Better Than Heavy is the debut and only studio album from supergroup Mongrel. It was released on 7 March 2009.[1][2]
| Better Than Heavy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 7 March 2009 |
| Recorded | 2008–2009 |
| Length | 1:15:20 |
| Label | Wall Of Sound Ltd. |
| Producer | Mongrel |
Track listing
edit- Disc 1
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Barcode" (featuring Pariz 1, Tor Cesay, Mpho and Saul Williams) | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Lies" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Hit From the Morning Sun" (featuring Mpho, Tor Cesay and Pariz1) | 3:32 |
| 4. | "Off the Leash" | 1:02 |
| 5. | "The Menace" | 3:21 |
| 6. | "Act Like That" (featuring Purple, Kyza, NoLay, Logic and Mic Righteous) | 3:23 |
| 7. | "Julian" | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Better Than Heavy" | 4:13 |
| 9. | "Better Them Than Us" (featuring Skinnyman) | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Alphabet Assassins" (featuring Deadly Hunta, Doc Brown, Frantic Frank, Ill Mill, Kyza, Logic, Purple, Mic Righteous, NoLay, Skinnyman, Skirmish, Smife, Stylah, Tony D, Wordplay and Wretch 32) | 5:20 |
| 11. | "All Your Ever Afters" | 3:46 |
- Disc 2
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Guess Who's Coming Home" (featuring Skip McDonald) | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Gun Dub" (featuring Samia Farah and Brother Culture) | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Mr. 20%" | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Better Than Dub" (featuring Samia Farah and Brother Culture) | 5:24 |
| 5. | "Mesopotamia" | 3:23 |
| 6. | "Alphabet vs. Brother Culture" (featuring Brother Culture) | 3:41 |
| 7. | "45681950" | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Brainwashing" | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Hit From the Morning Dub" | 3:19 |
Personnel
editCredits adapted from Better Than Heavy liner notes.[3]
- Mongrel
- Jon McClure - vocals
- Kareem Dennis - vocals
- Drew McConnell - guitar, bass guitar
- Andy Nicholson - guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer
- Joe Moskow - effects, guitar, piano, strings, synthesizer, trumpet, melodica
- Matt Helders - drums
- Additional personnel
- Brother Culture - vocals
- Samia Farah - vocals
- DJ Moodie - scratches
- Dave Fullwood - trumpet
- Chris Petter - trombone
- Johnny Fielding - violin
- Crocodile - effects, sampler
- Bassekou Kouyate - ngoni
- Skip McDonald - guitar
- Production
- Mongrel - production
- Anthony Lueng - additional mixing
- Adrian Sherwood - mixing, production
References
edit- ^ Dave Simpson (6 March 2009). "Pop review: Mongrel: Better Than Heavy | Music". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Mongrel: Better Than Heavy". Inthenews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Mongrel – Better Than Heavy (2009, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.