The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Dicky Barrett (vocals); Nate Albert (guitar); Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton, Kevin Lenear (saxophone); Dennis Brockenborough (trombone); Joe Gittleman (bass); Joe Sirois (drums); Ben Carr (background vocals).

Additional personnel: Mike Teelucksingh (vocals); Brian Dwyer (trumpet); Don McLoughlin (piano); Molly Ackerman, Matt Rice, Darryl Jenifer (background vocals).

Recorded at Dreamland Studios, Woodstock, New York.

An attempt to mainstream the Bosstones' sound and accentuate their metal influences backfires somewhat here. The band's connection to ska has sometimes seemed tenuous at best, but on Don't Know How to Party, the ska is reduced to a mere stylistic quirk punctuating a set of essentially heavy metal songs, which mutes the band's originality. "Holy Smoke" and a cover of the Stiff Little Fingers' "Tin Soldiers" do manage to make an impact, and "Someday I Suppose" is recycled (in an inferior version), but the lackluster songwriting renders this album necessary for diehards only. ~ Steve Huey

A raucous mix of metal and ska, Don't Know How to Party is one of the fiercest party records ever made. ~ David Jehnzen