Moodfood Explained

Moodfood
Type:	studio
Artist:	Moodswings
Cover:	Moodfood (Moodswings album - cover art).jpg
Released:	September 15, 1992
Genre:	Tribal ambient, alternative dance, ambient dub, downtempo, house
Length:	73:12
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Hood and Showbiz
Next Title:	Live at Leeds (EP)
Next Year:	1994

Moodfood is a 1992 album by Moodswings. This album prominently features Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders on most of the lead vocals.

Track listing

All tracks by J.F.T. Hood and Showbiz except where noted.

1. "Throw off the Shackles" – 6:19
2. "Moodswings Overture" – 5:56
3. "Problem Solved" – 8:11
4. "Skinthieves" – 6:08
5. "Rainsong" (Chrissie Hynde, Waterhouse) – 6:29
6. "100% Total Success" – 3:51
7. "Microcosmic" – 4:40
8. "Spiritual High (Part I)" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 5:23
9. "Spiritual High (State of Independence) Part II" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 4:57
10. "Spiritual High (Part III)" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 5:14
11. "Thailand" – 7:37
12. "Hairy Piano" (Hood, Upchurch) – 8:27

Personnel

Moodswings

• J.F.T. Hood – drums, producer
• Showbiz – producer, keyboards
• Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals, producer

Additional musicians

• Jeff Beck – guitar
• Kid Prince Moore – vocals
• Linda Muriel – vocals on "Rainsong"
• Terry Disley – string arrangements
• Liz Upchurch – piano
• Amanda Vincent – piano
• Johnny Marr – engineer, additional guitars
• Step Parikian – engineer
• Martin Hawkes – engineer
• Erick Labson – engineer, editing, mixing, post-production
• Mental Block – design, illustrations
• Peter Mountain – photography
• Rob Williams – photography

Charts

Chart performance for Moodfood!Chart (1993)!Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)^[1]

178

Notes

• "Skinthieves" features a guitar solo performed by Jeff Beck, and was used as the theme for the TV series America's Most Wanted.
• "Spiritual High" is based on the Jon & Vangelis song "State of Independence" and features vocals by Chrissie Hynde. Part III incorporates excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Part II was featured in the film Single White Female. "Spiritual High" reached #6 on Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 2 December 1991. Bubbling Down Under. 2 December 2022.
2. Billboard magazine