Name: The Magic of Youth [Digipak]
Brand: Sound Pollution
SKU: 50388466
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The Magic of Youth [Digipak]

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Album: The Magic of Youth [Digipak]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Daylights	More Info...	0:02
2)	Like a Shotgun	More Info...	0:03
3)	Disappearing	More Info...	0:03
4)	Sunday Afternoons On Widom Ave	More Info...	0:03
5)	They Will Need Music	More Info...	0:03
6)	The Package Store Petition	More Info...	0:03
7)	The Horse Shoe and the Rabbits Foot	More Info...	0:04
8)	The Magic of Youth	More Info...	0:03
9)	The Upper Hand	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Ballad of Candlepin Paul	More Info...	0:03
11)	Open and Honest	More Info...	0:03

Album: The Magic of Youth [Digipak]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Daylights	More Info...	0:02
2)	Like a Shotgun	More Info...	0:03
3)	Disappearing	More Info...	0:03
4)	Sunday Afternoons On Widom Ave	More Info...	0:03
5)	They Will Need Music	More Info...	0:03
6)	The Package Store Petition	More Info...	0:03
7)	The Horse Shoe and the Rabbits Foot	More Info...	0:04
8)	The Magic of Youth	More Info...	0:03
9)	The Upper Hand	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Ballad of Candlepin Paul	More Info...	0:03
11)	Open and Honest	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Personnel: Dicky Barrett (vocals); Lawrence Katz (guitar); Kevin Lenear, Tim Burton (saxophone); Ethan Avineri (trumpet); Chris Rhodes (trombone); Johnny Goetchius (piano); Joe Sirois (drums); Steve Sidelnyk (percussion); Ben Carr (sound effects); Jon Pebsworth (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Ryan Mall; Ted Hutt.
Recording information: Kingsize Soundlabs, Eagle Rock, CA.
Illustrators: "Uncle" Pete Macphee; Peter Michail.
This is the second independent release from Boston's skacore giants since their return from a multi-year hiatus in the mid-2000s, and while it offers no surprises, The Magic of Youth still yields plenty of satisfaction. It may seem strange to categorize an album of ska-tinged heavy metal as "old school," but the Bosstones have been working together for a quarter of a century now, and they continue to perfect what has become a well-established musical recipe: take enormous guitars, elegant horn charts, sudden shifts from face-melting metal to spare and galloping proto-reggae backbeats, and frontman Dicky Barrett's whiskey-voiced roar, and then blend and alternate them by turns. Over the years the band has added sharper and sharper melodic hooks to the mix, and if there's nothing here to quite match the ear worms of "The Impression That I Get" or "The Rascal King," there are still plenty of fine shoutalong choruses: "Like a Shotgun" is one good example, and "They Will Need Music" combines a glorious ascending horn part, a skanking verse arrangement, and an anthemic, fist-pumping chorus to great effect. Elsewhere the band pays subtle tribute to the Clash ("The Upper Hand") and to the unique New England sport of candlepin bowling ("The Ballad of Candlepin Paul"). After 25 years, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones remain pretty much the best at what they do, and what they do remains lots and lots of fun. ~ Rick Anderson

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (p.97) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'The Daylights' gets things started with a bang, as frontman Dicky Barrett growls over distorted guitars and a quick-moving rhythm."

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.69) - "[I]t's a barrel full of fun from a band secure in their own niche."