Mumbo Jumbo (album) explained

Mumbo Jumbo
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Air Supply
Cover:	Air Supply Mumbo Jumbo Cover.jpg
Released:	4 May 2010
Recorded:	2008–2010
Studio:	Oddson StudiosWoodland Magic
Genre:	Soft rock
Length:	1:01:58
Label:	A Nice Pear
Producer:	Graham Russell
Prev Title:	Across the Concrete Sky
Prev Year:	2003

Mumbo Jumbo is the seventeenth studio album by English-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in 2010. Two singles from the album, "Dance with Me" and "Faith in Love", became top-30 hits on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[1] The band's first studio record in seven years, it was the third album released on the Graham Russell label A Nice Pear/Odds On Records.

Critical reception

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt the band "employs some smoke and mirrors on this album, perhaps more than any of their previous albums, dabbling with a variety of textures and rhythms." At the end of his review on this album, he called it "their most adventurous records, and one of their best works."

Track listing

All songs written by Graham Russell, except where noted.

Personnel

Air Supply

• Russell Hitchcock – vocals
• Graham Russell – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards (1, 3, 11, 12), string composer (3–5, 12), string conductor (12)

Additional musicians

• Frankie Moreno – acoustic piano (2–4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14), string arrangements (3, 4, 5, 14), conductor (3–6, 14), string composer (3, 4, 5), Wurlitzer electric piano (4), backing vocals (9)
• Jed Moss – acoustic piano (8, 11, 12)
• Jeff Alleman – guitar (1, 6, 8, 10)
• Russell Letizia – guitar (2, 4, 7, 9, 13)
• Marty Lyman – guitar (6)
• Jonni Lightfoot – bass, guitar (3, 10, 11), keyboards (10)
• Mike Zerbe – drums
• Lindsey Springer – cello (5, 14)
• Louis Clark: string arrangements (6)
• DeAnne Letourneau – concertmaster (3–6, 12, 14)
• Stina Nordenstam – backing vocals (1, 3, 10)
• Michael Johns – guest vocals (4)
• Sara Hudson – guest vocals (5)
• The Celtic Tenors – guest vocals (8)
• Deirdrie Gilsenen – featured vocals (8)

Production

• Producer – Graham Russell
• Engineers – Jim "Bonzai" Caruso and Jonni Lightfoot
• Mixing – Jim "Bonzai" Caruso (Tracks 1, 7–10, 12–14); Sean O'Dwyer and Matt Salveson (Tracks 2–6 & 11).
• Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• CD Artwork – Lady Jodi Russell
• Cover Photography – Tyler Gourley
• Neon and Center Photos – Nyk Fry
• Management – Barry Siegel

Notes and References

1. Web site: Air Supply Chart History.