Just Outside of Town
Just Outside of Town is the fourth album by the Brooklyn-based soul/funk band Mandrill. Released in October 1973 on Polydor Records, the album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
In 2000, this album, along with Mandrill, Mandrill Is, and Composite Truth, was re-released in a four-CD box set entitled The Ultimate Collection.
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by MandrillSide 1
- "Mango Meat" 4:44
- "Never Die" 3:22
- "Love Song" 5:42
- "Interlude" 0:24
- "Fat City Strut" 3:19
- "Two Sisters of Mystery" 3:39
- "Afrikus Retrospectus" 7:42
- "She Ain't Lookin' Too Tough" 5:01
- "Aspiration Flame" 5:00
Personnel
- Carlos D. Wilson – trombone, flute, alto saxophone, timbales, percussion, guitar, vocals
- Louis Wilson – trumpet, congas, percussion, vocals
- Ricardo Wilson – tenor saxophone, percussion, vocals
- Claude "Coffee" Cave – organ, vibes, piano, synthesizer, percussion, clavinet, vocals
- Frederick "Fudgie Kae" Solomon – bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals, piano
- Omar Mesa – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
- Neftali Santiago – drums, percussion, vocals
Samples and Covers
- Jungle Brothers sampled "Mango Meat" on their song "Straight Out the Jungle", from Straight out the Jungle, in 1988.
- Public Enemy sampled "Two Sisters of Mystery" on their song "By the Time I Get to Arizona", from Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black, in 1991.
- The Avalanches sampled "Fat City Strut" on their song "Radio", from Since I Left You, in 2000.