Spin the World


Spin the World is an album by the American band Royal Crescent Mob, released in 1989. It was the band's major label debut. They supported the album with a North American tour.
The album's single, "Hungry", peaked at No. 27 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Production

The album was produced by Richard Goetterer and the band. "Big Show" is about the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Reaching the majors, the Mob tightened its instrumental wig and reduced funk to a smaller component of its personality, making Spin the World good and credible, but only as far as it goes." Robert Christgau determined that, "bridging the modest distance between Ohio Players fans and Aerosmith-for-the-fun-of-it, they lock into their groove and don't give a single song away." The Los Angeles Times said that "the album’s blend of hip attitude and down-to-earth Berry/Stones fundamentals makes it a notice-serving LP."
The Washington Post praised the "new-found eclecticism in songwriting." The Chicago Tribune thought that Spin the World "reinforces the energetic, but repetitious, heavy funk of their first releases by adding some diversity and pop hooks." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called it "a crisp, collection of fun songs that range from a rap tribute to the day Ellison's mother met the Beatles to a driving ode to food and lust to a breakup song that could have come from the Rolling Stones' vault of unreleased tunes." The State declared: "These guys are having fun—and that's one of rock 'n' roll's prime directives."
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Spin the World "finds the band in its glory... shows strong pop instincts."

Track listing