Mumbo Jumbo is the seventeenth studio album by English-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in 2010. Two singles from the album, "Dance with Me" and "Faith in Love", became top-30 hits on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[1] The band's first studio record in seven years, it was the third album released on the Graham Russell label A Nice Pear/Odds On Records.[citation needed]
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| Released | 4 May 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2010[citation needed] | |||
| Studio | Oddson Studios Woodland Magic | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 1:01:58 | |||
| Label | A Nice Pear | |||
| Producer | Graham Russell | |||
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| Singles from Mumbo Jumbo | ||||
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Critical reception
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| AllMusic |    [2] |
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt the band "employs some smoke and mirrors on this album, perhaps more than any of their previous albums, dabbling with a variety of textures and rhythms." At the end of his review on this album, he called it "their most adventurous records, and one of their best works."[2]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Graham Russell, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Setting the Seen" | 5:26 | |
| 2. | "Dance with Me" | Russell, Frankie Moreno | 5:35 |
| 3. | "A Little Bit of Everything" | 3:58 | |
| 4. | "Hold On" | 4:42 | |
| 5. | "A Little Bit More" | 4:48 | |
| 6. | "Alternate Ending" | Russell, Jonni Lightfoot | 4:36 |
| 7. | "I Won't Let It Get in the Way" | Russell, Moreno | 4:19 |
| 8. | "Why" | 4:12 | |
| 9. | "Me Like You" | Russell, Moreno | 3:13 |
| 10. | "Mumbo Jumbo" | Russell, Lightfoot | 4:02 |
| 11. | "Faith in Love" | 4:30 | |
| 12. | "Can I Be Your Lover" | 5:18 | |
| 13. | "Lovesex" | Russell, Moreno | 4:06 |
| 14. | "Until" | Russell, Moreno | 3:18 |
| Total length: | 1:01:58 | ||
Personnel
editAir Supply
- Russell Hitchcock – vocals
- Graham Russell – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards (1, 3, 11, 12), string composer (3–5, 12), string conductor (12)
Additional musicians
- Frankie Moreno – acoustic piano (2–4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14), string arrangements (3, 4, 5, 14), conductor (3–6, 14), string composer (3, 4, 5), Wurlitzer electric piano (4), backing vocals (9)
- Jed Moss – acoustic piano (8, 11, 12)
- Jeff Alleman – guitar (1, 6, 8, 10)
- Russell Letizia – guitar (2, 4, 7, 9, 13)
- Marty Lyman – guitar (6)
- Jonni Lightfoot – bass, guitar (3, 10, 11), keyboards (10)
- Mike Zerbe – drums
- Lindsey Springer – cello (5, 14)
- Louis Clark: string arrangements (6)
- DeAnne Letourneau – concertmaster (3–6, 12, 14)
- Stina Nordenstam – backing vocals (1, 3, 10)
- Michael Johns – guest vocals (4)
- Sara Hudson – guest vocals (5)
- The Celtic Tenors – guest vocals (8)
- Deirdrie Gilsenen – featured vocals (8)
Production
edit- Producer – Graham Russell
- Engineers – Jim "Bonzai" Caruso and Jonni Lightfoot
- Mixing – Jim "Bonzai" Caruso (Tracks 1, 7–10, 12–14); Sean O'Dwyer and Matt Salveson (Tracks 2–6 & 11).
- Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
- CD Artwork – Lady Jodi Russell
- Cover Photography – Tyler Gourley
- Neon and Center Photos – Nyk Fry
- Management – Barry Siegel
References
edit- ^ "Air Supply Chart History".
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mumbo Jumbo – Air Supply". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 6 April 2022.