Mangy Love

Mangy Love
Studio album by Cass McCombs
Released	August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26)
Genre	Indie rock, soft rock
Length	59:11
Label	Anti-
Producer	Rob Schnapf, Dan Horne
Cass McCombs chronology
A Folk Set Apart (2015) Mangy Love (2016) Tip of the Sphere (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	8.1/10 [1]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [2]
The Guardian	[3]
Paste	7.9/10 [4]
Flood Magazine	7/10 [5]

Mangy Love is the eighth full-length album by American musician Cass McCombs, released on August 26, 2016.

Rankings

Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
American Songwriter	Top 50 Albums of 2016	33	[6]
Mojo	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	26	[7]
Stereogum	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	31	[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cass McCombs.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bum Bum Bum"	4:59
2.	"Rancid Girl"	4:22
3.	"Laughter Is the Best Medicine"	5:18
4.	"Opposite House"	4:14
5.	"Medusa's Outhouse"	4:55
6.	"Low Flyin' Bird"	6:01
7.	"Cry"	4:45
8.	"Run Sister Run"	5:51
9.	"In a Chinese Alley"	3:15
10.	"It"	5:11
11.	"Switch"	4:14
12.	"I'm a Shoe"	6:06

Personnel

• Cass McCombs – banjo, guitar, harmonium, piano, primary artist, producer, vocals
• Stuart Bogie – flute, horn, jaw harp
• Goat Carson – vocals
• Rachael Cassells – photography
• Mark Chalecki – mastering
• Mike Gordon – guitar, vocals
• Kurt Heasley – vocals
• Trevor Hernandez – layout
• Albert Herter – illustrations
• Dan Horne – bass, guitar, mixing, producer, programming
• Jesse Lee – drums
• Blake Mills – guitar
• Jack Name – synthesizer
• Angel Olsen – vocals
• Sam Owens – mixing, producer
• Lee Pardini – keyboards, organ, piano, electric piano
• Ariel Rechtshaid – programming
• Brian Rosemeyer – engineer
• Joe Russo – drums, percussion
• Ryan Sawyer – congas
• Farmer Dave Scher – keyboards
• Rob Schnapf – mixing, producer
• Jon Shaw – bass
• Bongo Sidibe – percussion
• Aaron Sperske – drums
• Maxwell Wang – vocals
• Wilder Zoby – keyboards, synthesizer

Charts

Chart (2016–17)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9]	137
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [10]	58
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11]	39
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [12]	15

References

1. Sodomsky, Sam (August 29, 2016). "Cass McCombs: "Mangy love"". Pitchfork . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
2. Lowman, Dustin (August 30, 2016). "Album review: Cass McCombs – "Mangy love"". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
3. Hann, Michael (August 25, 2016). "Cass McCombs: Mangy love review – an alt-rocker's bid for the AOR mainstream". The Guardian . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
4. Danton, Eric R. (September 1, 2016). "Cass McCombs: Mangy love". Paste. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
5. MacKinnel, Kyle (August 25, 2016). "Cass McCombs, "Mangy love"". Flood Magazine. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
6. "American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2016". American Songwriter . December 1, 2016. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
7. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Mojo . November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
8. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Stereogum . December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
9. "Ultratop.be – Cass McCombs – Mangy Love" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
10. "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 6: del 03.02.2017 al 09.02.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España . Retrieved February 16, 2017.
11. "Cass McCombs Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
12. "Cass McCombs Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2017.