Released December 8, 2009 Release date 8 December 2009 Label Big Rig Records | Length 48:23 Producer Ted Hutt Genre Ska punk | |
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Recorded November 2008-July 2009 Pin Points and Gin Joints
(2009) The Magic of Youth
(2011) Artist The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Similar The Magic of Youth, A Jackknife to a Swan, Pay Attention, More Noise and Other Disturbances, Devil's Night Out | ||
The mighty mighty bosstones pin points and gin joints 2009 full album
Pin Points and Gin Joints is the eighth studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, which was released on December 8, 2009. It is their first album of all new material since the release of A Jackknife to a Swan in 2002. Pin Points and Gin Joints was produced by Ted Hutt, notable for working with other bands such as The Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, and The Gaslight Anthem. Recording and writing sessions for the album lasted from November 2008 to July 2009.
Contents
Background
Joe Gittleman described the band's approach to the album in an interview: "We really want to make a fun, upbeat record with a lot of cool ska stuff. Songs I look forward to playing at shows." Dicky Barrett added that the songs reflect his "skewed and slightly distorted look at our world and life in general."
The Bosstones announced that they were working on an album on November 4, 2008, via a MySpace blog with two songs, "The Impossible Dream" and "Next to Nothing" streaming on the page. The band announced the completion of tracking on July 29. On October 16, 2009, the band announced the album's title along with a free download of the song "Graffiti Worth Reading".
Track listing
All songs written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman, except where noted.
- "Graffiti Worth Reading" (2:43)
- "Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah" (2:21)
- "The Route That I Took" (3:03)
- "You Left Right?" (3:42)
- "Too Many Stars" (2:25) (Barrett, Lawrence Katz)
- "Your Life" (3:36)
- "I Wrote It" (3:37)
- "Not to Me on That Night" (3:18) (Barrett, Katz)
- "Wasted Summers" (3:18)
- "Sister Mary" (3:31)
- "The Death Valley Vipers" (4:15)
- "It Will Be" (3:36)
- "The Bricklayer's Story" (2:50)
- "A Pretty Sad Excuse" (6:22)
- "Feeling Today" (2:28)†
† available only on the vinyl edition of the album.
Personnel
Songs
1Graffiti Worth Reading2:44
2Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah2:21
3The Route That I Took3:03