Don't Know How to Party

Don't Know How to Party is the third full-length album by the American ska punk band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, which was released in 1993. Don't Know How to Party was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' major label debut on Mercury Records, their first venture away from their original label Taang! Records. The album reached #187 on the Billboard 200, and spawned several singles, including the Bosstones fan favorite—"Someday I Suppose" (#19 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks). Lead singer Dicky Barrett would later state that, "When we made "Don't Know How to Party", no one knew where [we] [were] coming from."^[3] Bassist Joe Gittleman stated that the album was "slower than [our] other records."^[4]

Don't Know How to Party
Studio album by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Released	May 18, 1993
Recorded	1992–1993 at Dreamland Studios, Woodstock, New York
Genre	Ska punk[1] heavy metal[2]
Length	41:07
Label	Mercury
Producer	Tony Platt
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology
Ska-Core, the Devil, and More (1993) Don't Know How to Party (1993) Question the Answers (1994)
Singles from I Never Said Goodbye
"Someday I Suppose" Released: 1993 "Don't Know How to Party" Released: 1993

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Gregory Perez of the Tampa Bay Times said that the album "packs quite a wallop. While it isn't all ska, as Barrett is quick to point out, it is all Bosstones. Songs such as A Man Without and Issachar maintain the harder-than-calculus anthems that make live Bosstones shows such a brutal pleasure."^[5] AllMusic writer Steve Huey explained that "the lackluster songwriting renders this album necessary for diehards only."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks were written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman.

1. "Our Only Weapon" – 3:07
2. "Last Dead Mouse" – 3:37
3. "Don't Know How to Party" – 3:14
4. "Someday I Suppose" – 3:28
5. "A Man Without" – 2:47
6. "Holy Smoke" – 2:52
7. "Illegal Left" – 3:11
8. "Tin Soldiers" – 3:24 (Originally by Stiff Little Fingers)
9. "Almost Anything Goes" – 4:11
10. "Issachar" – 3:46
11. "What Was Was Over" – 2:59
12. "Seven Thirty Seven/Shoe Glue" – 4:32

Big Rig 12" Vinyl bonus tracks

References

1. Sacher, Andrew. "12 classic ska-punk albums to prepare you for the impending ska-punk revival". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
2. Huey, Steve. "Don't Know How to Party The Mighty Mighty Bosstones". AllMusic. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
3. Saunders, Michael (June 13, 1997). "THE SKA'S THE LIMIT FOR MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
4. Considine, J.D. (December 25, 1993). "The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Plaid to the Bone : Pop music: The clothes, which came before the Mercury deal, are meant to reflect the band's diversity". LA Times. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
5. Perez, Gregory (June 26, 1993). "Those Mighty Mighty Men". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
6. "The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
7. "The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
8. "Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2022.