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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
''[[Trouser Press]]'' called the album "competent and tasteful but undistinguished", writing that "[guitarists] [[Jason Everman|Everman]] and [[Louis Svitek|Svitek]] whip up smartly modulated guitar noise bolstered by a strong, slightly stiff rhythm section and functional tunes."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Mindfunk |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/mindfunk/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote: "Boasting an effectively off-kilter weave of standard-issue [[grunge]] and unexpected psychedelic flourishes, ''Dropped'' is equal parts trippy impressionism ('11 Ton Butterfly') and brooding introspection ('Drowning')."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/11/26/sticks-stones-break-no-bones/bf3bd999-2b0d-4b5e-b33c-432e03feec81/|title=STICK'S STONES BREAK NO BONES|first=Nicole|last=Arthur|date=November 26, 1993|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> The ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'' wrote that the band "musters enough intensity to overcome its shortcomings in the originality department."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/06/25/sound-bites/|title=SOUND BITES|website=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref>
''[[Trouser Press]]'' called the album "competent and tasteful but undistinguished", writing that "[guitarists] [[Jason Everman|Everman]] and [[Louis Svitek|Svitek]] whip up smartly modulated guitar noise bolstered by a strong, slightly stiff rhythm section and functional tunes."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Mindfunk |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/mindfunk/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote: "Boasting an effectively off-kilter weave of standard-issue [[grunge]] and unexpected psychedelic flourishes, ''Dropped'' is equal parts trippy [[impressionism]] ('11 Ton Butterfly') and brooding introspection ('Drowning')."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/11/26/sticks-stones-break-no-bones/bf3bd999-2b0d-4b5e-b33c-432e03feec81/|title=STICK'S STONES BREAK NO BONES|first=Nicole|last=Arthur|date=November 26, 1993|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> The ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'' wrote that the band "musters enough intensity to overcome its shortcomings in the originality department."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/06/25/sound-bites/|title=SOUND BITES|website=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 10:56, 14 September 2021

Dropped
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedBad Animals Studios, Seattle, Washington
GenreStoner rock, grunge
Length64:10
LabelMegaforce Records[1]
ProducerTerry Date
Mind Funk chronology
Mind Funk
(1991)
Dropped
(1993)
People Who Fell from the Sky
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

Dropped is a 1993 album by American rock band Mind Funk.[2] The title is a reference to the loss of their recording contract with Epic Records prior to recording this album.

Production

The band was about to start recording sessions for the album when they were informed that Epic Records had dropped them. Producer Terry Date encouraged the band to stay together, record the album in Seattle, and use a cheaper and more live recording style.[3]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "competent and tasteful but undistinguished", writing that "[guitarists] Everman and Svitek whip up smartly modulated guitar noise bolstered by a strong, slightly stiff rhythm section and functional tunes."[4] The Washington Post wrote: "Boasting an effectively off-kilter weave of standard-issue grunge and unexpected psychedelic flourishes, Dropped is equal parts trippy impressionism ('11 Ton Butterfly') and brooding introspection ('Drowning')."[5] The Tampa Bay Times wrote that the band "musters enough intensity to overcome its shortcomings in the originality department."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Goddess"
  2. "Closer"
  3. "Drowning"
  4. "In the Way Eye"
  5. "Zootiehead"
  6. "Wisteria"
  7. "Mama, Moses and Me"
  8. "11 Ton Butterfly"
  9. "Hogwallow"
  10. "Billygoat"
  11. "Hollow"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 5: MUZE. p. 780.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ a b "Mind Funk - Dropped". AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
  3. ^ "Gloomed for Success : O.C.'s Mindfunk Has Had Its Share of Hard Knocks--Thank Goodness". Los Angeles Times. November 3, 1993.
  4. ^ "Mindfunk". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Arthur, Nicole (November 26, 1993). "STICK'S STONES BREAK NO BONES" – via washingtonpost.com.
  6. ^ "SOUND BITES". Tampa Bay Times.