Retrospective is an anthology album by the music group Monkey House, which was released in 2013 on the Green Dolphin Music label. Monkey House is a rock/pop/jazz group led by Don Breithaupt. This release has a total of 44 tracks: 38 songs, plus six interviews. It includes almost every tune from their first two albums, Welcome to the Club (1992), and True Winter (1998), and also has four newer songs that were on the 2005 release entitled Big Money: Singles Remasters Rarities 1992-2005. Additionally, six tunes not previously released are on this anthology album, five of them being instrumentals, as well as the tune "I'm Not That Guy" from the Headquarters (2012 album) sessions, but had not been included on that album. Special guests include Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward and former Pat Metheny Group member David Blamires.
Track listing All songs written by Don Breithaupt
Personnel Don Breithaupt - lead and backup vocals, keyboards, percussion, arranger, producer Rich Dodson - producer, guitar Mark Kelso – drums on track 1, brushes, hi-hat Richie Hayward - drums Rick Gratton - drums Pat Kilbride - bass on track 1 Mike Francis - guitar, electric sitar John David (Dave) Dunlop - guitar Kenny Vehkavaara - guitar Asher Horowitz - guitar Peter Smith - guitar Carlos Lopes - guitar Anthony Vanderburgh - guitar Kevin Breit - guitar, mandolin, backup vocals Burke Carroll - pedal steel guitar Perry White – saxophone John Johnson – saxophones, EWI Tony Carlucci - trumpet Dave Dunlop - cornet, trumpet Gord Myers - trombone Terry Promane - trombone Rikki Rumball - backup vocals, lead vocal on tracks 20 & 33 David Blamires - backup vocals Lorraine Lawson - backup vocals Debbie Johnson - backup vocals Suzanne Zrinscak - backup vocals Densil Pinnock - backup vocals, scat & octave vocals on track 24 Jeff Breithaupt - character voice on track 13 Aashna - voices MC Squared - rap lines on track 13 Ross Breithaupt - congas
References
External links Current website Monkey House Facebook page