MOODSWINGS: Moodfood [tape cassette 1992] Chrissie Hynde (vocals) Jeff Beck (guitar). Ambient with real melody rhythm. Check whole album + a detailed video review

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Track listing 1. Throw Off the Shackles 2. Moodswings Overture 3. Problem Solved 4. Skinthieves 5. RainSong 6. 100% Total Success 7. Microcosmic 8. Spiritual High (Part 1) 9. Spiritual High (State of Independence Part 2) 10. Spiritual High (Part 3) 11. Thailand

Released : September 15, 1992
Genre: Tribal ambient, alternative dance, ambient dub, downtempo, house
Length 73:12

Grant Showbiz and James Hood set up a soothing electric atmosphere for their 92 ambient/down-tempo debut. This album offers you “Aural medicine” that allows you to step back from your troubles with low-key layers and sampling. Let the MoodSwings wash over you and fill up your ears with wholesome melodies.

Moodfood is a 1992 album by Moodswings.

Track listing 

All tracks by J.F.T. Hood and Showbiz except where noted.

  1. “Throw off the Shackles” – 6:19
  2. “Moodswings Overture” – 5:56
  3. “Problem Solved” – 8:11
  4. “Skinthieves” – 6:08
  5. “Rainsong” (Chrissie Hynde, Waterhouse) – 6:29
  6. “100% Total Success” – 3:51
  7. “Microcosmic” – 4:40
  8. “Spiritual High (Part I)” (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 5:23
  9. “Spiritual High (State of Independence) Part II” (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 4:57
  10. “Spiritual High (Part III)” (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 5:14
  11. “Thailand” – 7:37
  12. “Hairy Piano” (Hood, Upchurch ) – 8:27
  • Jeff Beck – Guitar
  • Terry Disley – String Arrangements
  • Martin Hawkes – Engineer
  • J.F.T. Hood – Drums, Producer
  • Chrissie Hynde – Voices, Producer
  • Erick Labson – Engineer, Editing, Mixing, Post Production
  • Johnny Marr – Engineer
  • Mental Block – Design, Illustrations
  • Moodswings – Producer, Mixing
  • Kid Prince Moore – Vocals
  • Peter Mountain – Photography
  • Linda Muriel – Voices
  • Step Parikian – Engineer
  • Showbiz – Producer
  • Liz Upchurch – Piano
  • Amanda Vincent – Piano
  • Rob Williams – Photography
  • “Skinthieves” features a guitar solo performed by Jeff Beck, and was used as the theme for the TV series America’s Most Wanted.
  • “Spiritual High” is based on the Jon & Vangelis song “State of Independence” and features vocals by Chrissie Hynde. Part III incorporates excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” speech. Part II was featured in the film Single White Female. “Spiritual High” reached #6 on BillboardModern Rock Tracks chart

Details
Playing time: 72 min.
Contributing artists: Chrissie Hynde, Jeff Beck
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Album notes
Moodswings: Fred Hood, Grant Showbiz.
Additional personnel: Chrissie Hynde (vocals); Jeff Beck (guitar); Liz Upchurch, Amanda Vincent (piano); J.F.T. Hood (drums).

Very Good – …ambient, dancy, beautiful, quirky, right-on and hilarious all at the same time…
NME (02/13/1993)

…This crew of two makes languid audio collages by mixing ambient house music and New Age…Like most hybrids, this one shouldn’t make sense–but in this case, it does… – Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (11/06/1992)

…a deft, fluid, pliant and intoxicating release…
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5.0 out of 5 stars You’ll need to defrost yourself,
I remember buying this for a friend when it was originally released and was glad to be able to buy it for myself. A great deal of ‘ambient’albums can be deadly-dull and lacking in any real melody or rhythm, this is certainly not true in the case of this album. The synthesisers layer beautiful sections of haunting music over dubbed out beats. The whole tape has an “”outer-space feel”” and sounds amazing on a good sound system. It is very, very well produced. The album flows from 1 track or 1 mix of a track effortlessley. State of Independence with guest vocals by Chrissie Hynde is spine tinglingly emotive. As you can see I love this album. If you want to relax and float away then buy this and chill yourself out totally.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just about State of Independence (Pts I, II & III),
Just heard these three tracks on another compilation (unreleased, online only, by DJ Drew), and they are an absolute knockout – spine-chilling, especially for those of us that remember dancing to Donna original. These three tracks are successive remixes of a track called Spiritual High (State of Independence) by Chrissie Hynde (don’t know which album); the final track has Martin Luther King “”I have a Dream”” speech overlaid. Stunning.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Much much more music like this needed,
This is well thought out music. The album flows effortlessly from one track to the next without being the same. It caters to all tastes, and is one of the best albums I’ve heard for a very long time. This is an album rather than an assortment of songs. Psychodelecetesen ( sod the spelling ) is also good, but not as smoothly put together. Well worth buying though as it one of those musical treasures I whip out when I’ve got friends who are in need of serious musical titillation”

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