Crab Rangoon (album)

Crab Rangoon is the third studio album by American ska punk band MU330, released on Asian Man Records in 1997.

Crab Rangoon
Studio album by
MU330
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1997
GenreSka punk, indie rock
Length44:13
LabelAsian Man Records
ProducerMU330 and David Probst
MU330 chronology
Chumps on Parade
(1996)		 Crab Rangoon
(1997)		 MU330
(1999)

Overview

Crab Rangoon marked a major turning point in MU330's sound, moving away from the manic punk-ska of their early albums and into a more melodic indie rock-influenced direction the band would maintain for their subsequent albums, a style that Asian Man Records marketed as "Weezer meets The Specials".[1]

Following the departure of vocalist Jason Nelson, trumpeter Nick Baur and saxophonist Traygen Bilsland, this was the first MU330 album to feature former Skankin' Pickle trombonist Gerry Lundquist, cementing the five-piece line-up which would become the longest lasting of the band's career.

Released during the commercial height of the American third wave ska revival in 1997, two promotional singles were released from Crab Rangoon with accompanying music videos, "Tune Me Out" and "Father Friendly", although neither song achieved any significant radio airplay or chart success.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dan Potthast except where noted otherwise.

  1. "Tune Me Out" - 2:34
  2. "Ireland" (Potthast/Moll) - 3:07
  3. "Funny Papers" (Potthast/Moll) - 1:47
  4. "Neighbors" - 2:42
  5. "Father Friendly" - 3:11
  6. "Understand" - 2:46
  7. "Fragile" - 2:21
  8. "Jason" - 2:08
  9. "X-mas Card" - 2:00
  10. "Around You" - 3:04
  11. "Good Homes" - 2:32
  12. "The Struggle of Helen" - 1:49
  13. "Organic Gun" - 1:04
  14. "Now"* - 13:12
  • Following several minutes of silence after "Now" is a hidden track identified in the liner notes as "Things That Don't Hurt" (Moll).

Personnel

Additional musicians
  • Nick Baur - trumpet on tracks 3, 8, 12 and 14

References
  1. Asian Man Records: Crab Rangoon Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
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