The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band explained
| The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Menahan Street Band |
| Cover: | Menahan Street Band - The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band.jpg |
| Alt: | A photo of a green snake wrapped around a candelabra held by a woman |
| Caption: | One of two covers to the album: the other features four nude women with snakes wrapped around them, posed around a piano |
| Studio: | - The Diamond Mine, Long Island City, New York, US
- The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, US
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| Label: | Dunham |
| Producer: | Tommy "TNT" Brenneck |
| Prev Title: | The Crossing |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band is the third full-length studio album by American rhythm and blues group Menahan Street Band.
Reception
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing the "music frequently plays like a collection of soundtrack pieces to forgotten movies and television shows of the '70s" and "the vintage-style compositions, arrangements, and production are almost spooky in their accuracy". In Spill Magazine, Gerrod Harris gave this album a 4 out of 5, calling it "a sound that could set the tone and atmosphere of a Tarantino film" that has "a complete vibe that while founded on nostalgia and reminiscing for the past, is driven by excellent musicianship and strong songwriting". In a 7 out of 10 review for Under the Radar, Mark Moody called The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band "a cohesive listen" while criticizing some tracks as weaker than others.
Track listing
- "Midnight Morning" (Thomas Brenneck, Dave Guy, Leon Michels, and Homer Steinweiss) – 2:57
- "Rainy Day Lady" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, and Steinweiss) – 3:18
- "The Starchaser" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Nick Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 2:48
- "Silkworm" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 3:17
- "Cabin Fever" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 2:37
- "Rising Dawn" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, and Steinweiss) – 2:15
- "Glovebox Pistol" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, and Steinweiss) – 1:08
- "Queens Highway" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 1:07
- "Snow Day" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 4:00
- "Parlor Trick" (Brenneck, Daniel Foder, Guy, Michels, and Brian Profilio) – 1:36
- "The Duke" (Brenneck, Adam Feeney, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 2:46
- "Stepping Through Shadow"(Brenneck) – 2:01
- "Devil’s Respite"(Brenneck, Guy, Michels, and Steinweiss) – 3:51
- "There Was a Man"(Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 4:09
Personnel
Menahen Street Band
- Thomas Brenneck – bass guitar, guitar, Mini Moog, organ, percussion, piano, engineering, mixing
- Mike Deller – organ, piano
- Dave Guy – trumpet, guitar, tambourine
- Leon Michels – tenor saxophone, organ, percussion
- Nick Movshon – bass, drums
- Homer Steinweiss – drums
Additional personnel
- Mike Deller – Farfisa organ on "The Duke"
- Daniel Foder – bass guitar on "Parlor Trick"
- Daniel Gneiding – lettering
- JJ Golden – mastering
- Simon Guzman – tape operation
- Jens Jungkurth – engineering
- Todd Malconfone – engineering
- Bosco Mann – bass guitar on "Midnight Morning"
- Ray Mason – trombone on "The Duke"
- Ariana Papademetropoulos – art direction, photography
- Brian Profilio – drums on "Parlor Trick"
- Elizabeth Pupo-Walker – congas on "The Starchaser"
- Ray Mason – trombone
- Gabriel Roth – mixing, executive production
- Neal Sugarman – executive production
See also
