Devil's Night Out
{{Short description|The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 1990 debut studio album}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Devil's Night Out
| type = Album
| artist = the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
| cover = Mmbdevilsnightout.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded = 1989
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 25:23
| label = Taang!
| producer = Paul Q. Kolderie
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Where'd You Go?
| next_year = 1991
}}
Devil's Night Out is the debut studio album by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-mn0000891032/biography|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/08/17/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-complete-an-album-trilogy-they-started-nearly-10-years-ago|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Complete a Trilogy They Started Nearly 10 Years Ago|first=Jeff|last=Niesel|work=Cleveland Scene}} It was released in 1989 by Taang! Records. It was one of the first albums to mix ska and hardcore punk.
Production
The album was produced by Paul Kolderie.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&dq=devil%27s+night+out+mighty+mighty+bosstones&pg=PA495|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=November 22, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076}} Jimmy Gestapo, of Murphy's Law, duets on "A Little Bit Ugly".
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/devils-night-out-mw0000674336|title=Devils Night Out The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|website=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=747}}
|rev3 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=757}}
|rev4 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=542}}
}}
AllMusic called the album "an energetic, skankin' party album fusing ska with punk and hard rock, with more of an emphasis on ska than the band would show on later records." The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that the album "doesn't blend ska and hardcore so much as it bashes them together." Trouser Press called it "a strong and confident debut."{{cite web |title=Mighty Mighty Bosstones |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/mighty-mighty-bosstones/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=22 November 2020}}
Track listing
All tracks written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman
- "Devil's Night Out" – 2:35
- "Howwhywuz, Howwhyam" – 2:32
- "Drunks and Children" – 2:36
- "Hope I Never Lose My Wallet" – 2:06
- "Haji" – 2:03
- "The Bartender's Song" – 2:16
- "Patricia" – 2:48
- "The Cave (Cognito Fiesta Version)" – 2:12
- "Do Somethin' Crazy" – 2:27
- "A Little Bit Ugly" – 3:47
=Japan CD bonus tracks=
- "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" – 2:26
- "Enter Sandman" – 2:57
- Previously available on Where'd You Go? EP.
Personnel
- Dicky Barrett – lead vocals, artwork
- Nate Albert – guitar, backing vocals
- Joe Gittleman – bass, backing vocals
- Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone, backing vocals
- Tim Bridewell – trombone
- Josh Dalsimer – drums
- Ben Carr – Bosstone, backing vocals
- Davey Holmes – keyboards, backing vocals
- Bill Conway – trombone, percussion, backing vocals
- Vinny Nobile of the Bim Skala Bim – horns
- Mike Costello – harmonica
- Jimmy Gestapo – guest vocals on track 10
- Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
- Sean Slade – producer, engineer
- Rob Dimit – engineer
- R. Spencer – graphic design, layout design
- Jane Gulick – design
References
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