Crab Rangoon (album)

Crab Rangoon is the third studio album by American ska rock band MU330, released on Asian Man Records in 1997.

Overview

Crab Rangoon marked a major turning point in MU330's sound, moving from the manic punk rock-infused third wave ska of their previous albums and into a more mellow indie rock influenced direction, a combination that Asian Man Records marketed as "Weezer meets The Specials"^[1] and a sound that the band would continue to develop on subsequent albums.

This was the first MU330 album to feature former Skankin' Pickle trombonist Gerry Lundquist, cementing a five-piece line-up which would become the longest lasting of the band's career.

Two promotional music videos were made for the singles "Tune Me Out" and "Father Friendly".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dan Potthast except where noted otherwise.

1. "Tune Me Out" - 2:34
2. "Ireland" (Potthast/Moll) - 3:07
3. "Funny Papers" (Potthast/Moll) - 1:47
4. "Neighbors" - 2:42
5. "Father Friendly" - 3:11
6. "Understand" - 2:46
7. "Fragile" - 2:21
8. "Jason" - 2:08
9. "X-mas Card" - 2:00
10. "Around You" - 3:04
11. "Good Homes" - 2:32
12. "The Struggle of Helen" - 1:49
13. "Organic Gun" - 1:04
14. "Now"* - 13:12

• Following several minutes of silence after "Now" is a hidden track identified in the liner notes as "Things That Don't Hurt" (Moll).

Personnel

• Dan Potthast - vocals, guitar, tenor and alto saxophones
• Ted Moll - drums, vocals
• Chris Diebold - bass, vocals
• Rob Bell - trombone
• Gerry Lundquist - trombone

Additional musicians

• Nick Baur - trumpet on tracks 3, 8, 12 and 14

References