Mighty Mighty Bosstones - A Jackknife to a Swan
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Artist: 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
Free Music Notes for A Jackknife to a Swan
Free Music Review: Return to their Classic Ska-Core Sound
Hit: 5 Stars
A Jackknife to a Swan marks the Bosstones' return to the ska-core sound that they made their own in the early 90's. This album follows the experimental, Pay Attention which was released in 2000. Like their 3rd wave couterparts Reel Big Fish, A Jackknife to a Swan also marks a lineup change in the Bosstones, trombone player Dennis Brockenborough is replaced by Chris Rhodes formerly of Spring Heeled Jack and even though Lawrence Katz replaced Nate Albert in 2000, Jackknife is the first album with the Bosstones that he played on and helped write. Both players also make their presence known, Chris with his vocals and Lawrence with his searing guitar parts. The new members also enhance the band which features singer Dicky Barrett, bassist Joe Gittleman, drummer Joe Sirois, and sax players Tim 'Johnny Vegas' Burton and Roman Fleysher. A Jackknife to a Swan: 10/10, one of the best songs on the album, a perfect way to start, it has a really catchy chorus
Mr. Moran: 10/10, written about Sammy the Bull Gravano, the infamous mafia boss, another excellent song, has some really good lyrics, and Lawrence's guitar playing is realy strong on it
You Gotta Go: 9/10, first single, sounds somewhat like their other singles, ie. Impression that I Get, So Sad to Say, but a great song none the less
Everybody's Better: 10/10, after three fast songs this is the midtempo one that slows everything down, it's a great song too, and Chris' vocals on it are awesome
Sugar Free: 10/10, classic Bosstones sound, one of the first songs released from this album on the Atticus compilation, gave a preview of things to come
I Want My City Back: 10/10, an ode to their hometown of Boston, most people consider this song to be filler, but it's actually one of my favorite's on the album, Dicky wrote great lyrics for this song
Chasing the Sun Away: 10/10, another midtempo song, but amazing as well, shows of the horns and has a great singalong chorus
You Can't Win: 8/10, going back to thier ska core roots on this song, very hard, great horns, and background vocals
Old School Off the Bright: 10/10, another one of my favorites on the album, the music is amazing, the horns are top notch and the drums sound great as well, this song is also a great show opener, both times I've seen them they opened with this
The Punch Line: 7/10, this is where the album starts to drag, this isn't a horrible song but it's definately not one of their best, but it's good none the less
Go Big: 2/10, one of the weakest Bosstones songs ever, I think, the lyrics are dumb and the music isn't that good, whenever i hear this song i think one thing........filler
S@*t Outta Luck: 6/10, One of the weaker songs on the album, usually the song i skip when listening straight through, not as bad as Go Big though
7-Ways to Sunday: 4/10, the acoustic song on the album, sounds like they were trying to do something similar to A Little bit Ugly with this one, not that good though
Even though the album drags towards the end, the first 9 songs make it worth it, and even the songs with the low ratings are still worth a listen, for anyone that loves ska especially 3rd wave, you'll appreciate this album
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