Mind If We Make Love to You
| Mind If We Make Love to You | ||||
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| Studio album by Wondermints | ||||
| Released | September 10, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Studio | Studio Thru Inner Space, Los Angeles, California, United States | |||
| Genre | Power pop | |||
| Length | 43:49 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Smile | |||
| Producer | The Wondermints | |||
| Wondermints chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pop Matters | Positive[2] |
| Uncut | [3] |
Mind If We Make Love to You is an album by the American power pop group Wondermints. It was released in 2002 on record label Smile Records. The unusual album title, with its intentional lack of punctuation, is a take-off of Mind If I Make Love to You, an album of 1950s cocktail instrumentals in Darian Sahanaja's record collection.
On September 20, 2002, Wondermints performed a concert to promote the album at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles,[4] featuring special guests Brian Wilson and Evie Sands.
Multiple configurations of the album have been released in different parts of the world. Some pressings contain outtakes from the album sessions as well as Wondermints' cover of The Beatles' "Getting Better", which was originally submitted for use in a Philips commercial; the submission was rejected in favor of Gomez's version.
Track listing
- "On the Run" – 3:10
- "Ride" – 4:18
- "Shine on Me" – 4:00
- "Time Has You" – 3:05
- "Another Way" – 3:37
- "Project 11" – 3:41
- "Out of Mind" – 3:47
- "Sweetness" – 4:20
- "If I Were You" – 3:44
- "Something I Knew" – 2:55
- "Listen" – 3:27
- "So Nice" – 3:47
- Rev-Ola 2002 reissue bonus tracks
- "Out of Mind" (Alternate version) – 3:47
- "Ride" (Instrumental) – 4:18
Personnel
- The Wondermints
- Mike D'Amico – percussion
- Darian Sahanaja – keyboards
- Nick Walusko – guitar
with
- Probyn Gregory – multiple instruments
- Additional musicians
- Marc Daten – upright bass
- Colin Garner – viola
- Todd Jaeger – theremin
- Ana Lenchantin – cello, "Easter Island girl"
- David Nolte – bass guitar
- Heidi Rodewald – oboe
- Evie Sands – background vocals on "Shine on Me"
- Debbie Shair – harp and recorder
- Martin St-Pierre – viola
- Brian Wilson – background vocals on "Ride" and "So Nice"
- Production
- Ramón Bretón – Oceanview digital mastering
- Mark Linett – Additional recording
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Pop Matters review
- ↑ Uncut review
- ↑ Pop Tomes LA Weekly article by Dan Epstein. Retrieved on 2002-09-18