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Medium Rare Compilation album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Released December 18, 2007 Recorded 1989 - 2007 Genre Ska punk Length 40:46 Label Big Rig Professional reviews The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology A Jackknife to a Swan
(2002)Medium Rare
(2007)Pin Points and Gin Joints
(2009)Medium Rare is a compilation album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, which was released on December 18, 2007 on Big Rig Records.[1] It contains three new songs, nine previously unreleased tracks, and some rare B-sides.[2] This is also the band's first release since they went on hiatus in 2003.
Contents
Track listing
- "This List" (4:21)
- "The Meaning" (2:34)
- "Don't Worry Desmond Dekker" (3:38)
- "To California" (3:11)
- "The One with the Woes All Over It" (2:59)
- "So Many Ways" (2:36)
- "A Reason to Toast" (2:58)
- "Who’s Fooling Who?" (2:33)
- "Katie"(3:10)
- "This Time of Year" (2:17)
- "Chocolate Pudding" (3:01)
- "Is It?" (2:52)
- "Favorite Records" (4:36)
Song information
- "This List", "Don't Worry Desmond Dekker", and "The One with the Woes All Over It" are brand new songs, recorded and produced by the Bosstones during the Fall of 2007.
- "The Meaning" and "Favorite Records" are B-sides from the Pay Attention sessions (2000). "The Meaning" was released as a vinyl bonus track on Pay Attention while "Favorite Records" is previously unreleased. It seems to be a song about Phil Spector.
- "To California" and "Katie" are previously unreleased tracks from A Jackknife to a Swan sessions (2002).
- "Is It?", "So Many Ways", and "Who's Fooling Who?" are B-sides from the Let's Face It sessions (1997). "Is It?" appears on the "The Impression That I Get" (Australian/UK) single (1997) and The Rascal King (US) 7" single (1998). "So Many Ways" appears on the second UK The Impression That I Get single (1997). An alternate version of "Who's Fooling Who?" appears on the compilation CD Mashin' Up the Nation, Best of American Ska Volumes 3 & 4 (1998).
- "This Time of Year" and "A Reason to Toast" were originally recorded in 2001 (along with other songs that would later appear on A Jackknife to a Swan). "This Time of Year" originally appears on a promotional Bosstones CD given out during the 2001 Hometown Throwdown and Santa Clause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas (2003). An extended version of "A Reason to Toast" appears on an EP split with Madcap (2001).
- "Chocolate Pudding" was a B-side from the Question the Answers sessions (1994). It originally appears as a bonus track on Question the Answers (Japanese import version), the "Kinder Words" single (1994), and the Here We Go Again EP (1995).
Personnel
- Dicky Barrett – vocals
- Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone
- Ben Carr – manager and "Bosstone"
- Joe Gittleman "the Bass Fiddleman" – bass guitar
- Lawrence Katz – guitar
- Joe Sirois – drums
- Chris Rhodes – trombone
- Roman Fleysher – saxophone
- Nate Albert – guitar
- Dennis Brockenborough – trombone
- Kevin Lenear – saxophone
- Dave Aaronoff – keyboards
References
Dicky Barrett · Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton · Ben Carr · Joe Gittleman · Lawrence Katz · Joe Sirois · Chris Rhodes · Kevin Lenear
Nate Albert · Dennis Brockenborough · Josh Dalsimer · Roman Fleysher · Tim BridewellDiscography Studio albums Devil's Night Out (1989) · More Noise and Other Disturbances (1992) · Don't Know How to Party (1993) · Question the Answers (1994) · Let's Face It (1997) · Pay Attention (2000) · A Jackknife to a Swan (2002) · Pin Points and Gin Joints (2009) · The Magic of Youth (2011)EPs and other releases Where'd You Go? (1992) · Ska-Core, the Devil, and More (1993) · Live from the Middle East (1998) · Medium Rare (2007)Singles "Someday I Suppose" · "Don't Know How to Party" · "A Man Without" · "Almost Anything Goes" · "Last Dead Mouse" · "Detroit Rock City" · "Kinder Words" · "Pictures to Prove It" · "Hell of a Hat" · "The Impression That I Get" · "The Rascal King" · "Royal Oil" · "Wrong Thing Right Then" · "Every Trick in the Book" · "So Sad to Say" · "She Just Happened" · "Fabled Barney and the Population" · "You Gotta Go!"Categories:- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones albums
- B-side compilation albums
- 2007 compilation albums
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