Editing Devil's Night Out

{{Short description|The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 1990 debut studio album}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Devil's Night Out
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[the Mighty Mighty Bosstones]]
| cover      = Mmbdevilsnightout.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1989
| recorded   = 1989
| studio     =
| genre      = 
*[[Ska punk]]
*[[hardcore punk]]
| length     = 25:23
| label      = [[Taang! Records|Taang!]]<ref name= CL/>
| producer   = [[Paul Q. Kolderie]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Where'd You Go? (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones EP)|Where'd You Go?]]
| next_year  = 1991
}}

'''''Devil's Night Out''''' is the debut studio album by [[the Mighty Mighty Bosstones]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-mn0000891032/biography|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/08/17/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-complete-an-album-trilogy-they-started-nearly-10-years-ago|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Complete a Trilogy They Started Nearly 10 Years Ago|first=Jeff|last=Niesel|work=Cleveland Scene}}</ref> It was released in 1989 by [[Taang! Records]]. It was one of the first albums to mix ska and hardcore punk.<ref name="auto1"/>

==Production==
The album was produced by [[Paul Kolderie]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&dq=devil%27s+night+out+mighty+mighty+bosstones&pg=PA495|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=November 22, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076}}</ref> Jimmy Gestapo, of [[Murphy's Law (band)|Murphy's Law]], duets on "A Little Bit Ugly".<ref name=MH/>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/devils-night-out-mw0000674336|title=Devils Night Out The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=747}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=757}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=542}}</ref>
}}
[[AllMusic]] called the album "an energetic, skankin' party album fusing ska with punk and hard rock, with more of an emphasis on ska than the band would show on later records."<ref name="auto"/> ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' wrote that the album "doesn't blend ska and hardcore so much as it bashes them together."<ref name = RS/> ''[[Trouser Press]]'' called it "a strong and confident debut."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Mighty Mighty Bosstones |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/mighty-mighty-bosstones/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing==
<small>All tracks written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman</small>

#"Devil's Night Out" – 2:35
#"Howwhywuz, Howwhyam" – 2:32
#"Drunks And Children" – 2:36
#"Hope I Never Lose My Wallet" – 2:06
#"Haji" – 2:03
#"The Bartender's Song" – 2:16
#"Patricia" – 2:48
#"The Cave (Cognito Fiesta Version)" – 2:12
#"Do Somethin' Crazy" – 2:27
#"A Little Bit Ugly" – 3:47

===Japan CD bonus tracks===
#<li value=11>"[[Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love]]" – 2:26
#"[[Enter Sandman]]" – 2:57
*Previously available on ''[[Where'd You Go? (EP)|Where'd You Go?]]'' EP.

==Personnel==
*[[Dicky Barrett]] – lead vocals, artwork
*[[Nate Albert]] – guitar, backing vocals
*[[Joe Gittleman]] – bass, backing vocals
*[[Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton]] – saxophone, backing vocals
*Tim Bridewell – trombone
*Josh Dalsimer – drums
*Ben Carr – Bosstone, backing vocals
*[[Davey Holmes]] – keyboards, backing vocals 
*Bill Conway – trombone, percussion, backing vocals
*Vinny Nobile of the [[Bim Skala Bim]] – horns 
*Mike Costello – harmonica
*[[Jimmy Gestapo]] – guest vocals on track 10
*[[Paul Q. Kolderie]]  – producer, engineer
*[[Sean Slade]]  – producer, engineer
*Rob Dimit – engineer
*R. Spencer – graphic design, layout design
*Jane Gulick – design

==References==
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