Moodfood

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Moodfood
Moodfood (Moodswings album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1992
Genre Tribal ambient, alternative dance, ambient dub, downtempo, house
Length73:12
Label Arista
Producer Hood and Showbiz
Moodswings chronology
Moodfood
(1992)
Live at Leeds (EP)
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
NME 7/10 [3]

Moodfood is a 1992 album by Moodswings. This album prominently features Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders on most of the lead vocals.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by J.F.T. Hood and Showbiz except where noted.

  1. "Throw off the Shackles" – 6:19
  2. "Moodswings Overture" – 5:56
  3. "Problem Solved" – 8:11
  4. "Skinthieves" – 6:08
  5. "Rainsong" (Chrissie Hynde, Waterhouse) – 6:29
  6. "100% Total Success" – 3:51
  7. "Microcosmic" – 4:40
  8. "Spiritual High (Part I)" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 5:23
  9. "Spiritual High (State of Independence) Part II" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 4:57
  10. "Spiritual High (Part III)" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 5:14
  11. "Thailand" – 7:37
  12. "Hairy Piano" (Hood, Upchurch ) – 8:27

Personnel

Moodswings

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart performance for Moodfood
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 178

Notes

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r55942 link
  2. Nov. 1992 link
  3. Feb. 1993, p. 33
  4. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 2 December 1991". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  5. Billboard magazine