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==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-face-it-mw0000050743|title=Let's Face It β The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=July 3, 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev2score = 7.6/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Wisdom|first=James P.|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mighty-mighty-bosstones/lets-face-it.shtml|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Let's Face It|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|accessdate=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040807191805/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mighty-mighty-bosstones/lets-face-it.shtml|archive-date=August 7, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|last=Randall|first=Mac|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/541 541β42]}}</ref> | rev4 = [[Sputnikmusic]] | rev4score = 4/5<ref name=Sputnik>{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Adam|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/29980/The-Mighty-Mighty-Bosstones-Lets-Face-It/|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones β Let's Face It|publisher=Sputnikmusic|date=March 24, 2009|accessdate=July 3, 2011}}</ref> }} ''Let's Face It'' has received positive reviews. Sputnikmusic's Adam Thomas called the album "a quintessential piece of '90s ska" and concluded that it "shows The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the top of their game and is one of the greatest ska-punk albums to come out of the nineties."<ref name=Sputnik/> [[AllMusic]]'s Steve Huey also gave the album a positive review, writing: "Even if the production is a tiny bit slick, and the playing time is rather short... it's still difficult to view ''Let's Face It'' as anything but a rousing success and easily one of the band's best albums."<ref name=Allmusic/> [[Stephen Thompson (journalist)|Stephen Thompson]] of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote that "for every misfire like the preachy title track, there's an infectious anthem that begs to be blared from every window in the city. Play 'The Rascal King' or 'The Impression That I Get' as loud as you can get away with, and ask yourself if the Bosstones aren't back."<ref name=AVClub>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Thompson (journalist)|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-lets-face-it-1798194506|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Let's Face It|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=March 29, 2002|access-date=July 3, 2011}}</ref> [[David Fricke]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' was more reserved in his praise, criticizing the album's "flat" production.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fricke|first=David|author-link=David Fricke|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/themightymightybosstones/albums/album/88824/review/6067813/lets_face_it|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Let's Face It / The Skatalites: Foundation Ska|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 26, 1997|accessdate=July 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228174854/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/themightymightybosstones/albums/album/88824/review/6067813/lets_face_it|archive-date=December 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2004, ''Let's Face It'' was ranked No. 36 in a ''[[Kerrang!]]'' reader poll of the 50 greatest punk albums.<ref name=kerrang>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/50_greatest_punk_albums.html|title=50 Greatest Punk Albums|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|date=December 6, 2004|accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
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