Album of the weekend

Mighty Mighty Boss Tones-Let's Face It

This Mighty Mighty Boss Tones album was a bit controversial. It's thought of as too slick for their original fans and a bit of a "sell out" to their original sound and style. Bands are in a catch-22. They need to make money and there is nothing wrong with making money-but if they change their style while doing it, they are considered to be (with some accuracy) selling out for money and not "keeping it real". For what it's worth, I find this line of thinking both absurd and accurate. It happened to Green Day, Metallica, and to a small degree, the Mighty Mighty Boss Tones.

Ska is like a big band from the 1940's on crack. It was one of the first non-mainstream music genres I really got into because it's really big in Boston. If it's really big in Boston, it'll be really big in all of the northeast.

Let's Face It was certainly the album that brought the Mighty Mighty Boss Tones into the mainstream. Before Let's Face It, they released albums that were much louder and had more of a "frat boy" type of style. They were raw, undisciplined, and only cared about partying and being wrapped in plaid.

That's not to say this is a bad album-it's not. "The Rascal King" is one of my favorite songs of all time. Back in the late 90's-2000's it was actually my screen name on some forums and for AOL. The biggest hit on the album was "The Impression That I Get", which is another great song.

This album is ska for people who aren't really into the genre.