| Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down | ||||
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| Studio album by The Toasters | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Ska | |||
| Length | 57:58 | |||
| Label | Moon Ska Records | |||
| Producer | Robert "Bucket" Hingley | |||
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| Allmusic | |
Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down is the seventh studio album by The Toasters. It has a much more mature sound than their previous albums and wasn't as solely focused on one genre (2-Tone) as their other albums before it had been. The album's cover includes the supposed-Latin motto, "Illegitimis non carborundum", which is supposed to mean "one must not be ground down by the bastards", although it is largely faux-Latin, with "carborundum" (intended to look like a Latin gerundive) actually referring to silicon carbide, a type of abrasive.