R&B Transmogrification Explained

R&B Transmogrification
Type:	studio
Artist:	Quasi
Cover:	Quasi-RBTransmogrification.jpg
Released:	March 25, 1997
Length:	47:04
Label:	Up Records^[1]
Producer:	Charlie Campbell & Quasi
Prev Title:	Early Recordings
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Featuring "Birds"
Next Year:	1998

R&B Transmogrification is the second studio album by the American indie band Quasi.^{[2] [3]} It was released on March 25, 1997, on Up Records.

Critical reception

Record Collector wrote that the album is "clever from the get-go; between their heavily distorted rocksichord (a kind of electronic keyboard made to approximate the sound of a harpsichord) and lyricism that tells of the worst kind of heartbreak, there’s a sort of commercial viability without selling the soul of these songs." Trouser Press thought that "the imaginative music includes everything commercial pop lacks: the pioneering spirit navigating a sinking ship, violations of civilized taste and neurotic condemnations."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks by Sam Coomes except "Bird's Eye View" by Janet Weiss and Coomes.

1. "Ghost Dreaming" – 3:24
2. "Ballad of Mechanical Man" – 3:13
3. "In the First Place" – 4:02
4. "Bird's Eye View" – 3:23
5. "Two-Faced" – 2:53
6. "Ghost vs. Vampire" – 3:26
7. "R&B Transmogrification" – 2:29
8. "When I'm Dead" – 2:20
9. "Sugar" – 5:27
10. "My Coffin" – 3:59
11. "Mama, Papa, Baby" – 2:59
12. "Chocolate Rabbit" – 3:24
13. "Iron Worm" – 3:18
14. "Clouds" – 2:52

Personnel

• Sam Coomes – vocals, guitars, Roxichord, keyboards
• Janet Weiss – vocals, drums
• Charlie Campbell – recording engineer, mixing
• Quasi – recording engineer, mixing
• Tony Lash – mastering

Notes and References

1. Book: The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Nathan. Brackett. Christian David. Hoard. October 9, 2004. Simon and Schuster. 9780743201698. Google Books.
2. Web site: QUASI. Mark. Jenkins. August 1, 1997. www.washingtonpost.com.
3. Web site: Quasi Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
4. Web site: Quasi . Trouser Press . 7 January 2022.