On May 2, 2000, “island” label released “Pay Attention”, the sixth  Mighty Mighty Bosstones (The) album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie, Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman, Tim Burton, Ben Carr, Dennis Brockenborough, Roman Fleysher, Jon Sirios and Johan Goetchius.

Personnel:

• Dicky Barrett– lead vocals
• Nate Albert– guitars, backing vocals
• Johnny Goetchius– keyboards
• Joe Gittleman– bass guitar, backing vocals
• Joe Sirois– drums
• Ben Carr – Bosstone
• Tim “Johnny Vegas” Burton– saxophone, backing vocals
• Roman Fleysher – saxophone
• Dennis Brockenborough– trombone, backing vocals
• Paul Q. Kolderie– engineer
• Rolf Langsjoen – trumpet
• John Allen – vocals
• Paul Scarpino – acoustic guitar
• Ernie Wilson – bass guitar
• Bob Richards – drums
• Nat Freedberg – backing vocals
• Andrew Schneider – engineer
• Sean Slade– engineer
• Fran Flannery – engineer assistant
• Ted Paduck – engineer assistant
• Andy Wallace– mixing
• Howie Weinberg– mastering
• Steve Sisco – assistant
• Joseph Cultice– photography
• Bill Horsman – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman, except where noted.

1. Let Me Be
2. The Skeleton Song
3. All Things Considered – Dicky Barrett, Nate Albert
4. So Sad to Say
5. Allow Them
6. High School Dance
7. Over the Eggshells
8. She Just Happened
9. Finally
10. I Know More
11. Riot on Broad Street
12. One Million Reasons – Dicky Barrett, Dennis Brockenborough
13. Bad News and Bad Breaks
14. Temporary Trip
15. Where You Come From – Dicky Barrett, Nate Albert
16. The Day He Didn’t Die – Dicky Barrett, Nate Albert