Mandrill Is

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Mandrill Is
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1972
Recorded1971-1972
Genre Soul, funk
Length43:14
Label Polydor Records
Producer Mandrill
Alfred V. Brown
Mandrill chronology
Mandrill
(1970)
Mandrill Is
(1972)
Composite Truth
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Mandrill Is is the second album by the Brooklyn-based soul/funk band Mandrill. Released in April 1972 on Polydor Records, the album peaked at No. 24 on the Top Soul Albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Mandrill

  1. "Ape Is High" 5:32
  2. "Cohello" 1:50
  3. "Git It All" 4:30
  4. "Children of the Sun" 5:00
  5. "I Refuse To Smile" 4:05
  6. "Universal Rhythms" 3:24
  7. "Lord of the Golden Baboon" 3:33
  8. "Central Park" 4:05
  9. "Kofijahm" 3:25
  10. "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" 4:30
  11. "The Sun Must Go Down" 3:17

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [2] 56
Billboard Top Soul Albums [2] 24

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [3]
US
Soul
1972"Git It All "37

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References

  1. Bush, John. Mandrill: Mandrill Is > 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.