Monkjack

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{{Infobox album

| name = Monkjack

| type = Studio album

| artist = Jack Bruce

| cover = Jack Bruce Monkjack.jpg

| alt =

| released = 10 October 1995

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz, blues

| length = 51:25

| label = CMP Records

| producer = Jack Bruce, with Kurt Renker & Walter Quintus

| prev_title = Somethin Els

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Shadows in the Air

| next_year = 2001

}}

Monkjack is the eleventh studio album by Scottish musician Jack Bruce, released on 10 October 1995 by CMP Records.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/monkjack/id689419045|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822123624/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/monkjack/id689419045|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 August 2016|title=iTunes - Music - Monkjack by Jack Bruce|work=iTunes|accessdate=26 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/monkjack-mw0000178308|title=Monkjack - Jack Bruce - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|author=Joe Viglione|work=AllMusic|accessdate=26 October 2014}} The album is unique in his catalogue in that he only sings and plays piano, and is joined only by former P-Funk organist Bernie Worrell. It features a re-working of the song "Weird of Hermiston" from his 1969 debut solo album Songs for a Tailor.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown; except where indicated

{{tracklist

| title1 = The Food

| writer1 = Jack Bruce, Kip Hanrahan

| length1 = 4:07

| title2 = The Boy

| writer2 = Bruce, David Hart

| length2 = 3:52

| title3 = Shouldn't We

| writer3 = Bruce

| length3 = 2:56

| title4 = David's Harp

| writer4 = Bruce, Hanrahan

| length4 = 3:50

| title5 = Time Repairs

| note5 =

| length5 = 3:32

| title6 = Laughing on Music Street

| note6 =

| length6 = 7:55

| title7 = Know One Blues

| writer7 = Bruce

| length7 = 2:15

| title8 = Folksong

| note8 =

| length8 = 5:16

| title9 = Weird of Hermiston

| note9 =

| length9 = 3:20

| title10 = Tightrope

| writer10 = Bruce, Hart

| length10 = 5:39

| title11 = Third Degree

| writer11 = Willie Dixon, Eddie Boyd

| length11 = 3:34

| title12 = Immortal Ninth

| writer12 = Bruce

| length12 = 5:08

}}

Personnel

References

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Category:Jack Bruce albums

Category:1995 albums