Mink, Rat or Rabbit

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mink, Rat, or Rabbit (1998)

| type = Album

| artist = the Detroit Cobras

| cover = MRRCover.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 24, 1998

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| genre = Garage rock

| length = 31:48

| label = Sympathy for the Record Industry

| producer = Al Sutton & the Detroit Cobras

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Life, Love and Leaving

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r332935|last=Handyside|first=Chris}}

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Mink, Rat or Rabbit is the first album by the Detroit Cobras, released 24 February 1998.

The title quotes a line from Irma Thomas's "Hittin on Nothing" complaining that the singer has not received a promised mink coat.

Track listing

  1. Cha Cha Twist
  2. *Original by Brice Coefield
  3. I'll Keep Holding On
  4. *Original by the Marvelettes
  5. Putty (In Your Hands)
  6. *Original by the Shirelles
  7. Easier To Cry
  8. *Original by the Shangri-Las
  9. Bad Girl
  10. *Original by the Oblivians
  11. Summer (The Slum)
  12. *Original by the 5 Royales
  13. Midnight Blues
  14. *Original by Charlie Rich
  15. You Knows What To Do
  16. *Original by Barrett Strong
  17. Can't Do Without You
  18. *Original by Dusty Wilson
  19. Hittin' On Nothing
  20. *Original by Irma Thomas
  21. Out Of This World
  22. *Original by Gino Washington
  23. Chumbawa
  24. *Original by Gabriel And the Angels
  25. Breakaway
  26. *Original by Irma Thomas

Personnel

References