Pray for Mojo explained

Pray for Mojo
Type:Album
Artist:Mustard Plug
Cover:Mustardplugprayformojo.jpg
Released:March 16, 1999
Recorded:January 1999
(at The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado.)
Genre:Ska
Length:32:59
Label:Hopeless Records[1]
Producer:Bill Stevenson
Stephen Egerton
Jason Livermore
Prev Title:Evildoers Beware!
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Yellow #5
Next Year:2002

Pray for Mojo is a 1999 album by the American ska punk band Mustard Plug.[2] [3] The title comes from an episode of The Simpsons (“Girly Edition”) which first aired in April 1998.[4]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "what makes this ska core group special is the fabulous horn section of trumpeter Brandon Jenison and trombonist Jim Hofer." The New Haven Register called the album "pop with sharp enough hooks and plenty of enthusiasm, and maybe a little bit of maturity..."[5]

Track listing

  1. Send You Back – 2:11
  2. Not Giving In – 2:45
  3. Someday, Right Now – 3:25
  4. Everything Girl – 3:05
  5. Away from Here – 3:27
  6. Throw a Bomb – 2:27
  7. Lolita – 2:51
  8. Mend Your Ways – 2:19
  9. So Far to Go – 2:11
  10. Time Will Come – 2:58
  11. Yesterday – 3:10
  12. We’re Gonna Take on the World – 2:10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mustard Plug Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  2. Book: Partridge, Kenneth. Hell of a Hat: The Rise of '90s Ska and Swing. September 14, 2021. Penn State Press. 9780271090535. Google Books.
  3. Web site: SPOTLIGHT ON MUSTARD PLUG SKA-PUNK BAND STILL SKANKING AFTER THIRD WAVE CRESTS. The Morning Call . 17 September 2021.
  4. News: George Meyer. 30 July 2009. The Believer. September 2004.
  5. News: Fried . Fran . PUNKORAMA! . New Haven Register . May 14, 1999 . E2.