Editing Let's Face It

{{Short description|1997 studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Let's Face It
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]]
| cover      = Let's Face It Bosstones cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1997|03|11}}
| recorded   = 1996
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Bearsville Studios|Bearsville]] (Bearsville, N.Y.); [[Fort Apache Studios|Fort Apache]] (Cambridge, Mass.)
| genre      = 
*[[Ska punk]]
*[[ska]]<ref name="ct">{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Michael |title=THE SKA'S THE LIMIT FOR MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-06-13-9706130404-story.html |access-date=January 28, 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=June 13, 1997}}</ref>
*[[hardcore punk]]<ref name="ct"/>
*[[punk rock]]<ref>{{cite web |title=These 15 albums from 1997 irrefutably proved that punk was far from dead |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-punk-albums-1997/ |website=Alternative Press |date=27 July 2021 |access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref>
| length     = 33:21
| label      = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[Big Rig Records|Big Rig]]
| producer   = [[Paul Q. Kolderie]], [[Sean Slade]]
| prev_title = [[Question the Answers]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[Live from the Middle East]]
| next_year  = 1998
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Let's Face It
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = [[The Impression That I Get]]
 | single1date = January 27, 1997
 | single2     = [[The Rascal King (song)|The Rascal King]]
 | single2date = 1997
 | single3     = Royal Oil
 | single3date = 1997
}}
}}

''''' Let's Face It''''' is the fifth studio album by American [[ska punk]] band [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]]. It was released on March 11, 1997, by [[Mercury Records]] and [[Big Rig Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7718119/mighty-mighty-bosstones-lets-face-it-anniversary | title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' 'Let's Face It' Turns 20: Why It's Better Than You Remember | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>

The album sold very well due to the success of its single "[[The Impression That I Get]]", which reached No. 1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. Also faring well were the album's other two singles, "Royal Oil" (No. 22) and "[[The Rascal King (song)|The Rascal King]]" (No. 7).  The album itself reached No. 27 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] (the only Bosstones album to enter the top 50).<ref name=Billboard/> The album has been certified [[platinum record|platinum]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-mn0000891032/biography|title=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=July 3, 2011}}</ref>

''Let's Face It'' was rereleased on vinyl by [[Asbestos Records]] in 2013.

==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 – 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/541 541–42]}}</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 – 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>

==Track listing==
===Original release===
{{track listing
| title1 = Noise Brigade
| writer1 = [[Dicky Barrett]], [[Dennis Brockenborough]], [[Joe Gittleman]]
| length1 = 2:16
| title2 = [[The Rascal King (song)|The Rascal King]]
| writer2 = Barrett, Gittleman
| length2 = 2:46
| title3 = Royal Oil
| writer3 = Barrett, [[Nate Albert]]
| length3 = 2:39
| title4 = [[The Impression That I Get]]
| writer4 = Barrett, Gittleman
| length4 = 3:15
| title5 = Let's Face It
| writer5 = Barrett, Albert
| length5 = 2:39
| title6 = That Bug Bit Me
| writer6 = Barrett, Albert
| length6 = 2:09
| title7 = Another Drinkin' Song
| writer7 = Barrett, Gittleman
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = Numbered Days
| writer8 = Barrett, Albert
| length8 = 3:10
| title9 = Break So Easily
| writer9 = Barrett, Brockenborough
| length9 = 2:45
| title10 = Nevermind Me
| writer10 = Barrett, Gittleman
| length10 = 3:21
| title11 = Desensitized
| writer11 = Barrett, [[Tim Burton (musician)|Tim Burton]]
| length11 = 2:04
| title12 = 1-2-8
| writer12 = Barrett, Gittleman
| length12 = 2:39
}}
===Japanese edition===
{{track listing
| headline = Bonus track{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
| title13 = At It Again
| length13 = 2:04
}}
===12-inch vinyl edition===
{{track listing
| headline = Bonus track<ref name=discogsvinyl>[http://www.discogs.com/Mighty-Mighty-Bosstones-Lets-Face-It/release/2215878 Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The - Let's Face It (Vinyl, LP)]. [[Discogs]]. Retrieved 3 July 2011.</ref>
| title13 = Wrong Thing Right Then
| length13 = 3:12
}}
The track "Wrong Thing Right Then" was previously available on the soundtrack to ''[[Meet the Deedles]]''.<ref name=deedles>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/meet-the-deedles-mw0000034805|title=Meet the Deedles – Original Soundtrack|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=July 3, 2011}}</ref>

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Let's Face It|year=1997|publisher=[[Mercury Records]]/[[Big Rig Records]]|others=[[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]]|type=liner notes|id=534 472-2}}</ref>

===The Mighty Mighty Bosstones===
*[[Dicky Barrett]] – lead vocals, artwork
*[[Nate Albert]] – guitar, backing vocals
*[[Joe Gittleman]] – bass, backing vocals
*[[Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton]] – saxophone, backing vocals
*Kevin Lenear – saxophone
*[[Dennis Brockenborough]] – trombone
*[[Joe Sirois]] – drums
*Ben Carr – Bosstone, backing vocals

===Additional personnel===
*[[Paul Q. Kolderie]] – production, engineering
*[[Sean Slade]] – production, engineering
*Brian Dwyer – trumpet
*Dan McLaughlin – trumpet
*John Rosenberg – keyboards, backing vocals
*[[Bob Ludwig]]  – mastering

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart (1997–98)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{Album chart|Australia|27|artist=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|album=Let's Face It|accessdate=May 19, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{Album chart|Scotland|47|date=19980516|accessdate=May 19, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|40|date=19980516|accessdate=May 19, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|27|artist=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|accessdate=May 19, 2020|rowheader=true|refname="Billboard"}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1997)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Canadian Hard Rock Albums (''Nielsen Soundscan'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010320221532/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/HARD_1997.html|title=HARD ROCK ALBUMS : Top 25 of 1997}}</ref>
| 21
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref>
| 62
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1998)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1998/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 1998|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref>
| 77
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|title= Let's Face It|artist=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|type=album|relyear=1997|certyear=1998|region=Australia|award=Gold|access-date=December 27, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{The Mighty Mighty Bosstones}}

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[[Category:1997 albums]]
[[Category:The Mighty Mighty Bosstones albums]]
[[Category:Mercury Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Paul Q. Kolderie]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Sean Slade]]