Just Outside of Town

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Just Outside of Town
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1973
Recorded1973
Studio Electric Lady Studios, The Hit Factory and Sound Ideas in New York City
Sound City, Van Nuys, Los Angeles
Genre Soul, funk
Length38:46
Label Polydor
Producer Mandrill
Alfred V. Brown
Mandrill chronology
Composite Truth
(1973)
Just Outside of Town
(1973)
Mandrilland
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Just Outside of Town is the fourth album by the Brooklyn-based soul/funk band Mandrill. Released in October 1973 on Polydor Records, the album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

Contents

In 2000, this album, along with Mandrill , Mandrill Is , and Composite Truth , was re-released in a four-CD box set entitled The Ultimate Collection. [2]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Mandrill

Side 1

  1. "Mango Meat" 4:44
  2. "Never Die" 3:22
  3. "Love Song" 5:42
  4. "Interlude" 0:24
  5. "Fat City Strut" 3:19

Side 2

  1. "Two Sisters of Mystery" 3:39
  2. "Afrikus Retrospectus" 7:42
  3. "She Ain't Lookin' Too Tough" 5:01
  4. "Aspiration Flame" 5:00

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [3] 82
Billboard Top Soul Albums [3] 6

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [4]
US
Soul
1974"Love Song"65
"Mango Meat"40

Samples and Covers

References

  1. Bush, John. Mandrill: Just Outside Of Town > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. The Ultimate Collection on AllMusic
  3. 1 2 "Mandrill US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  4. "Mandrill US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.