Boys Town is Nasty Idols fifth album release after 2002's Heroes for Sale. It is largely seen as a return to the sound that made them well known in Sweden with their albums Cruel Intention and Vicious

Cruel Intention is Nasty Idols second album release after 1989's debut Gigolos on Parole. The album was re-released in 2002 as the band's original label had gone bankrupt in 1994.