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The Magic of Youth

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Released
  
December 6, 2011

Length
  
36:13

Producer
  
Ted Hutt

Genre
  
Ska punk

Recorded
  
2011

Release date
  
6 December 2011

Label
  
Big Rig Records

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Artist
  
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Similar
  
Pin Points and Gin Joints, A Jackknife to a Swan, Devil's Night Out, Pay Attention, More Noise and Other Disturbances

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The Magic of Youth is the ninth studio album from Boston ska punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, released on December 6, 2011 on Big Rig Records. The album was released in whole mainland Europe on December 6 via Rude Records.

Contents

One of the cartoon characters featured on the back cover is a tribute to and caricature of the late "Uncle Frank" Potenza, cast member and uncle of the titular host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, for which Dicky Barrett is the announcer. Potenza died four months before the album's release.

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Track listing

  1. "The Daylights" (Dicky Barrett, Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton, Joe Gittleman) - 2:21
  2. "Like a Shotgun" (Barrett, Burton, Lawrence Katz) - 3:15
  3. "Disappearing" (Barrett, Gittleman, Kevin Lenear) - 3:26
  4. "Sunday Afternoons on Wisdom Ave." (Barrett, Gittleman, Chris Rhodes) - 3:36
  5. "They Will Need Music" (Barrett, Gittleman) - 3:45
  6. "The Package Store Petition" (Barrett, Gittleman, Rhodes) - 3:12
  7. "The Horseshoe and the Rabbit's Foot" (Barrett, Gittleman) - 3:57
  8. "The Magic of Youth" (Barrett, Gittleman, Rhodes) - 3:10
  9. "The Upper Hand" (Barrett, Gittleman, Burton) - 3:16
  10. "The Ballad of Candlepin Paul" (Barrett, Gittleman, Lenear) - 3:24
  11. "Open and Honest" (Barrett, Gittleman, Lenear) - 2:51
  12. "I Should Have Said Something" (Barrett, Gittleman) - 2:44†

† available only on the vinyl edition of the album.

Personnel

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • Dicky Barrett – lead vocals
  • Lawrence Katz – guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Gittleman – bass, backing vocals
  • Joe Sirois – drums
  • Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone
  • Kevin Lenear – saxophone
  • Chris Rhodes – trombone
  • Ben Carr – Bosstone, vocals
  • Songs

    1The Daylights2:21
    2Like a Shotgun3:15
    3Disappearing3:26

    References

    The Magic of Youth Wikipedia