Mandrill (album)

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Mandrill
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1971
RecordedWinter 1970
Studio Electric Lady Studios, New York City, New York
Genre
Length39:03
Label Polydor
Producer Mandrill
Beau Ray Fleming
Mandrill chronology
Mandrill
(1971)
Mandrill Is
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Mandrill is the debut album by the Brooklyn, New York-based band Mandrill, released in April 1971. The album peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard R&B albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mandrill" - 4:20
  2. "Warning Blues" - 4:33
  3. "Symphonic Revolution" - 5:22
  4. "Rollin' On" - 7:41
  5. "Peace and Love (Amani Na Mapenzi) Movement I (Birth)" - 1:50
  6. "Peace and Love (Amani Na Mapenzi) Movement II (Now)" - 1:45
  7. "Peace and Love (Amani Na Mapenzi) Movement III (Time)" - 2:15
  8. "Peace and Love (Amani Na Mapenzi) Movement IV (Encounter)" - 6:05
  9. "Peace and Love (Amani Na Mapenzi) Movement V (Beginning)" - 2:05
  10. "Chutney" - 3:07

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [2] 48
Billboard Top Soul Albums [2] 27

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [3]
US
Pop
1971"Mandrill"94

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References

  1. Bush, John. Mandrill: Mandrill > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Mandrill US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
  3. "Mandrill US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-14.