Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique Reissued

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Beastie Boys will reissue 1989's Paul's Boutique on Feb. 10 to celebrate its 20th anniversary, but you can download it now from their website.

The download costs $11.99 U.S., but you can also buy a deluxe edition with five music videos and an album commentary from Mike "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Adam "MCA" Yauch. If you'd just rather download the commentary for free, you can do that here.

You can also order the album on CD or 180-gram vinyl, and both formats will come with the download. If you're a Beastie Boys super-fan, $129.99 will get you a commemorative package that includes the album on CD, vinyl and as a download, a T-shirt and a limited-edition eight-foot poster of Paul's Boutique's fold-out cover art.

In case you forgot what they sound like, you can hear Paul's Boutique tracks "Shake Your Rump," "Hey Ladies," "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun" and "Shadrach" on the Beastie Boys' MySpace page.

The Beastie Boys had been written off as a joke when they released Paul's Boutique. MCA described the album as "a record with no fucking single" in 1988. It received critical acclaim for its use of more than 100 song samples.

Paul's Boutique is widely considered the Beastie Boys' finest album, and Blender, Rolling Stone and Time consider it one of the best ever.

You might be able to see the Beastie Boys perform songs from Paul's Boutique when they headline a day at this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.
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