Just Outside of Town

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.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Mandrill

Side 1

1. "Mango Meat" 4:44
2. "Never Die" 3:22
3. "Love Song" 5:42
4. "Interlude" 0:24
5. "Fat City Strut" 3:19

Side 2

1. "Two Sisters of Mystery" 3:39
2. "Afrikus Retrospectus" 7:42
3. "She Ain't Lookin' Too Tough" 5:01
4. "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

Singles

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