ska band from Boston, Massachusetts
AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson
The debut by this Boston-based ska band was a solid
winner, and the follow-up is only a slight disappointment. All the
important ingredients are still here -- the tight but loopy horn charts,
the slightly off-center sense of humor (one instrumental is called
"Doctor Che Guevara," and the album's title track is not only a tribute
to the band's hometown, but also a tongue-in-cheek namecheck for a
particularly obnoxious Boston-area boutique for suburban punk wannabes)
-- but nothing quite jumps up and hits you like, for instance, the debut
album's cover of "Makin' Whoopee." Still, there are lots of fine songs
and great playing, and if this is the Allstonians' sophomore slump, it
bodes very well indeed for their future output. Recommended to fans of
traditional, horn-heavy, skinny-tie ska.
Tracklist
| 1 | The Allston Beat | 2:56 |
| 2 | Alex Beam | 3:01 |
| 3 | Brighton Memories | 3:22 |
| 4 | Jimmy | 3:37 |
| 5 | Answering Machine | 4:02 |
| 6 | Miss Understood | 3:41 |
| 7 | Pleasing Malady | 2:52 |
| 8 | Doctor Che Guevara | 4:04 |
| 9 | Emily Slumber | 3:35 |
| 10 | Homeward Bound | 4:13 |
| 11 | Tuesday | 3:09 |
| 12 | Big Empty Stein | 2:57 |
| 13 | Can't Say | 2:37 |
| 14 | Six Years | 3:18 |
| 15 | Don't Go Yet | 3:48 |
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