Anchor Drops


Anchor Drops is Umphrey's McGee's third studio album, released on June 29, 2004. It is the first studio album to feature drummer Kris Myers. For this album, the band mixed progressive rock with acoustic folk music|folk], jam band grooves, Heavy [metal music|heavy metal] and electronica. The album also contains a horn section on the track "Wife Soup."
The cover is an overhead image of the city of Chicago. In the inner sleeve many close up shots of the city of Chicago are portrayed. On the cover, the word "Chicago" is written in International [maritime signal flags|maritime flags].

Track listing

  1. "Plunger" – 5:59
  2. "Anchor Drops" – 4:48
  3. "In the Kitchen" – 3:58
  4. "Bullhead City" – 4:32
  5. * Elliott Peck on vocals
  6. "Miss Tinkle's Overture" – 5:37
  7. "Uncommon" – 2:50
  8. "JaJunk pt.I" – 3:19
  9. "13 Days" – 4:28
  10. "JaJunk pt.II" – 3:44
  11. "Walletsworth" – 4:37
  12. "Robot World" – 5:00
  13. "Mulche's Odyssey" – 4:56
  14. "Wife Soup" – 7:43
  15. * Karl Denson on saxophone
  16. * Andy Geib on trombone
  17. "The Pequod" – 2:55

    Personnel

Graphic Design: Rob Heimbrock