# Smash the Windows
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{{Infobox album
| name = Smash the Windows
| type = Studio
| artist = [Mischief Brew](/source/Mischief_Brew)
| cover = SmashTheWindows.jpeg
| alt =
| released = July 12, 2005
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [Folk punk](/source/Folk_punk), [gypsy punk](/source/gypsy_punk)
| length = 48:43
| label = Fistolo Records, Gunner Records
| producer =
| prev_title = [Bakenal](/source/Bakenal)
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [Songs from Under the Sink](/source/Songs_from_Under_the_Sink)
| next_year = 2006
}}
'''''Smash the Windows''''' is the first full-length album from the [DIY](/source/DIY) [folk punk](/source/folk_punk) band [Mischief Brew](/source/Mischief_Brew). The album was released in 2005 by Fistolo Records (US), and in 2006 by Gunner Records (EU). It was recorded in [Williamsburg, Brooklyn](/source/Williamsburg_(Brooklyn)), NY at Vibromonk Studios by [Tamir Muskat](/source/Tamir_Muskat) and Danny Shatzky, December 2004-January 2005. The album has guest appearances from members of [World Inferno](/source/World_Inferno), [Guignol](/source/Franz_Nicolay), Evil Robot Us', and [Leftöver Crack](/source/Left%C3%B6ver_Crack).[[http://www.mischiefbrew.com/wst_page7.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510144622/http://www.mischiefbrew.com/wst_page7.html |date=May 10, 2008 }}]
==Critical reception==
Reviews for 'Smash the Windows' were mixed, but mostly favorable. Punknews called it, "DIY folk punk at its finest," while [HeartattaCk Zine](/source/HeartattaCk) praised the lyrics: "Poetic anthems to a downtrodden life and the hope for a brighter tomorrow that inspire you to throw a wrench in the gears and enjoy what little of the natural world is left."[[http://mischiefbrew.com/wst_page8.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512005213/http://mischiefbrew.com/wst_page8.html |date=May 12, 2008 }}] [Razorcake Magazine](/source/Razorcake_Magazine), however, described it as "Sub-[Pogues](/source/Pogues) pseudo [Celtic](/source/Celtic_music) style balladeering," claiming that it "[never] really rocks out; it just plods along like a campfire singalong."[{{cite web|url=http://www.razorcake.org/site/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10647 |title=Punk Music Reviews | MISCHIEF BREW | Smash the Windows |publisher=Razorcake |date= |accessdate=2012-03-09}}]
Shortly after its release, [The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice) rated Erik Petersen/Mischief Brew "Best Anarchist Political Folk-Punk Singer" in their Best of NYC 2005 Issue.[{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2005/award/best-anarchist-political-folk-punk-singer-492513/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524132040/http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2005/award/best-anarchist-political-folk-punk-singer-492513/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |title=New York Best Anarchist Political Folk-Punk Singer - MISCHIEF BREW - Best Of New York |publisher=Village Voice |date= |accessdate=2012-03-09}}] [Alternative Press](/source/Alternative_Press_(music_magazine)) rated "A Liquor Never Brewed" one of the "Top Ten Essential Folk Punk Songs."
==Track listing==
#"The Reinvention of the Printing Press" - 2:41
#"Citizens Drive" - 4:28
#"Lightning Knock the Power Out" - 3:43
#"Nomads Revolt" - 4:04
#"The Lowly Carpenter" - 3:04
#"Ten Thousand Fleas" - 3:52
#"Swing Against the Nazis" - 3:04
#"From the Rooftops" - 4:37
#"The Gypsy, the Punk, and the Fool (A Tale)" - 6:21
#"Roll Me Through the Gates of Hell" - 3:36
#"Ain't It the Life?" - 3:20
#"A Liquor Never Brewed (with [Guignol](/source/Franz_Nicolay))" - 3:21
#"Departure Arrival" - 2:39