Just Outside of Town is the fourth album by the Brooklyn-based soul/funk band Mandrill. Released in October 1973 on Polydor Records, the album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
In 2000, this album, along with Mandrill, Mandrill Is, and Composite Truth, 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
Side 1 "Mango Meat" 4:44 "Never Die" 3:22 "Love Song" 5:42 "Interlude" 0:24 "Fat City Strut" 3:19
Side 2 "Two Sisters of Mystery" 3:39 "Afrikus Retrospectus" 7:42 "She Ain't Lookin' Too Tough" 5:01 "Aspiration Flame" 5:00
Personnel Carlos D. Wilson – trombone, flute, alto saxophone, timbales, percussion, guitar, vocals Louis Wilson – trumpet, congas, percussion, vocals Ricardo Wilson – tenor saxophone, percussion, vocals Claude "Coffee" Cave – organ, vibes, piano, synthesizer, percussion, clavinet, vocals Frederick "Fudgie Kae" Solomon – bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals, piano Omar Mesa – lead guitar, percussion, vocals Neftali Santiago – drums, percussion, vocals
Charts Chart (1973) Peakposition Billboard Pop Albums82 Billboard Top Soul Albums6
Singles Year Single Chart positions USSoul1974 "Love Song" 65 "Mango Meat" 40
Samples and Covers Jungle Brothers sampled "Mango Meat" on their song "Straight Out the Jungle", from Straight out the Jungle, in 1988. Public Enemy sampled "Two Sisters of Mystery" on their song "By the Time I Get to Arizona", from Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black, in 1991. The Avalanches sampled "Fat City Strut" on their song "Radio", from Since I Left You, in 2000.
References
External links Mandrill-Just Outside Of Town at Discogs