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  • Summary: The Boston ska band returns with its second album since reuniting in 2007.
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  • Record Label: Big Rig Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk-Pop, Ska-Punk, Third Wave Ska Revival
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. 88
    These 11 new songs represent some of the strongest material of their career.
  2. Jan 9, 2012
    80
    This is a classic Bosstones album; a record that rises above the notion of categorisation and which anyone with a pulse will find it impossible not to warm to.
  3. Jan 9, 2012
    70
    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.
  4. Alternative Press
    Jan 13, 2012
    70
    It doesn't push the envelope. [Jan 2012, p.97]
  5. Jan 9, 2012
    50
    If you're anything above a diehard, you've heard this done better in other places.