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Released | 1991 | |||
Genre | Funk, punk funk, [1] funk rock [2] | |||
Label | Sire | |||
Producer | Eric Calvi | |||
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Midnight Rose's is an album by the American band Royal Crescent Mob, released in 1991. [3] [4] The first single was "Konk". [1] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [5] Royal Crescent Mob was dropped from Sire Records after the release of Midnight Rose's. [6]
The album was produced by Eric Calvi. [7] As on previous albums, the band was influenced by fellow Ohioans the Ohio Players. [8] "Pretty Good Life" is an examination of the yuppie lifestyle. [9] "I'm Sayin'" is about a marriage proposal. [1] "Mt. Everest" is about a romantic relationship with an extremely tall woman. [10] "Timebomb" contains a rap verse. [11] Singer David Ellison played harmonica on the album. [12]
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Dayton Daily News | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Newsday stated: "In the tradition of the Ohio Players and the other '70s funkateers they grew up listening to, Royal Crescent Mob takes a conscious stand against the notion of significance... As long as Royal Crescent Mob persists with this bizarre modesty, they'll be one of rock's best kept secrets." [18] The Orlando Sentinel wrote that on the album's best track "the group ... abandons its funkateering and comes up with some delightfully loopy rock. 'Drunkard's Nose' combines a New Orleans rhythmic feel and swampy horns with country-flavored licks and one of the most original subjects ever for a rock song—the nose of the title and alcoholic's deteriorating looks." [16] Trouser Press determined that guitarist Mr. B "colors the songs in with cogent flashes of aptly aimed guitar as the rhythm section sets the rhythmic clock in motion." [9]
The Philadelphia Inquirer noted that "the only chink in the Mob's armor is that some of its songs exist only as one-dimensional grooves, with Ellison wisecracking over them." [19] The Houston Chronicle opined that, "where the [Red Hot Chili] Peppers thrash and bash and peel their clothes off in concert, the Mob layers melody, lyrical wit and subtle grooves to the attack, never more evident on Midnight Rose's." [20] The Austin American-Statesman concluded that, "where so many bands with similar influences ... seem to think that establishing a style is mainly a matter of extending cliches toward the point of parody, the Mob has real songs to go with its real grooves." [21]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ramblin'" | |
2. | "Big Mistake" | |
3. | "Apples" | |
4. | "Konk" | |
5. | "Mt. Everest" | |
6. | "I'm Sayin'" | |
7. | "Pretty Good Life" | |
8. | "Woodsnake" | |
9. | "Timebomb" | |
10. | "Drunkard's Nose" |