Mental Floss for the Globe
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Mental Floss For The Globe is the debut album by Dutch
band Urban Dance Squad
. Released in 1989, the album features a crossover of several music genres, such as rock
, hiphop and funk
. It spawned the hit single "Deeper Shade Of Soul
" for which the band is most famous for in the United States
. Other singles taken from the album are "No Kid" and "Fast Lane". In 2008 Mental Floss For The Globe was named the best Dutch pop album of all time by Dutch music magazine OOR.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
band Urban Dance Squad
Urban Dance Squad
Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986...
. Released in 1989, the album features a crossover of several music genres, such as rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, hiphop and funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
. It spawned the hit single "Deeper Shade Of Soul
Deeper Shade of Soul
"Deeper Shade of Soul" is the debut single by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad. It was taken from their debut album Mental Floss for the Globe and samples the Ray Baretto song with a similar name . Originally released in 1989, the single reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1991 and...
" for which the band is most famous for in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Other singles taken from the album are "No Kid" and "Fast Lane". In 2008 Mental Floss For The Globe was named the best Dutch pop album of all time by Dutch music magazine OOR.
Track listing
- Fast Lane (3:29)
- No Kid (3:39)
- Deeper Shade Of SoulDeeper Shade of Soul"Deeper Shade of Soul" is the debut single by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad. It was taken from their debut album Mental Floss for the Globe and samples the Ray Baretto song with a similar name . Originally released in 1989, the single reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1991 and...
(4:29) - Prayer For My Demo (3:34)
- Big Apple (3:30)
- Piece Of Rock (4:59)
- Brainstorm On The U.D.S. (4:03)
- The Devil (3:21)
- Famous When You're Dead (5:15)
- Mental Floss For The Globe (3:05)
- Struggle For Jive (4:04)
- Man On The Corner (3:40)
- God Blasts The Queen (4:11)