Mandrill Is is the second album by the Brooklyn-based soul/funk band Mandrill. Released in April 1972 on Polydor Records, the album reached No. 24 on the Top Soul Albums chart. The album showcases the band's eclectic style, which fuses funk and soul with Latin elements, psychedelic rock, jazz and progressive pop.
In 2000, this album, along with Mandrill, Composite Truth, and Just Outside of Town, was re-released in a four-CD box set entitled The Ultimate Collection.The Ultimate Collection on AllMusic
Track listing All songs written and arranged by Mandrill
"Ape Is High" 5:32 "Cohello" 1:50 "Git It All" 4:30 "Children of the Sun" 5:00 "I Refuse To Smile" 4:05 "Universal Rhythms" 3:24 "Lord of the Golden Baboon" 3:33 "Central Park" 4:05 "Kofijahm" 3:25 "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" 4:30 "The Sun Must Go Down" 3:17
Personnel Carlos Wilson - trombone, alto saxophone, flute, guitar, percussion, vocals Louis Wilson - percussion, trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals Ricardo Wilson - tenor saxophone, percussion, vocals Claude "Coffee" Cave - keyboards, vibraphone, percussion, vocals Frederick "Fudgie Kae" Solomon - bass, percussion, vocals Omar Mesa - guitar, percussion, vocals Charles Padro - drums, percussion, vocals
Charts Chart (1972) Peakposition Billboard Pop Albums56 Billboard Top Soul Albums24
Singles Year Single Chart positions USSoul1972 "Git It All " 37
References
External links Mandrill-Mandrill Is at Discogs