Mimosa

by Fun Lovin' Criminals

Overview

Smooth New York jazz rappers Fun Lovin' Criminals have quietly built their popularity stateside and particularly in Europe over the last six years by wrapping their tales of the Big Apple's underbelly with sweet grooves and live instrumentation akin to Cake, the Roots, and Luscious Jackson. The smoothness of their grooves and underground culture has always been just a stone's throw away from lounge-lizard heaven. With Mimosa, the band gives in to their Velveeta-smooth cheese urges and delivers a quirky collection of far-out covers and retoolings of their own songs. It's an interesting collection, and works best when they stick to their own material. Reworked originals like "Scooby Snacks" and the excellent "I Can't Get With That" have a great, easy, witty feel not terribly far from the original recordings. Some tracks, like "The Summer Wind," with the surprising guest Ian McCullough, showcase the band's strong live performances. Others are just plain whacked out, like the ultra-wimpy '70s weepers "I'm Not In Love" and "Shining Star" (not the Earth, Wind & Fire song, another one). It seems like they might have taken a miscue from Cake, whose 1996 cover of "I Will Survive" is both hilarious but true to the spunk of the original. These covers lack the irony or campiness needed to make it interesting. ~ Theresa E. LaVeck

Product Details

Release Date:	04/14/2017
Label:	Chrysalis Records
UPC:	5060516090020
Rank:	145690

Tracks

1. Couldn't Get It Right
2. Scooby Snacks [Schmoove Version]
3. Shining Star
4. Bombin' the L [Circa 1956 Version]
5. I'm Not in Love
6. The Summer Wind
7. Crazy Train
8. I Can't Get With That [Schmoove Version]
9. We Have All the Time in the World [Copa Cabana Version]
10. Coney Island Girl [Schmoove Version]
11. I'll Be Seeing You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fun Lovin' Criminals   Primary Artist
Ian McCulloch   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mackie   Drums,Percussion,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

John Barry   Composer
Randy Rhoads   Composer
Ozzy Osbourne   Composer
Paul Richmond   Composer
George Marino   Mastering
Haycock   Composer
Tim Latham   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Additional Production
Daniel Ash   Composer
Dave Russell   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Hal David   Composer
Kevin Haskins   Composer
Fun Lovin' Criminals   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Ronnie Van Zant   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer
Hans Bradtke   Composer
Leo Graham Jr.   Composer
Sean Coffey   Assistant
Dave Fisher   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Glen Campling   Composer
Tom Shick   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Edward Douglas   Assistant Engineer
Henry Mayer   Composer
Steve Borgovini   Composer
Hugh Morgan   Composer
Brian Leiser   Composer
Heinz Meier   Composer
Graham Goldman   Composer
Allen Collins   Composer
Amil   Mixing,Assistant
Irving Kahal   Composer
Bob Daisley   Composer
Ian McCulloch   Arranger,Producer
Kevin Crouse   Mixing,Assistant
Cuffley   Composer
Graham Gouldman   Composer
Eric Stewart   Composer
Climax Blues Band   Composer
Ed Douglas   Assistant
Juan Garcia   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Leo Graham   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer