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Let's Face It
Studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Released	March 11, 1997
Recorded	1996 at Bearsville Sound Studios, Bearsville, New York; Fort Apache Studios, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genre	Ska punk
Length	33:21
Label	Mercury, Big Rig
Producer	Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology
Question the Answers (1994) Let's Face It (1997) Live from the Middle East (1998)
Singles from Let's Face It
"The Impression That I Get" Released: 1997 "The Rascal King" Released: 1997 "Royal Oil" Released: 1997

Let's Face It is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on March 11, 1997 by Mercury Records. This album sold very well due to the success of its single "The Impression That I Get", which reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Also faring well were the album's other two singles, "Royal Oil" (#22) and "The Rascal King" (#7). The album itself reached #27 on the Billboard 200 (the only Bosstones' album to crack the Top 50).

Track listing

1. "Noise Brigade" - 2:16 (Dicky Barrett, Dennis Brockenborough, Joe Gittleman, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)
2. "The Rascal King" - 2:46 (Barret, Gittleman, Bosstones)
3. "Royal Oil" - 2:39 (Barrett, Nate Albert, Bosstones)
4. "The Impression That I Get" - 3:15 (Barrett, Gittleman, Bosstones)
5. "Let's Face It" - 2:39 (Barrett, Albert, Bosstones)
6. "That Bug Bit Me" - 2:09 (Barrett, Albert, Bosstones)
7. "Another Drinkin' Song" - 3:50 (Barrett, Gittleman, Bosstones)
8. "Numbered Days" - 3:10 (Barrett, Albert, Bosstones)
9. "Break So Easily" - 2:45 (Barret, Brockenborough, Bosstones)
10. "Nevermind Me" - 3:21 (Barrett, Gittleman, Bosstones)
11. "Desensitized" - 2:04 (Barrett, Tim Burton, Bosstones)
12. "1-2-8" - 2:39 (Barrett, Gittleman, Bosstones)

12" Vinyl bonus track

13. "Wrong Thing Right Then" - 3:12
    • Previously available on the soundtrack to Meet the Deedles.

Personnel

• Dicky Barrett – lead vocals, artwork
• Nate Albert – guitar, backing vocals
• Joe Gittleman – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone, backing vocals
• Kevin Lenear – saxophone, backing vocals
• Dennis Brockenborough – trombone, backing vocals
• Joe Sirois – drums
• Ben Carr – Bosstone

• Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
• Sean Slade – producer, engineer
• Brian Dewyer - trumpet
• Dan McLaughlin - musician
• John Rosenberg - musician
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Louis Marino - design
• Danny Clinch - photography

Trivia

• The inspiration for "The Rascal King" was James Michael Curley, a politician from Boston, Massachusetts "[1]
• The vinyl version of this album includes a bonus track, "Wrong Thing Right Then" which originally appeared on the soundtrack to the 1997 film, Meet the Deedles.
• "The Impression That I Get" was featured in the drumming video game Donkey Konga as well as Taiko Drum Master.
• "The Rascal King" is currently used as the intro music for The Adam Carolla Podcast, and was used in Carolla's film The Hammer
• "The Rascal King" was used in the videogame Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012.
• "The Impression That I Get" was used in the Digimon: The Movie.