Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (20th Anniversary)

After the massive success of their debut album Licensed to Ill, the Beastie Boys had to prove they were more than one-album wonders. They absolutely hit it out of the park with this follow-up Paul's Boutique.

The band's lyrics are a hysterical deluge of cultural allusion (Ponce De Leon, Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, and Love Connection's Chuck Woolery all get name-dropped), compressed wordplay, and adenoidal snottiness, but the real stars are the Dust Brothers, whose production is a hip-hop landmark.

Paul's Boutique did not match the sales of the Beastie Boys' previous record, Licensed to Ill, and Capitol eventually stopped promoting it. However, its popularity grew and it has since been recognized as a breakthrough achievement.

Highly varied lyrically and sonically, Paul's Boutique secured the Beastie Boys' place as critical favorites in the hip-hop genre. The album's rankings near the top of many publications' "best albums" lists in disparate genres has given Paul's Boutique critical recognition as a landmark album in hip hop.

20th Anniversary vinyl edition originally produced by Capitol Records in 2009. Quad-fold sleeve.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE A

1. To All The Girls
2. Shake Your Rump
3. Johnny Ryall
4. Egg Man
5. High Plains Drifter
6. The Sounds Of Science
7. 3-Minute Rule
8. Hey Ladies

SIDE B

1. 5-Piece Chicken Dinner
2. Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
3. Car Thief
4. What Comes Around
5. Shadrach
6. Ask For Janice
7. B-Boy Bouillabaisse:
a. 59 Chrystie Street
b. Get On The Mic
c. Stop That Train
d. A Year And A Day
e. Hello Brooklyn
f. Dropping Names
g. Lay It On Me
h. Mike On The Mic
i. A.W.O.L.