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A Jackknife to a Swan by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
A Jackknife to a Swan is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, released in 2002. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “You Gotta Go”, on 2 lists with a best position of #60.
A Jackknife to a Swan, the seventh studio album from Boston's Mighty Mighty Bosstones, came out on July 9, 2002 on SideOneDummy, which put the ska-punk veterans back on an indie label. They cut it in a few weeks in February 2002, and it turned out to be their last album before a four-year break.
The title pulls double duty, naming an elegant Olympic dive and the death of something beautiful, and Dicky Barrett has admitted it upset his mother, whose maiden name was Swan. Barrett barks over the horns as ever, with Joe Gittleman on bass, Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton on tenor sax, Joe Sirois on drums, Lawrence Katz on guitar and Ben Carr doing his job as the band's dancer. "I Want My City Back" mourns the Rathskeller, the Boston club where it all started, "Sugar Free" later showed up in the movie Beerfest, and "You Gotta Go" made the countdowns.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from A Jackknife to a Swan on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Gotta Go | 2 | #60 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.