pay attention to pay attention before you bash it..., June 13, 2002

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Marty (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pay Attention (Explicit Version) (Audio CD)

Pay Attention is probobly my favorite album. How can one say that the fact that it has sixteen tracks makes it bad? Jeeze dude, I wish they didn't cut 'Meaning' 'Just As Much' and 'Together' from the album... Pay attention is not an 'upbeat' or 'poppy' album. As a matter of fact, this album is possibly the darkest one they've made yet. Question the Answers dealt with problems in society, Pay Attention deals with personal grief, jealousy, anger, regret, and pretty much every negative emotion an individual is capable of...

The album kicks off with 'Let Me Be' a song about losing control and just wanting to be left alone... The Skeleton Song is about someone's dark secrets being discovered... 'All Things Considered' is an admiration of an older man who rants and rambles, 'so sad to say' is the power song of the album talking about love lost, which as everyone knows is quite painful... Allow Them is the best song on this album. It is a song about disgust with the innerworkings of corporate america (it makes me chuckle considering the Enron scandal... etc...) 'Highschool Dance' is about teenage neglect, 'Over the Eggshells' is about being caught redhanded, 'Finally' is a sort of empty-worded personal triumph of finally having the guts to do something, 'I Know More' is about a person regreting their past and knowing that they knew so little about life back in the day... 'Riot On Broadstreet' discusses a violent riot that occured in Boston; 'One Million Reasons' is a song i really like (but 99% of everyone else hates) about a man trying to stop their loved one from leaving, but coming upon the realization that no matter how many reasons or arguments he tries to make with her, its useless, and that it is time to let go. 'Bad News and Bad Breaks' offers a little bit of an uplifting message after the depression of 'one million reasons' ... 'temporary trip' and 'where you come from' are very rad songs with cool;fun chorus' ... The Day He Didn't Die is one of the best songs the bosstones have ever made, its emotional, but its slow sorrowful emotion not, 'waaa my g/f dumped me' emotion...

All in all... Pay Attention is a rockin' Bosstones album, and A Jackknife To A Swan looks like it's going to contrast this album completely....

Get this album, ...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the fans!, June 11, 2000

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Elaine Raisch (WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pay Attention (Explicit Version) (Audio CD)

I have to take a stance somewhere between the critics and diehard fans. ;) This latest Bosstones album is incredibly fun, with wonderful works like 'The Skeleton Song' and the much-overlooked 'Where You Come From'. However, many of the later tracks on the album simply seem to blend together in a lousy punk/ska blur. The album certainly would have done much better with a few more tempo changes! It's hard to pick a rating, since this album's so full of contradictions. It has some *wonderful*, classic Bosstone lyrics in 'Where You Come From' and 'All Things Considered', but I have to agree that some of the lyrics make you wonder what they were on at the time. ("Right now I'm feeling like an ant/Let em ramble let me rant" --Let Me Be) Despite its problems, there's still plenty of fun and even good ole' Bosstone insight in the CD. If you've never listened to TMMBT before you might do better buying _Let's Face It_ or _Question the Answers_. However, fans of the 'Tones deffinately shouldn't miss this one. Hope this helps!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A highly energetic, upbeat romp, August 21, 2000

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[e-mail] (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pay Attention (Explicit Version) (Audio CD)

Following up a breakout album is always a tough job, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have not quite matched the smash "Let's Face It" with their new release, but they have produced a strong album that should satisfy any fan. Ska is slipping to the background as straight ahead punk/pop begins to dominate the band's sound. This is all right because the best songs here are the more convential pop/rockers "So Sad to Say" and "I Know More". Although a few songs are overdone towards the thrash end of the genre, for the most part this is a highly energetic, upbeat romp along the fence between ska and rock and roll.