Mandrill - Mandrill Is ? Original 1972 Promo LP Vinyl Record w/Insert
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Mandrill Is Studio album by Mandrill Released 1972 Recorded 1971-1972 Genre Soul, funk Length 43:14 Label Polydor Records Producer Mandrill
Alfred V. Brown Mandrill chronology Mandrill
(1970) Mandrill Is
(1972) Composite Truth
(1973) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic
Mandrill Is is the second album by Brooklyn-based soul/funk band Mandrill. Released in 1972 on Polydor Records, the album peaked at No. 24 on the Top Soul Albums chart.
Apparently learning from the mistakes of its debut, Mandrill crafted a follow-up with fewer stylistic detours than the first record, but much more energy and greater maturity. The two singles, "Ape Is High" and "Git It All," are unhinged performances from all involved that have the sense of musical invigoration so key to a funk band -- and so sorely lacking on this band's debut. "Children of the Sun" is a somber, flute-led piece, much more assured and better-conceived than anything on its first record (it also showed how well Mandrill could've done soundtracking a blaxploitation film). The guitars are much more prominent on Mandrill Is; in fact, both "Git It All" and "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" have passages almost reminiscent of metal's heavy riffing. The first two compositions from Claude "Coffee" Cave are big successes, "Cohelo" being a traditional Latin form and "Kofijahm" a tribal funk piece. -AllMusic Review by John Bush
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Mandrill
- "Ape Is High" 5:32
- "Cohello" 1:50
- "Git It All" 4:30
- "Children of the Sun" 5:00
- "I Refuse To Smile" 4:05
- "Universal Rhythms" 3:24
- "Lord of the Golden Baboon" 3:33
- "Central Park" 4:05
- "Kofijahm" 3:25
- "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" 4:30
- "The Sun Must Go Down" 3:17
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