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R&B Transmogrification

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{{Infobox album

| name = R&B Transmogrification

| type = studio

| artist = Quasi

| cover = Quasi-RBTransmogrification.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 25, 1997

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 47:04

| label = Up Records{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=R&pg=PA667|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|first1=Nathan|last1=Brackett|first2=Christian David|last2=Hoard|date=October 9, 2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743201698|via=Google Books}}

| producer = * Charlie Campbell

  • Quasi

| prev_title = Early Recordings

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Featuring "Birds"

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r-b-transmogrification-mw0000619454|title=R&B Transmogrification - Quasi | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork Media

| rev2Score = 7.8/10{{cite web |last1=Schreiber |first1=Ryan |title=Quasi: R&B; Transmogrification: Pitchfork Review |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/q/quasi/r-and-b-transmogrification.shtml |website=Pitchfork Media |access-date=June 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001001214912/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/q/quasi/r-and-b-transmogrification.shtml |archive-date=October 1, 2000}}

|rev3 = Record Collector

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/rb-transmogrification|title=R&B Transmogrification - Record Collector Magazine}}

}}

R&B Transmogrification is the second studio album by the American indie band Quasi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/08/01/quasi-rb-transmogrification-up/a5bec0eb-b82e-4110-b20a-bc4365b74358/|title=QUASI|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=August 1, 1997|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/quasi-mn0000370752/biography|title=Quasi Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}} It was released on March 25, 1997, on Up Records.

Critical reception

Record Collector wrote that the album is "clever from the get-go; between their heavily distorted rocksichord (a kind of electronic keyboard made to approximate the sound of a harpsichord) and lyricism that tells of the worst kind of heartbreak, there’s a sort of commercial viability without selling the soul of these songs." Trouser Press thought that "the imaginative music includes everything commercial pop lacks: the pioneering spirit navigating a sinking ship, violations of civilized taste and neurotic condemnations."{{cite web |title=Quasi |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/quasi/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=7 January 2022}}

Track listing

All tracks by Sam Coomes except "Bird's Eye View" by Janet Weiss and Coomes.

  1. "Ghost Dreaming" – 3:24
  2. "Ballad of Mechanical Man" – 3:13
  3. "In the First Place" – 4:02
  4. "Bird's Eye View" – 3:23
  5. "Two-Faced" – 2:53
  6. "Ghost vs. Vampire" – 3:26
  7. "R&B Transmogrification" – 2:29
  8. "When I'm Dead" – 2:20
  9. "Sugar" – 5:27
  10. "My Coffin" – 3:59
  11. "Mama, Papa, Baby" – 2:59
  12. "Chocolate Rabbit" – 3:24
  13. "Iron Worm" – 3:18
  14. "Clouds" – 2:52

Personnel

  • Sam Coomes – vocals, guitars, Roxichord, keyboards
  • Janet Weiss – vocals, drums
  • Charlie Campbell – recording engineer, mixing
  • Quasi – recording engineer, mixing
  • Tony Lash – mastering

References

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Category:1997 albums

Category:Quasi albums