More Noise and Other Disturbances
{{Short description|1992 studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = More Noise and Other Disturbances
| type = Album
| artist = The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
| cover = Mmbmorenoiseandotherdisturbances.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Ska, punk rock{{cite web |last1=Burrows |first1=Alex |title=The 10 Essential 90s US Punk Albums |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-essential-90s-us-punk-albums |website=Louder Sound |access-date=February 1, 2022}}
| length = 30:12
| label = Taang!
| producer = Paul Q. Kolderie
| prev_title = Where'd You Go?
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Ska-Core, the Devil, and More
| next_year = 1993
}}
More Noise and Other Disturbances is the second studio album by the American band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.{{cite news |last1=Hawkins |first1=Robert J. |title=8 rocking guys dressed in plaid |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=February 15, 1992 |page=F6}}{{cite news |last1=Violanti |first1=Anthony |title=Who's the Boss |work=The Buffalo News |date=February 21, 1992 |page=G5}} It was released in 1992 by Taang! Records.{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Jim |title=Boston Rock Bands Making Their Move |work=The Boston Globe |date=7 Feb 1992 |department=Arts & Film |page=39}} It was a hit on college radio.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Michael |title='Sound of Youth Unleashed' Coming |work=The State |date=April 3, 1992 |location=Columbia |page=17D}} "Where'd You Go" was released as a single.{{cite news |last1=Romandetta |first1=Julie |title=Hub group proof that hot bands do wear plaid |work=Boston Herald |date=April 10, 1992 |page=S17}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Huey |first1=Steve |title=More Noise and Other Disturbances Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/more-noise-and-other-disturbances-mw0000083486 |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 1, 2022}}
|rev2 = Deseret News
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news |last1=Vice |first1=Jeff |title=Releases Show Continuing Evolution of Punk Rock |work=Deseret News |date=March 14, 1992 |page=A6}}
}}
The Washington Post wrote that the horns "are the most stylistically consistent thing on the album, which hops across a variety of bouncy or slamming genres, from the hardcore of 'Guns and the Young' to the hip-hop of 'Bad in Plaid'."{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Boston's Bosstones 'Awfully' Fun Pop |work=The Washington Post |date=14 Aug 1992 |page=N19}} The Deseret News deemed More Noise and Other Disturbances "a bristling mix of punk rock, rock, funk and ska."
Tiny Mix Tapes called the album, along with Question the Answers, "the band’s best work," and wrote that they both "[hold] up surprisingly well."{{cite web |last1=Brusie |first1=David |title=1992: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - More Noise and Other Disturbances |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/delorean/mighty-mighty-bosstones-more-noise-and-other-disturbances |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=February 1, 2022}}
Track listing
- "Awfully Quiet" (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) – 3:08
- "Where'd You Go" (Dicky Barrett, Nate Albert) – 3:26
- "Dr. D" (Barrett, Joe Gittleman) – 2:01
- "It Can't Hurt" (Barrett, Gittleman) – 2:28
- "What's at Stake" – 2:53 (Originally by Slapshot)
- "Cowboy Coffee" (Barrett, Gittleman) – 1:55
- "I'll Drink to That" (Barrett, Gittleman) – 3:10
- "Guns and the Young" (Barrett, Albert) – 2:22
- "He's Back" (Barrett, Albert, Gittleman) – 3:12
- "Bad in Plaid" (Barrett, Dennis Brockenborough) – 2:04
- "They Came to Boston" (Barrett, Albert) – 3:30
=Japan CD bonus track=
- "Sweet Emotion" – 2:52 (Originally by Aerosmith)
- Previously available on Where'd You Go? EP.
Personnel
- Dicky Barrett – lead vocals
- Nate Albert – guitar, background vocals
- Joe Gittleman – bass, background vocals
- Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone
- Kevin Lenear – saxophone
- Dennis Brockenborough – trombone
- Joe Sirois – drums
- Josh Dalsimer – drums on tracks 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9
- Tyler Oulin – trumpet
- Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
- Steve Malone – assistant engineer
- Frank Gaide – photography
- Randy Hughes – photography
- Mim Michelove – photography
References
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