Immigrance

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Immigrance
Immigrance album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)
Genre
Label GroundUP
Producer
  • Michael League
  • Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy chronology
Culcha Vulcha
(2016)
Immigrance
(2019)
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Immigrance is the thirteenth album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy. It was released on March 15, 2019, and debuted at #2 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart in the United States. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Source [5]

No.TitleLength
1."Chonks" (Michael League)8:32
2."Bigly Strictness" (Michael League)7:37
3."Coven" (Chris McQueen)6:38
4."Bling Bling" (Chris Bullock)5:55
5."Xavi" (Michael League)9:31
6."While We're Young" (Mike 'Maz' Maher)2:42
7."Bad Kids to the Back" (Justin Stanton)5:46
8."Even Us" (Michael League)7:44

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [5]

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References

  1. "Snarky Puppy Immigrance". AllMusic, member of the RhythmOne group. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. Fordham, John (22 March 2019). "OUR TAKE: SNARKY PUPPY'S IMMIGRANCE IS A SLOW-BURN OPUS". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. Russonello, Giovanni (May 2019). "DownBeat Reviews: Snarky Puppy, Immigrance (groundUP)". DownBeat Magazine. Retrieved 17 Sep 2022.
  4. "Jazz Music: Top Jazz Albums & Songs Chart". Billboard. 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  5. 1 2 "immigrance-liner-notes.pdf" (PDF). GroundUp Music. Retrieved 13 May 2019.