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Composite Truth

The 1973 album that gave Mandrill their biggest hit and their best chart showing.
Mandrill, 1973

Composite Truth was recorded in the winter of 1972 at Electric Lady Studios and The Hit Factory in New York, with the band and Alfred V. Brown producing. Every song is credited to Mandrill. It reached number 28 on the Billboard 200 and number 8 on the soul albums chart, and Wikipedia calls it the band's most commercially successful release. AllMusic gave it four and a half stars.

Two singles came from it: "Hang Loose" (number 83 pop, number 25 soul) and "Fencewalk" (number 52 pop, number 19 soul).

Track listing

  1. Hang Loose4:45
  2. Fencewalk5:28
  3. Hagalo2:47
  4. Don't Mess With People3:45
  5. Polk Street Carnival6:03
  6. Golden Stone7:17
  7. Out With The Boys5:09
  8. Moroccan Nights5:42

Sources

  1. Composite Truth, Wikipedia