Skaboom

Skaboom! is an album released by The Toasters originally in 1987 and re-released on a CD in June of 1995. The 1995 released featured an additional eight bonus tracks. The album is often stated as being the origin of modern, or "third-wave" ska in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Skaboom!
Studio album by The Toasters
Released	Original: 1987 (1987) CD: June 20, 1995
Genre	Ska
Length	37:14 63:54 (Re-release)
Label	Celluloid (original) Moon Ska Records (1995 re-release) Megalith Records (2003 re-release)
The Toasters chronology
Skaboom! (1987) Thrill Me Up (1988)

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Track listing

1. "Talk Is Cheap" -3:50
2. "Pool Shark" -3:47
3. "Weekend in L.A." -4:22
4. "Shocker!" -4:31
5. "Toast on the Coast" -2:11
6. "Manipulator" -3:30
7. "Mr. Trouble" -3:24
8. "ABC's" 2:54
9. "East Side Beat" -3:45
10. "Now or Never" -3:19
11. "So Long, Buck" -1:16

Reissue Bonus Tracks

12. "Renee" -4:07
13. "Matt Davis" -2:45
14. "Ideal Man" -3:22
15. "Naked City" -3:14
    • Tracks 12-15 from the 1987 UK-only album release Pool Shark
16. "Recrimination" -3:15
17. "Razor Cut" -3:37
18. "Run Rudy Run" -4:14
19. "Radiation Skank" -2:07
    • Tracks 16-19 from the EP Recriminiations, recorded May 1985 & Produced by Joe Jackson (aka Stanley Turpentine)

 

Megalith Records re-release of Skaboom!.

External links

• Skaboom at MusicBrainz

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