We Are One - BONUS TRACKS
Released: Jul 20, 2004
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Released: Jul 20, 2004
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Their second album for Arista, 1978's New Worlds was Mandrill's self-produced and updated plunge into more mainstream waters. Hoping, perhaps, to capitalize on some of the disco gold that propelled...
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The Ultimate Collection
Released: Nov 28, 2000
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Released: Nov 28, 2000
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Not will only will Mandrill's music make you dizzy, the price tag of this limited-edition four-CD box set will too. Be prepared to shell out more than $50 for this 38-track collection, featuring...
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Fencewalk: The Anthology
Released: Feb 4, 1997
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Released: Feb 4, 1997
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Right from the start of this two disc collection, with the track that shares the band's name, it's clear that Mandrill had some seriously heavy funk credentials -- and broad ranging ones at that....
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Mandrill
Released: 1970
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Released: 1970
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Mandrill's debut isn't half the album it could've been, since the band's talented musicianship and desire to experiment were often subverted -- by ambitions of pop success as well as a dry,...
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Mandrill Is
Released: 1972
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Released: 1972
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Apparently learning from the mistakes of its debut, Mandrill crafted a follow-up with fewer stylistic detours than the first record, but much more energy and greater maturity. The two singles, "Ape...
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Composite Truth
Released: 1973
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Released: 1973
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Composite Truth is Mandrill's most successful album, commercially as well as artistically. Although the band's sense of freewheeling experimentation had been tempered, its gradual transition to a...
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Just Outside of Town
Released: 1973
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Released: 1973
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It lacked the delicious hooks and tight funk of Composite Truth, but Just Outside of Town was as solid and confident a piece of music-making as the band ever accomplished. The single "Mango Meat"...
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