Pay Attention

Pay Attention
Studio album by
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
ReleasedMay 2, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
GenreSka punk, ska-core[1]
Length51:08
LabelIsland
ProducerPaul Q. Kolderie, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology
Live from the Middle East
(1998) 		Pay Attention
(2000) 		A Jackknife to a Swan
(2002)
Singles from Pay Attention
  1. "So Sad to Say"
    Released: 2000
  2. "She Just Happened"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Kerrang![3]
Ox-FanzineFavorable[4]
Rolling Stone [5]
Wall of Sound71/100[6]

Pay Attention is the sixth studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on May 2, 2000 by Island Records. The video for "So Sad to Say" premiered on MTV's 120 Minutes on April 25, 2000.[7] In March and April 2001, the band held several shows in certain US cities as part of a multi-day club tour.[8]

It reached #74 on the Billboard 200[citation needed] and #170 on the Australian ARIA Charts.[9]

  1. ^ Drozdowski, Ted (May 2000). "United Colors of Beantown". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 81. p. 47. Cut for cut, Pay Attention is another step in songwriting evolution for the once-plaid-clad architects of the fusion of punk rock and Afro-Caribbean dance music known as skacore.
  2. ^ Pay Attention at AllMusic
  3. ^ Travers, Paul (April 29, 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 799. EMAP. p. 45.
  4. ^ Wessel, Lauri (June–August 2000). "Reviews: Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Pay Attention CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  5. ^ Rolling Stone review
  6. ^ Remstein, Bob. "Review: Pay Attention". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on April 15, 2001. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "Dicky TV, So Pay Attention". Punknews.org. April 25, 2000. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  8. ^ White, Adam (February 19, 2001). "Your Town Throwdown". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ARIA Albums Chart history (complete to 2024)". ARIA. Retrieved July 28, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.