Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - A Jackknife to a Swan
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Artist: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Mighty Mighty BosstonesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-07-09
Music Label: Side One Dummy
Soundtracks:
- Jackknife To A Swan
- Mr. Moran
- You Gotta Go!
- Everybody's Better
- Sugar Free
- I Want My City Back
- Chasing The Sun Away
- You Can't Win
- The Old School Off The Bright
- The Punch Line
- Go Big
- S#%t Outta Luck
- 7 Ways To Sunday
Music reviews of A Jackknife to a Swan
Music Review: Classic Bosstones Sound
Rating: 4 Stars
This album brings the Bosstones full circle. It captures all the different sounds and styles from all there previous albums but never sounds stale or rehashed. I think it really has what every fan wants from there favorite bands: It contains all the qualities that made you love the music in the first place, and it continues in that vein but in a fresh and exciting way.
Dicky's voice sounds it's gravely best again. The last couple albums tried to soften his growl, but not so much here. The guitar sounds as sharp as a chainsaw when distorted and bright and sunny when clean. The horn section is warm and jumpy in all the right places.
The recording quality sounds great too, similar to "Question the Answers". Maybe there best sounding album of all as far as how it was recorded. I think "Pay Attention" suffered from the dreaded "over produced" sound.
After the third wave came crashing down and ska faded back out of popular consciousness, this album never got the attention it deserves. So if you're a Bosstones fan or just a fan of ska, don't let this one pass you by.
Standout Tracks: A Jackknife To A Swan, Mr. Moran, You Gotta Go!, Everybody's Better, Sugar Free, I Want My City Back, Chasing The Sun Away, The Punchline.
Description of A Jackknife to a Swan
As the title suggests, the punk, ska and reggae inflected album simultaneously makes a huge splash and gracefully cuts the surface with songcraft perfected over the bands last two albums. 2002.After six studio albums under their skinny leather belts, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have found themselves back at an indie label. The perplexing part of this equation is these once and future rude boys from Boston have never sounded better or more ready for prime time; their metal-ska punk has been honed to a fine, serrated edge, with much of the furious posturing of years past gone. Always a tight and flashy band, this time out the Bosstones have spent considerable time crafting a set of dynamic lyrics that are cinematic in scope, with a barely hidden moral center that shines brightly. Most of the tunes are small narrative slices of life that might have been "ripped from the headlines," like the gritty, ska-infused "Mr. Moran," based on the life of Mafia turncoat Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Bravano, who testified against mob boss John Gotti. The dark subject matter is skillfully integrated in the almost childlike sing-song delivery, with the occasional explosive expletive as reality check and a nod to subtle irony. Others tunes are cautionary tales, like the hard-charging "You Can't Win," which warns that there are different rules for normal folks and rich types: "They're wide awake while you're still in bed / They count the money while you count the sheep." They return again to this theme of the eternal war of "us versus them" on the acerbic "Punch Line," finally settling all questions of personal inequity on the poetic and uplifting "Everybody's Better." This standout song could have ambled off a Jamaican beach, with its casual rhythms and breezy horn section, but once again behind the deceptively simple melody lies profundity: "To be king, you don't need a castle. A true king rules without a crown." On this album, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones truly earn their second modifier and show themselves more than able rule all that they survey. --Jaan Uhelszki
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