''R&B Transmogrification'' is the second studio album by the

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. It was released on March 25, 1997, on

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that the album is "clever from the get-go; between their heavily distorted rocksichord (a kind of electronic keyboard made to approximate the sound of a harpsichord) and lyricism that tells of the worst kind of heartbreak, there’s a sort of commercial viability without selling the soul of these songs." ''

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'' thought that "the imaginative music includes everything commercial pop lacks: the pioneering spirit navigating a sinking ship, violations of civilized taste and neurotic condemnations."

Track listing

All tracks by

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except "Bird's Eye View" by

Janet Weiss Janet Lee Weiss (born September 24, 1965) is an American rock drummer, a member of Quasi (band), Quasi and former member of Sleater-Kinney. She was the drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, leaving after the album ''Mirror Traffic'', and co ...

and Coomes. # "Ghost Dreaming" – 3:24 # "Ballad of Mechanical Man" – 3:13 # "In the First Place" – 4:02 # "Bird's Eye View" – 3:23 # "Two-Faced" – 2:53 # "Ghost vs. Vampire" – 3:26 # "R&B Transmogrification" – 2:29 # "When I'm Dead" – 2:20 # "Sugar" – 5:27 # "My Coffin" – 3:59 # "Mama, Papa, Baby" – 2:59 # "Chocolate Rabbit" – 3:24 # "Iron Worm" – 3:18 # "Clouds" – 2:52

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, Roxichord, keyboards *

– vocals, drums *Charlie Campbell – recording engineer, mixing *Quasi – recording engineer, mixing *Tony Lash – mastering

References

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