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Mental Floss for the Globe is the debut album by Dutch rap rock band Urban Dance Squad. Released in 1989 (in the US, 1990[4]) and produced by Belgian guitarist Jean-Marie Aerts,[3] the album features a crossover of several music genres, such as rock, hip hop, and funk. It spawned the hit single "Deeper Shade of Soul," which gained the band international recognition, including in the United States, where they toured with Living Colour.[5] The album got to #54 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Mental Floss for the Globe
Studio album by
Urban Dance Squad
Released1989
RecordedMay–July 1989 at I.C.P. studios,[1] Brussels
Genre
  • Hip hop
  • rap rock
  • blues rock
  • psychedelic hip hop
  • funk metal[2]
Length50:48
LabelArista
ProducerJean-Marie Aerts[3]
Urban Dance Squad chronology
Mental Floss for the Globe
(1989)
Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover
(1991)

"Deeper Shade of Soul" reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100,[6] and two other singles were taken from the album, "No Kid" and "Fast Lane". The album won an Edison Award in the Netherlands, and in 2008 was named the best Dutch pop album of all time by Dutch music magazine OOR.[7]


Critical reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Chicago Tribune[8]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[9]
Orlando Sentinel[10]

The rap metal album was released in the United States to positive reviews; the Toledo Blade commented on the unusual combination of rock instrumentation with a rapper and a DJ, and of hip hop rhythms with heavy metal music, and called it "refreshing".[11]


Track listing



CD release


  1. "Fast Lane" – 3:29
  2. "No Kid" – 3:39
  3. "Deeper Shade of Soul" – 4:32
  4. "Prayer for My Demo" – 3:40
  5. "Big Apple" – 3:30
  6. "Piece of Rock" – 4:59
  7. "Brainstorm on the U.D.S." – 4:03
  8. "The Devil" – 3:33
  9. "Famous When You're Dead" – 5:15
  10. "Mental Floss for the Globe" – 3:05
  11. "Struggle for Jive" – 4:04
  12. "Man on the Corner" – 3:40
  13. "God Blasts the Queen" – 4:11

Vinyl release



Cassette release



Europe


United States

The international releases of the album have track length variances due to removal of uncleared samples. For example, "The Devil" originally contained samples from "Orange Claw Hammer", performed by Captain Beefheart, from his 1969 album Trout Mask Replica.


Personnel


Adapted credits from the liner notes of Mental Floss for the Globe.[12]

Urban Dance Squad
Additional musicians
Production

References


  1. "Urban Dance Squad, Mental Floss for the Globe". Billboard. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  2. Everley, Dave (June 29, 2021). "10 funk metal bands that time forgot". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  3. Bijl, Peter (18 August 2006). "Urban Dance Squad: de beginjaren in retrospectief". 3VOOR12. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. Anderson, Rick. "Mental Floss for the Globe – Urban Dance Squad". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  5. King, Peter B. (24 January 1991). "UDS, Living Colour bring new hues to rock". The Pittsburgh Press. p. D7. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  6. "Urban Dance Squad, "Deeper Shade of Soul"". Billboard. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  7. "Rudeboy terug met surfband". Het Parool. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  8. Kot, Greg (9 August 1990). "Urban Dance Squad: Mental Floss for the Globe (Arista)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  9. Reynolds, Simon (24 May 1991). "Hybrid sounds". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  10. Fields, Curt (21 September 1990). "Urban Dance Squad". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  11. Walker, Stewart (10 June 1990). "Recordings". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  12. Mental Floss for the Globe (liner notes). Urban Dance Squad. Arista. 1990. ARCD-8640.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)





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