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Don't Know How to Party

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{{Infobox album

| name = Don't Know How to Party

| type = Album

| artist = the Mighty Mighty Bosstones

| cover = The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Know How to Party.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 18, 1993

| recorded = 1992–1993 at Dreamland Studios, Woodstock, New York

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

  • Ska punk{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=12 classic ska-punk albums to prepare you for the impending ska-punk revival |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/12-classic-ska-punk-albums-to-prepare-for-you-the-impending-ska-punk-revival/ |website=Brooklyn Vegan |access-date=February 1, 2022}}
  • heavy metal

| length = 41:07

| label = Mercury

| producer = Tony Platt

| prev_title = Ska-Core, the Devil, and More

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Question the Answers

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{Singles

| name = I Never Said Goodbye

| type = studio

| single1 = Someday I Suppose

| single1date = 1993

| single2 = Don't Know How to Party

| single2date = 1993

}}

}}

Don't Know How to Party is the third full-length album by the American ska punk band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, which was released in 1993. Don't Know How to Party was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' major label debut on Mercury Records, their first venture away from their original label Taang! Records. The album reached #187 on the Billboard 200, and spawned several singles, including the Bosstones fan favorite—"Someday I Suppose" (#19 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks). Lead singer Dicky Barrett would later state that, "When we made "Don't Know How to Party", no one knew where [we] [were] coming from."{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Michael |title=THE SKA'S THE LIMIT FOR MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-06-13-9706130404-story.html |access-date=January 28, 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=June 13, 1997}} Bassist Joe Gittleman stated that the album was "slower than [our] other records."{{cite news |last1=Considine |first1=J.D. |title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Plaid to the Bone : Pop music: The clothes, which came before the Mercury deal, are meant to reflect the band's diversity. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-25-ca-5256-story.html |access-date=January 28, 2022 |newspaper=LA Times |date=December 25, 1993}}

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-know-how-to-party-r170291/review|title=Don't Know How to Party The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|last=Huey|first=Steve|website=AllMusic|accessdate=3 March 2012}}

}}

Gregory Perez of the Tampa Bay Times said that the album "packs quite a wallop. While it isn't all ska, as Barrett is quick to point out, it is all Bosstones. Songs such as A Man Without and Issachar maintain the harder-than-calculus anthems that make live Bosstones shows such a brutal pleasure."{{cite news |last1=Perez |first1=Gregory |title=Those Mighty Mighty Men |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/06/26/those-mighty-mighty-men/ |access-date=January 28, 2022 |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=June 26, 1993}} AllMusic writer Steve Huey explained that "the lackluster songwriting renders this album necessary for diehards only."

Track listing

All tracks were written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman.

  1. "Our Only Weapon" – 3:07
  2. "Last Dead Mouse" – 3:37
  3. "Don't Know How to Party" – 3:14
  4. "Someday I Suppose" – 3:28
  5. "A Man Without" – 2:47
  6. "Holy Smoke" – 2:52
  7. "Illegal Left" – 3:11
  8. "Tin Soldiers" – 3:24 (Originally by Stiff Little Fingers)
  9. "Almost Anything Goes" – 4:11
  10. "Issachar" – 3:46
  11. "What Was Was Over" – 2:59
  12. "Seven Thirty Seven/Shoe Glue" – 4:32

=Big Rig 12" Vinyl bonus tracks=

  • "Someday I Suppose" – 3:26

    1. "Think Again" – 1:56
    2. "Lights Out" – 0:49
    3. "Police Beat" – 2:09
    4. "Simmer Down" – 3:34
    5. "Drugs and Kittens"/"I'll Drink to That" (Live) – 6:17
    6. "Howwhywuz Howwhyam" (Live) – 2:26

    • Personnel

    Charts

    =Album=

    class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

    !Chart (1993)

    !Peak
    position

    {{album chart|Billboard200|187|artist=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|rowheader=true|access-date=January 28, 2022}}
    {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|8|artist=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|rowheader=true|access-date=January 29, 2022}}

    =Singles=

    class="wikitable"
    Year

    !Single

    !Chart

    !Position

    rowspan="7"|1993

    |align="center" rowspan="1"|"Someday I Suppose"

    |align="center"| Modern Rock Tracks{{cite magazine |title=Modern Rock Tracks|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 28, 2022}}

    | style="text-align:center;"|19

    References

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    Category:1993 albums

    Category:The Mighty Mighty Bosstones albums

    Category:Mercury Records albums

    Category:Heavy metal albums by American artists

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