Skaboy JFK
| Skaboy JFK: The Skankin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies | ||||
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| Compilation album by Cherry Poppin' Daddies | ||||
| Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 1994-2008, March 2009 at Gung Ho Studios in Eugene, Oregon | |||
| Genre | Ska, ska punk | |||
| Length | 37:27 | |||
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Space Age Bachelor Pad Records Rock Ridge Music |
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| Producer | Steve Perry | |||
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Skaboy JFK: The Skankin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is the second compilation album and seventh album overall by American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released in September 2009 on Rock Ridge Music.
In a similar vein to the Daddies' 1997 swing compilation Zoot Suit Riot, Skaboy JFK is a collection of the band's ska material, compiling all of the ska and ska punk tracks from their first five studio albums along with four newly recorded bonus tracks.
Skaboy JFK is a compilation of the ska and ska-influenced songs featured on the Daddies' previous studio albums, spanning from 1994's Rapid City Muscle Car to 2008's Susquehanna, excluding only the band's 1990 debut Ferociously Stoned. The songs on the compilation cover a broad range of styles of ska music, including traditional Jamaican-influenced ska, reggae, third wave ska and ska punk.
As the Daddies' former label Jive Records own the master recordings of the band's late 1990s work, three songs - "Soul Cadillac" and "End of the Night" from 2000's Soul Caddy and "2:29" from 1997's Vacationing in Palm Springs - were fully re-recorded for inclusion on this compilation. Notably, "2:29" was re-recorded and re-arranged from a fast ska punk style to a mellower reggae tempo.
Singer-songwriter Steve Perry first announced interest in a ska compilation in a November 2008 interview shortly after the release of Susquehanna, saying that fans had been suggesting the concept for years as a companion piece to Zoot Suit Riot. Perry further noted that such a project could help show a different side of the Daddies than the swing material the band is primarily recognized for and would hopefully reconnect them with the ska scene in which they had first established themselves at the start of their career.
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